{"id":372423,"date":"2017-11-11T08:59:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T08:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=372423"},"modified":"2017-11-11T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T09:00:03","slug":"lupita-nyongo-accuses-grazia-of-removing-her-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/lupita-nyongo-accuses-grazia-of-removing-her-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Lupita Nyong&#8217;o accuses Grazia of removing her hair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lupita Nyong&#8217;o has accused Grazia magazine of removing part of her hair for the front cover of its November edition.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; it changed her hairstyle to &#8220;fit their notion of what beautiful hair looks like&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The actress posted the original image on Instagram alongside the published version &#8211; which appears to show some of her hair missing.<\/p>\n<p>The UK-based magazine has apologised.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BbTCfXKDjc8\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=7&amp;wp=643#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A13522.655%7D\" width=\"600\" height=\"1021\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In a lengthy Instagram post, the Oscar-winning actress said: &#8220;I embrace my natural heritage and despite having grown up thinking light skin and straight, silky hair were the standards of beauty, I now know that my dark skin and kinky, coily hair are beautiful too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 12 Years a Slave star went on to say if she had been consulted she wouldn&#8217;t have supported the &#8220;omission of what is my native heritage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Lupita, who&#8217;s from Kenya, added there was &#8220;still a very long way to go to combat the unconscious prejudice against black women&#8217;s complexion, hair style and texture&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Grazia said it was &#8220;committed to representing diversity&#8221; and apologised to the actress.<\/p>\n<p>It also said it also wanted to make clear that it did not ask the photographer to alter the image or make the edit itself.<\/p>\n<p>Lupita is the latest star to tell a UK magazine not to touch her hair.<\/p>\n<p>Solange Knowles\u00a0hit out at\u00a0the London Evening Standard magazine last month for digitally removing some of her braids on its front cover.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine later apologised.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lupita Nyong&#8217;o has accused Grazia magazine of removing part of her hair for the front cover of its November edition. 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