Lupita Nyong’o ‘Disappointed’ a Mag Photoshopped Her Hair

Don’t touch her hair! Lupita Nyong’o is calling out Grazia UK for photoshopping her natural, kinky hair for their magazine cover, and she has the receipts.

The Oscar-winning actress revealed photos on Instagram of the original pics from the shoot, where she’s sporting a ponytail, alongside the final cover image, which shows just her short hair and explained her disappointment.

As I have made clear so often in the past with every fiber of my being, 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. Being featured on the cover of a magazine fulfills me as it is an opportunity to show other dark, kinky-haired people, and particularly our children, that they are beautiful just the way they are. I am disappointed that @graziauk invited me to be on their cover and then edited out and smoothed my hair to fit their notion of what beautiful hair looks like. Had I been consulted, I would have explained that I cannot support or condone the omission of what is my native heritage with the intention that they appreciate that there is still a very long way to go to combat the unconscious prejudice against black women’s complexion, hair style and texture. #dtmh

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“As I have made clear so often in the past with every fiber of my being, 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,” she wrote. “Being featured on the cover of a magazine fulfills me as it is an opportunity to show other dark, kinky-haired people, and particularly our children, that they are beautiful just the way they are.”

“I am disappointed that @graziauk invited me to be on their cover and then edited out and smoothed my hair to fit their notion of what beautiful hair looks like,” Nyong’o continued. “Had I been consulted, I would have explained that I cannot support or condone the omission of what is my native heritage with the intention that they appreciate that there is still a very long way to go to combat the unconscious prejudice against black women’s complexion, hair style and texture. #dtmh.”

The #dtmh hashtag refers to Solange Knowles’ song “Don’t Touch My Hair”, which celebrates natural hair. Grazia UK gave a confusing statement for the situation, saying, “Grazia is committed to representing diversity throughout its pages and apologizes unreservedly to Lupita Nyong’o. Grazia magazine would like to make it clear that at no point did they make any editorial request to the photographer for Lupita N’yongo’s hair to be altered on this week’s cover, nor did we alter it ourselves. But we apologize unreservedly for not upholding the highest of editorial standards in ensuring that we were made aware of all alterations that had been made.”

These are the only statements released so far on the topic and we’re keeping an eye out for more from the creative team behind the images. This isn’t the first time a magazine has gotten heat for altering her appearance. Vanity Fair also drew criticism in January 2014 after they ran photos of the actress with her skin looking lighter.

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