NEW FACE OF BEAUTY LUPITA NYONG'O HARPER'S BAZAAR UK

Oscar-Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o is covering the May 2015 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK.

Shot by photographed by Alexi Lubormirski and styled by Miranda Almond, the newly appointed Lancome brand ambassador rocks dresses by Louis Vuitton and wears a Chopard ring on the cover. Peep a few excerpts.

On her previous fear of dancing:

My older sister would dance with abandon,’ she continues. ‘She would do it to entertain. I was so mortified at the thought of wiggling my body in any direction. And I wrestled with myself, because I didn’t want to be so self-conscious. I wanted to be able to enjoy music and not care that I looked cute. I don’t know when something switched in my head, but I’m so

glad it did, because I feel like dancing, and being able to enjoy one’s body for oneself is such a precious, precious thing. For yourself, you know?’ She pauses. ‘If this had happened to me at a time when I couldn’t dance – ha – my God, I think I would be way more of a wreck.

 On believing the buzz surrounding her would end after the Oscars: 

‘You know, I thought it would come to an end after the Oscars.’ She means the frenzy. ‘I thought the Oscars would come and go and then all of a sudden everything would be back to normal and I’d be back in my apartment.’

Read the full interview with Lupita in the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK here.