What does it mean to be beautiful?
A few months before being honoured as most beautiful person in the world, and before she picked up her Oscar for 12 Years a Slave, Lupita Nyong'o spoke at the Black Women in Hollywood event. The moving speech she gave as she picked up the award for Best Breakthrough Performance, holds a lesson on beauty for everyone.
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