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.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/3LSROY4OCOAFQ7O4CSOBXN37VA.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/2AGHJGBAFOOVC3JIAIJTNJ7OMI.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ZAZEWWFCLZHLNJLEWT7LYS3QJE.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/RQ7NTC5QGAP6FZOSJREXPV66EY.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/WUHCSWGJ2LU4SCBHE2LMA4JB7U.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/I6KHI2YLZVYOAC567XMIXIO34Y.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/G7I7A63K65GURGJXYX5IBNXFOM.jpg)
:quality(70):focal(367x162:377x172)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/RX6XFQM5WZF4TAIM2G3TBQTQMM.jpg)
:quality(70):focal(1064x559:1074x569)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/GQYYFM53QSWCF7XCUN55PPT74E.jpg)