Lupita Nyong’o Shows Off Her Bald Shaved Head on Instagram!
- Lupita Nyong’o debuted her bald head on Instagram.
- The Marvel actress revealed that she is happy without hair.
- Fans also adored Lupita’s new, fresh look.
Lupita Nyong’o is happy without hair
Lupita Nyong’o sported a new look and fans are loving it.
The actress recently showed off her new shaved head on Instagram telling her followers that she is happy with her new look.
Referring to the female soldiers who serve as special forces for Wakanda in the Black Panther movie, Nyong’o joked that her “Application for the Dora Milaje submitted!”
Fans loved the actress’s new freshly shaved head and commented to compliment her, with one writing,
“Stunning! Face Card never declines!!!”
“Behold our Queen”
Another supported the 40-year-old actress, writing,
“With eyes and bones like yours of course.”
A third fan added,
”Beautiful no matter what hairstyle.”
A fourth fan chimed in,
”when you are that gorgeous you can do whatever the heck you want. flawless!”
But there were some who missed Lupita’s old locks. One commented,
“Lupita has shaved her sisterlocs? Noooooooo”
“Still cute but Nooooooooooo.”
Another tweeted,
”Looks great but want your gorgeous hair back.”
On April 16, the Us actress shared a TikTok video where she gives fans a glimpse of her shorter hair before shaving it down to sport a bald look.
She wrote in the captions, “I cut off my hair!”
While appearing in the 2018 cover story for Porter magazine, Nyong’o gushed about her natural hair, saying,
“My hair is something that, historically, has been shunned. I mean, how often do you hear ‘You can’t get a job with hair like that’?”
She further explained that her natural. African, kinky hair is often called uncivilized or wild.
Nyong’o added,
“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,”
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Lupita defended her hair in the past too
The Oscar winner has also defended the beauty of natural hair.
Her hairstyle at the 2016 Met Gala was mocked for its natural texture. At the time, she took to Instagram to share the historical inspiration behind her iconic hairdo.
In November 2017, the actress publicly called out a fashion magazine for editing her hair. Along with the shoot’s original pictures, Nyong’o wrote in the captions,
“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,”
The magazine later issued an apology.
In an interview, Lupita praised her mother for giving her the strength to speak up about such shameful experiences.
She said at the time,
“I come from a very patriarchal world, but not within my family,”
“My dad listened to my mom. My mom held her own. There was never a sense of her deflecting from my father. She had the power to say no to things, and I saw her hold that power.”