Lupita Nyong’o Used To Pray For Lighter Skin

12 years a Slave star, Lupita Nyong’o says she used to hate being black and constantly prayed to God for her skin colour to miraculously become lighter.
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Speaking at the‘Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon’ in Beverly Hills, California, USA, Lupita said she always felt un-beautiful and faced a lot of insecurities early on about her night-shaded dark skin.
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Speaking at the event where she was honoured, she said,‘and my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned. The morning would come and I would be so excited about seeing my new skin that I would refuse to look down at myself until I was in front of a mirror because I wanted to see my fair face first. And every day I experienced the same disappointment of being just as dark as I was the day before’.
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She would also share her experience where a fan sent her a letter saying she almost boughtDencia’s Whiteniciouscream, but decided against it after seeing Lupita rise to stardom in Hollywood despite being black.
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Guests at the event includeOprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Kerry Washington, Michael Ealy, Chaka Khanand many others.