The New Face of Beauty: Lupita Nyong’o Is Bazaar’s Cover Star [Photos]

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.

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