Lupita Nyong'o laghachiri na mgbọrọgwụ ya na mkpuchi October 2016 nke Magazin Vogue. Onye sere ya Mario Testino N'ime obodo ezinụlọ ya na Kenya, onye na-eme ihe nkiri na-eyi uwe Chanel na ọla ntị Cara Croninger. Ejiji nchịkọta akụkọ Tonne Goodman na-ahọpụta ụfọdụ n'ime mbipụta kachasị mma nke oge maka Lupita iyi gụnyere Chloe, Olowu na 3.1 Phillip Lim.
N'ajụjụ ọnụ ya, Lupita na-ekwu maka ụkpụrụ ịma mma, "Echiche nke ịma mma nke Europe na-emetụta anyị niile. M si na mahadum lọta na mmalite puku abụọ na puku abụọ wee hụ mgbasa ozi na TV na nwa agbọghọ na-enweghị ike ịnweta ọrụ. Ọ na-eji ngwaahịa a. Ọ na-eme ka akpụkpọ ahụ ya dịkwuo ọkụ. Ọ nwetara ọrụ ahụ. Ịnwe akpụkpọ ahụ dị nro bụ ihe a na-ahụkarị na-etolite na Nairobi. A na-akpọ gị 'nwa mamba.' Ọkụ na-egbu ngwa ngwa nke ịmata ihe ọzọ ka gị mma."
Lupita Nyong'o - Magazin Vogue - Ọktoba 2016
Foto: Vogue/Mario Testino
Lupita Nyong'o - Queen of Katwe
Na mgbakwunye na ya nso nso nke Vogue mkpuchi, Lupita Nyong'o nwere ike ịhụ ka ọ na-arụ ọrụ Nakku Harriet na 'Queen of Katwe'. Ihe nkiri a na-akọ akụkọ otu nwa agbọghọ chess nke Uganda bụ Phiona Mutesi bụ onye ghọrọ onye nkuzi nwaanyị. N’ikwu banyere ihe nkiri ahụ na magazin ahụ, Lupita na-ekwu, sị, “E nwere ụfọdụ kaadị e nyere m ka m na-ewere. Achọrọ m ịmepụta ohere maka ndị ọzọ agba agba n'ihi na enwere m obi ụtọ inwe ikpo okwu iji mee nke ahụ. Ọ bụ ya mere Eclipsed na ọbụna Queen nke Katwe ji dị oke mkpa, iji gbanwee akụkọ ahụ, na-enye oghere ọhụrụ na njirimara Africa. "