Lupita Nyong'o inodzokera kumidzi yake paGumiguru 2016 chivharo cheVogue Magazine. Mufananidzo na Mario Testino mumusha wemhuri yake muKenya, mutambi anopfeka Chanel chipfeko chine mhete dzeCara Croninger. Fashion editor Tonne Goodman anosarudza mamwe emwaka anoyevedza maprints ekuti Lupita apfeke anosanganisira Chloe, Olowu uye 3.1 Phillip Lim.
Mubvunzurudzo yake, Lupita anotaura nezve runako, “Mafungiro ekuEurope erunako anotibata tese. Ndakadzoka kumba kubva kukoreji mukutanga kwezviuru zviviri uye ndakaona zviziviso paTV nemusikana asingakwanisi kuwana basa. Anoshandisa chigadzirwa ichi. Anoita kuti ganda rake rireruke. Anowana basa. Kudzora ganda rakapfava chinhu chakajairika kukura muNairobi. Kunzi ‘black mamba.’ Kupisa kunononoka kwokuziva chimwe chinhu kuri nani kupfuura iwe.”
Lupita Nyong'o - Vogue Magazine - Gumiguru 2016
Mifananidzo: Vogue/Mario Testino
Lupita Nyong'o - Mambokadzi weKatwe
Mukuwedzera kune yake yazvino ye Vogue chivharo, Lupita Nyong'o anogona kuonekwa achitora basa raNakku Harriet mu 'Queen of Katwe'. Iyi bhaisikopo inotaura nyaya yemumwe wekuUganda chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi anova Mukadzi Anokwikwidza Master. Achitaura nezvefirimu nemagazini iyi, Lupita anoti, “Kune mamwe makadhi akaitirwa zvinhu zvandinotora. Ini ndinoda kugadzira mikana yevamwe vanhu vemavara nekuti ndine rombo rakanaka rekuva nepuratifomu yekuita izvozvo. Ndosaka Eclipsed uye kunyangwe Mambokadzi weKatwe akakosha, kushandura rondedzero, kupa lenzi nyowani pakuzivikanwa kweAfrica. "