Lupita Nyongo ubuyela ezimpandeni zakhe kukhava yango-Okthoba 2016 ye-Vogue Magazine. Isithombe ngu UMario Testino endaweni yakubo eKenya, umlingisi ugqoke ingubo yeChanel namacici eCara Croninger. Umhleli wemfashini Tonne Goodman ikhetha amaphrinti amahle esizini azogqokwa uLupita okuhlanganisa u-Chloe, u-Olowu no-3.1 Phillip Lim.
Engxoxweni yakhe, uLupita ukhuluma ngezindinganiso zobuhle, “Umqondo wobuhle waseYurophu usithinta sonke. Ngafika ekhaya ngivela ekolishi ekuqaleni kwezinkulungwane ezimbili futhi ngabona izikhangiso ku-TV nentombazane engakwazi ukuthola umsebenzi. Usebenzisa lo mkhiqizo. Wenza isikhumba sakhe sibe lula. Uyawuthola umsebenzi. Ukuphathwa kwesikhumba esikhanyayo kuyinto evamile ukukhula eNairobi. Ukubizwa ngokuthi ‘black mamba.’ Ukusha kancane kokuqaphela enye into kungcono kunawe.”
Lupita Nyong’o – Vogue Magazine – October 2016
Izithombe: Vogue/Mario Testino
Lupita Nyong’o – Indlovukazi yaseKatwe
Ngaphezu kwakhe kwakamuva kwe I-Vogue ikhava, uLupita Nyong'o angabonakala ethatha indawo ka-Nakku Harriet ku-'Queen of Katwe'. Le filimu ixoxa ngengcweti ye-chess yase-Uganda u-Phiona Mutesi owaba Impetha Yomfundi Owesifazane. Ekhuluma ngale filimu naleli phephabhuku, uLupita uthi, “Kunamakhadi athile engitshelwe wona engiwathathayo. Ngifuna ukuvulela amathuba abanye abantu bebala ngoba nginenhlanhla yokuba nenkundla yokwenza lokho. Yingakho i-Eclipsed kanye neNdlovukazi yaseKatwe ibaluleke kakhulu, ukushintsha ukulandisa, ukunikeza i-lens entsha mayelana nobunikazi base-Afrika. "
