Lupita Ushers in Reign of Beauty & Brains. No More Twerking & Ratchetness

After Lupita happened she might as well have locked the door of twerking and generally the ratchet culture. For a very long time we have had to contend with ‘socialites’ shoving into our faces videos and risqué photos of their derrieres twerking.

These ‘socialites’ have been twerking up storms with their clips some of which have propelled them to ‘eminence’ and made them who they are today. ‘Socialites’ have been widely criticized for their apparent obsession with so-called ratchet culture, which includes, but is certainly not limited to, the twerking lasses sporting some rather interesting wardrobe choices and booty popping on Twitter, Facebook, IG and YouTube to songs that are equally ratchet.

However, after early Monday, a new era was ushered in, thanks to Lupita Nyong’o. The 31 year old actress proved that you don’t have to twerk so hard sometimes bearing it all for viewers. Yes, dancing is good for the body and laughing is good for the soul but twerking is got to go!

So here are lessons Kenyan women should learn from Lupita;

Dressing:

Since her Toronto International Film Festival 2013 debut, Lupita has always kept entertainment reporters guessing about what to expect on the red carpet. 27 awards later, Lupita hasn’t disappointed not even once. The 12 Years A Slave star has become a fashion icon always slaying the red carpet with her eye-catching prints, bold colours and daring silhouettes.

The photo below summarizes her top-of-class fashion sense. Take notes;

Photo| MTV style

Hairdo:

Ladies you don’t have to rock that weave to look stunning and win an Oscar and am sure you just learnt that from Emmy Kosgei and now Lupita. The Kenyan Oscar winner has behaved with elegance and class throughout the entire awards season and there just something about her hair.

With her Teeny Weeny Afro (TWA), the silver screen queen didn’t hold her back from trying out different styles on the red carpet. She’s fashioned her natural hair into different styles. The major lesson Kenyan women should take from Lupita is to take chances and have fun with their (natural) hair.

Photo| Madam Noire

At some point she explained why she decided to appreciate her natural hair the way it is:

“When I was in my teens I dyed my hair all sorts of colors; blue and maroon. And then I realized that I was probably going to end up bald by the time I was 40. So I stopped doing all those things and finally decided to love it the way it is.”

Photo| ABC

Go ahead and keep it natural.

Attitude:

This is one thing we should all learn from Lupita. Thanks to her can-do attitude Lupita has been on a roll in Hollywood sweeping at least 60% of all the awards she had been nominated in. Thanks to her atitude, she became the woman of the moment in Hollywood and had all major TV hosts rushing to have a piece of her.

At no point did she ever feel that she was inferior because she knew what she wanted and nothing would stop her.

“I know I’m representing an underrepresented group of women. And being dark-skinned and having short, natural hair, I’m happy to be that for them.”

She came in for the basics and ended up leaving with the most elaborates.

Most importantly don’t ever forget that;

“No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid!” – Lupita Nyong’o