Adesua makes Vogue Magazine but Celebrated with Controversy

Celebration as Nigerian actress Adesua Etomi-Wellington makes Vogue Magazine on an episode titled “A Celebration of Global Talent” but gets controversial comments from Nigerian Women.

Instead of celebrating the woman who have been seen as a Global Talent by well recognised international brand, Vogue, the women are more interested in her skin colour.

The women are interested in why her skin is darker than that of the other women, know fully well that she is even more fair.



On a quick chat with Temi Badmus, founder of Gimmehear, she opened our eyes to contrary argument that the other women are white and since Adesua is representing Africa (Nigeria) as a black continent (country), it is smart to tone her down. Therefore making her skin chocolate in colour.

Meanwhile, Banky W, her husband and Nigerian music star,  have proudly taken to Instagram to celebrate his wifes success.

Breaking news: My wife is on the cover of VOGUE MAGAZINE!!!!!!!!!! Susu you are such a star and an inspiration!!! I’m soooo PROUD of you and happy for you. You’re an incredible actor, and an even more incredible human being, and you deserve to shine so bright that the whole world has no choice but to see it.
This is incredible. Thank you to @voguemagazine and glory to God.
Ladies and gentlemen, Pls if you see me walking around with high shoulders today, you shld understand. ?????????????????????? Link to the cover story is in my profile.

Mrs Etomi-Wellington  was featured amongst 13 global superstars were were also chosen with headline – “14 Countries, 14 Superstars: The Global Actors Who Know No Limits”

Its a combination of Nollywood, Hollywood and Bollywood.

The other actresses are: Angela Baby, Doona Bae, Elizabeth Debicki, Golshifteh Farahani, Liv Lisa Fries, Eiza Gonzalez, Hera Hilmar, Scarlett Johansson, Vanessa Kirby, Bruna Marquezine, Deepika Padukone, AlbaRohrwacher and Lea Seydoux.

Tap the link in my bio to read the stories and see the full spread.

The much talked about photos was taken by Mikael Jansson, Camilla Nickerson did the styling; Otito Ibeleme and Hannah Murray, makeup; Hair headpieces, Julien d’Ys for Julien d’Ys; Florals, Michael George; while the whole production credit goes to  North Six and Day International.



The whole concept was written by Gaby Wood for Vogue.

The Nigerian actress Adesua Etomi-Wellington can’t walk down the street in Lagos without getting mobbed, and if she’s with her husband, the actor Banky Wellington, forget it—a trip to the grocery store launches a thousand selfies. But unlike some of her cohorts on the shoot, she’s more of a third-culture kid, born in Nigeria and raised mainly in England. (She speaks in two fluent accents—Lagos and the British Midlands.) She went to school in Coventry, studied drama at University of Wolverhampton, and then got a nine-to-five job with the fashion arm of a large supermarket chain. It was then that, as she puts it, “I can’t explain it—I felt I had to go back to Nigeria.

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