December 14, (THEWILL) – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has uploaded pictures of herself that she said were rejected by an unnamed international magazine because she looked “too glamorous”.
In a post she shared on her Instagram page on Tuesday, the writer was dressed in a white cowl neckline blouse and earrings by Christian Dior. She was also wearing sparse makeup and a radiant smile.
“It was a cover shoot for an international magazine. Or it was supposed to be. The magazine rejected the photos.
“They didn’t want me ‘looking too glamorous,” they said. And so the cover didn’t happen,” she wrote in the caption.
The writer who has always been at the forefront of patronizing Nigerian creatives through her Project Wear Nigerian initiative also used the opportunity to celebrate the Nigerian talents who created the look and shot the pictures.
“What does one do with rejected photos but show them anyway, primarily for the vanity-boosting benefits of such an act, but also to celebrate and thank these talented people in Lagos, photographer: @mannyjefferson, stylist: @zinkata1, hair: @tasalahq, makeup: @bregha, production manager: @kingebuka, nails: Victoria Obot,” she wrote.
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