LUPITA NYONG'O NAMED MTV MAMA 2014 PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR & RECEIVES MAUI FILM FESTIVAL RAINMAKER AWARD.

Lupita at the 2014 Maui Film Festival.

Dress Fausto Puglisi

Shoes Christian Louboutin

Jewellery Vita Fede — in Wailea, HI, United States.

 

 

 

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Musician Tom Morello (from Rage Against The Machine) and Lupita attend the 2014 Maui Film Festival. — in Wailea, HI, United States.

Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o won the personality of the year award at the 2014 MTV African Music Awards (MAMA) held in South Africa's southeastern city of Durban on Saturday.

The 31-year-old, who won the best supporting actress Academy Award in March for her role in historical drama "12 Years a Slave," was not present to receive her award.

She became the first winner of the newly introduced lifestyle non-music personality of the year award.

In doing so she beat Nigerian award-winning novelist Chimamanda Adichie, South African top stand up comedian Trevor Noah, Ivory Coast footballer Yaya Toure and popular Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde.

The MTV Africa music awards were first staged in 2008 and have each year recognised iconic musicians from across the continent