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How many ways can reporters mispronounce 'Lupita Nyong'o'?

Lupita Nyong'o is having a very good year. Her role in 12 Years A Slave ended up winning her the ...
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09.55 24 Apr 2014


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How many ways can reporters mi...

How many ways can reporters mispronounce 'Lupita Nyong'o'?

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09.55 24 Apr 2014


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Lupita Nyong'o is having a very good year. Her role in 12 Years A Slave ended up winning her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress - particularly impressive since it was her feature film debut.

This week, the Mexican-Kenyan was announced as People magazine's 'Most Beautiful Person' for 2014. The news was widely covered in the US media, and resulted in a lot of interesting pronunciations of her name.

The team at Jimmy Kimmel Live put together a compilation of some of them.

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We particularly love how one anchor opted to just leave the Nyongo'o part out completely...


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