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Watch: Thuso Mbedu slay at Critics Choice Awards

South African actress Thuso Mbedu graced the Critics Choice Awards in a fabulous grey, gold and black dress.

The international super star attended the 28th Critics Choice Awards which took place on the 15th of January, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Variety reported. 

The Woman King actress took to her Instagram timeline to gush about how gorgeous she looked for the award ceremony. The actress posted eight images of herself giving her fans a glimpse of the behind the scenes moments, while getting dressed for the show. 

Thuso also revealed that she was dressed by the French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton. 

She also shared that her dress took long hours to be made, in addition the custom made dress is made out of 16,000 bronze, gold and silver sequins.

“This custom creation, made with more than 220 hours spent on the gown alone with an additional 630 hours of work done for the hand-embroidery, was laid with more than 16,000 bronze, gold and silver sequins,” she wrote.

Here is an inside look of Thuso getting ready for the 28th Critic’s Choice Awards with Louis Vuitton.

 

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 The Underground Railroad actress who continues to raise the South African flag high looked absolutely gorgeous in her hair cut and natural toned  make-up look by Rebekah Aladdin and hair by Sharifposton. She captured the post saying: “Dreamy,” she wrote.

 

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Also: Thuso Mbedu named on New York Times top best actor of 2022

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