SI WANITAFUTE HAKI: Lupita Nyong’o was paid 15 Million to wear this dress

Being a celebrity could make you sink deep into depression from the insensitive online vitriol. It is plain hard, right?

Well, for the celebrities who make it, they earn their money pretty good. Award-winning Kenyan-born actress Lupita Nyong’o happens to be one of the celebrities who are on a way-way ticket to riches.

Paid 15 million

 

Word has emerged that the actress was paid Ksh 15 million just to wear a white dress to an event.

This means it would take a Kenyan earning a net salary Sh 100,000 some 12 years to save this amount. Of course, we assume you do not eat, pay utilities, rent and the money is stashed somewhere. Waiting for 12 and a half years!

The actress attended the 87th Annual Academy Awards in 2015 wearing a custom Calvin Klein dress made with over 6,000 pearls.

Mind-boggling

But Lupita is not alone. The other celebrities to have spent colossal amounts of money in buying dresses are

Meghan Markle

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle’s wedding dress is reported to be valued at Ksh 50 million. But for a wedding involving the royalty, this is pocket change.

Nicole Kidman

 

Nicole Kidman was paid Sh 200 MILLION to wear this gold Christian Dior dress to a function.

Marilyn Monroe

However, the most outrageous celebrity clothing lies with William Travilla’s Marilyn Monroe dress.

Marilyn Monroe’s ivory pleated subway dress from the 1955 movie The Seven Year Itch sold for Ksh560 MILLION in a Beverly Hills auction in 2011.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *