. >> i am the new ambassador for lancome. >> she signed a lucrative deal to become spokeswoman for lancomer broken. as the the new face of lancome, do you think you have now a brand new stage on which to redefine beauty? >> yeah, and now i am here. and i know i am not alone. there has been others before me that have made it possible for me to be here in this position. i don't think it's up to me to change it, it is people and the media have a role to play. >> reporter: because of this campaign your face will be on billboards around the world? >> yes, visibility changes. that is for sure. we become more visible. people like me. >> reporter: the beauty of dark skin. it is a message that lupita wants the rest of the world to embrace. it is also a message that still flies in the face of painful stereotypes, accepting an award at essence black women in hollywood, lupita, a native of kenya, read a letter. >> i was just about dentures and scream to lighten my skin when you appeared on the world map and saved me. >> reporter: you said in the speech you parade every night to good to make your skin

the 12 years a slave star was just named the new face of lancome. can add to that her oscar for best actress. go girl. your tweets and facebook posts are full of cheers over her latest big win, and we at the reid report agree. now from hollywood to the middle east, where social media is helping refugees displayed by the civil war in syria. tensions between the four million lebanese and the refugees described as racial in tone have led activists to create a facebook page, called the campaign in support of syrians facing racism. there's also a campaign to use the twitter hash tag no to racism which is already spreading. according to authorities social media ask giving a human face to the refugees and helping to build compassion for their plight. please keep telling us what's important to you. >>> and up next, the return of back alley health care. why religious restrictions are having a devastating impact on women seeking medical treatment. stamps.com is the best. they took a post office and sat it on my desk. it doesn't take up any room. i don't have

she took home the oscar in february for her first feature film and last month cosmetics giant lancome"people's" most beautiful person didn't always feel that way. she recently spoke personally about that at "essence's" magazine's luncheon. >> i remember when i, too, felt unbeautiful. i turned on the tv and only saw pale skin. i got teased and taunted about my night-shaded skin, and my one prayer to god, the miracle worker, was that i would wake up lighter skinned. my mother again would say to me, you can't eat beauty. it doesn't feed you. and these words played and bothered me. i didn't really understand them until finally i realized that beauty was not a thing that i could acquire or consume, it was something that i just had to be. what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion for yourself and for those around you. that kind of beauty -- excuse me. that kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul. >> now the whole world knows lupita nyong'o is beautiful inside and out. congratulations on the well deserved honor. ♪ i know a thing about an ira ♪ and i got the tools ♪ to do

will continue to be very expensive to subsidize premiere for a long time because it doesn't have the lancome action with that with russia at this point in time. i need it and he did him and his fusion popular but people love it. know what i'm saying that one thing was to grab of the chromium of things to start a major confrontation over his team so to support his submission which is just that at the door. i think also the fact is that the russian economy is much more dependent on the gas and oil prices and much less than whatever. imf reports or whatsoever i need and that is what is given to all center in place so it depends really whether the state sorry i mean i wonder what other countries are going to do with the ones where this energy market. so actually if the prices of oil and gas stocks to rise. he can do whatever she wants or is really the question is whether cute and he's gonna do it for some reasons which are not always economical is so much for puppies. much more political will can actually get there. i wanted thank you and your recipient for joining us. i want to thank as well do

she was recently named the latest case of lancome. kenya and has been outspoken about the lack of black women in the media. she said she was happy for all of the girls that would see me and feel more seen. the most beautiful issue hits newsstands on friday. >>> we're getting a fresh look at a ship that sank in san francisco bay more than a century ago. scientists found the wreckage of the city of chester. these images were posted on the noaa. the ship sank in 1888, killing 16 people. it was the second deadliest shipwreck in the history of the bay. this morning, noaa unveiled three-dimensional images of the wreckage. >> all right. >>> 8:56. back to sal. you are watching highway 24. aren't you? >> yeah, i am. and it is slow. it's improving. unfortunately, nearby, 680 is slow coming in from danville up to walnut creek because of a crash in alamo that's been cleared from the lanes. quickly, let's go to the bay bridge. it's backed up for a 30-minute delay. we have very slow traffic on 85 and 280. 101 might be your better option. let's go t

nyong'o exudes confidence in front of the camera, and others are noticing, chosen as the new face of lancomehe red carpet, and you didn't just pass, you passed with flying colors. suddenly you're the it girl. and it seems so effortless for you. is that good acting? were you suppressing nerves? >> i think it's a combination of things. the red carpet is -- i mean, that thing is intense. it's horrific, it's frustrating, it's painful, it's beautiful, it's funny, it's exciting. and it was fun to have at the oscars to have my brother by my side. and he is up for a good time. >> he got himself right into that selfie. >> yeah, you know. >> by the way, was that selfie planned? did you have any idea that was about to happen? >> i had no idea. i don't know who did, but we didn't. it was good i went with my brother, because he's a seize the day kind of guy. i was like, should we? and he was like, come on! >> he's already there. >> he was already there. >> the oscars surely must open a lot of doors. are there opportunities that you've gotten now that you're excited about? has it opened the doors you thou