Rita Moreno at the Oscars: "I Just Love the Way I Look"

"Kill me! Sue me! I can't get over myself."

Rita Moreno at the 2022 Oscars
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Gabrielle Ulubay
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ICYMI, Rita Moreno looks absolutely stunning at the 2022 Oscars in a form-fitting black gown by Carolina Herrera and a black and white feather hat—the latter of which, she says, is from France. "I just thought, 'What the hell! And then I put in a black wig underneath,  because what the hell?" Undeniably charming, as always, the EGOT (meaning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award winner) announced, "I just love the way I look. Kill me! Sue me! I can't get over myself."

Moreno is attending the 94th annual Oscars tonight in anticipation of her appearance in the 2021 remake of West Side Story, the original of which she starred in back in 1961. In 1962, she won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita, making her the first Latina to ever win an Oscar and catapulting her into worldwide fame.

Steven Spielberg, Rita Moreno, and Ariana DeBose at the 2022 Oscars

(Image credit: Future)

Rita Moreno at the 2022 Oscars

(Image credit: Future)

Now, at 90 years old, Moreno is still capturing the public imagination with her prolific  acting career and with her groundbreaking reputation, which has been the subject of renewed interest since the release of the Netflix documentary, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It. Catch her in both versions of the classic cultural essential West Side Story, root for her film tonight, or simply pray that we all, from now until we're 90-years-old, feel as pretty as she does tonight.

Gabrielle Ulubay
Gabrielle Ulubay
Beauty Writer

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Beauty Writer at Marie Claire. She has also written about sexual wellness, politics, culture, and fashion at Marie Claire and at publications including The New York Times, HuffPost Personal, Bustle, Alma, Muskrat Magazine, O'Bheal, and elsewhere. Her personal essay in The New York Times' Modern Love column kickstarted her professional writing career in 2018, and that piece has since been printed in the 2019 revised edition of the Modern Love book. Having studied history, international relations, and film, she has made films on politics and gender equity in addition to writing about cinema for Film Ireland, University College Cork, and on her personal blog, gabrielleulubay.medium.com. Before working with Marie Claire, Gabrielle worked in local government, higher education, and sales, and has resided in four countries and counting. She has worked extensively in the e-commerce and sales spaces since 2020, and spent two years at Drizly, where she developed an expertise in finding the best, highest quality goods and experiences money can buy.

Deeply political, she believes that skincare, haircare, and sexual wellness are central tenets to one's overall health and fights for them to be taken seriously, especially for people of color. She also loves studying makeup as a means of artistic expression, drawing on her experience as an artist in her analysis of beauty trends. She's based in New York City, where she can be found watching movies or running her art business when she isn't writing. Find her on Twitter at @GabrielleUlubay or on Instagram at @gabrielle.ulubay, or follow her art at @suburban.graffiti.art

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