Photos: Lupita Nyong'o named Glamour Mag woman of the year & guess who she thanks

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Though it's been more than seven months since 12 Years a Slave star Lupita Nyong'o became a household name thanks to her Oscar win for Best Supporting Actress in March, it's safe to say her fame has not just been a flash in the pan.

The beautiful actress, 31, has managed to redefine narrow standards of success and beauty, stunning as a brand ambassador for Lancome and clinching the People's Most Beautiful Woman title in April. And now she's just been announced as Glamour magazine's 2014 Woman of the Year.

According to Lupita, she's still adjusting to her new status on the A-list.

"I guess I feel catapulted into a different place; I have a little whiplash… I did have a dream to be an actress, but I didn't think about being famous," she tells Glamour. "And I haven't yet figured out how to be a celebrity; that's something I'm learning, and I wish there were a course on how to handle it."

Though she did have one very important role model growing up -- Oprah Winfrey, 60.

"Oprah played a big role in my understanding of what it meant to be female and to really step into your own power," she says. "I wouldn’t even call her a role model; she was literally a reference point. You have the dictionary, you have the Bible, you have Oprah."

Lupita also touches on becoming a role model -- especially for other women of color -- in her typically eloquent way, recalling a particularly mortifying incident growing up in Kenya.