Michelle stunned on the carpet for her first ceremony as a nominee (Picture: Frederic J. Brown / AFP)
Michelle Yeoh was a vision in white as one of the earlier Oscar nominees to arrive on the Oscars’ champagne-coloured red carpet on Sunday night, despite a reported social media controversy earlier this week.
The 60-year-old Malaysian actress is a first-time nominee and frontrunner in the best actress category for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once
The surreal multiverse comedy is also the most-nominated film with 11 nods.
Opting for a cascading Dior tiered white gown with a see-through mesh top panel, the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon accessorised with chandelier-style diamond drop earrings and a matching hair band and slides.
She wore her long hair in loose waves.
Her serene appearance on the carpet ahead of the awards show came after the actress reportedly shared – and later removed – a post featuring a Vogue article from Tuesday titled ‘It’s Been Over Two Decades Since We’ve Had a Non-White Best Actress Winner’.
The Malaysian actress is a frontrunner (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock)
She opted for a white Dior gown (Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Earlier in the week, she reportedly shared an article on social media about it being two decades since the last non-white best actress winner (Picture: REUTERS)
This came after the Baftas last month failed to award a single non-white nominee this year, leading to a resurgence of the hashtag ‘#BaftasSoWhite’.
In Yeoh’s alleged post, the publication mentioned her fellow Oscar nominee Cate Blanchett, considered her main competition in the best actress category, which is completed by Andrea Riseborough, Ana de Armas and Michelle Williams.
Yeoh sharing such a post is potentially not allowed according to the Academy rules, as they forbid nominees from using ‘any tactic’ that singles out ‘the competition’ by name.
Michelle posed with fellow nominee Angela Bassett, who was vibrant in purple (Picture: REUTERS)
Cate Blanchett is considered the other likely best actress winner for her turn in Tár (Picture: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
She reportedly shared her post hours before the Oscars voting was set to close on Tuesday, but it was deleted soon after.
The potentially problematic extract in the article read: ‘Detractors would say that Blanchett’s is the stronger performance – the acting veteran is, indisputably, incredible as the prolific conductor Lydia Tár – but it should be noted that she already has two Oscars.
It continued: ‘A third would perhaps confirm her status as an industry titan but, considering her expansive and unparalleled body of work, are we still in need of yet more confirmation?
‘Meanwhile, for Yeoh, an Oscar would be life-changing: her name would forever be preceded by the phrase “Academy Award winner,” and it should result in her getting meatier parts, after a decade of being criminally underused in Hollywood.’
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This rule also hit the headlines earlier this year when many Hollywood stars campaigned for Andrea Riseborough to receive a nomination for her role in indie film To Leslie.
A review into potentially unfair tactics found ‘social media outreach campaigning tactics that caused concern’ although they did not retract the nomination.
Metro.co.uk previously contacted the Academy for comment.
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It’s alleged she shared and then deleted a post ahead of Oscar voting closing.