The meaning of the blue ribbon worn by celebrities at the 2023 Academy Awards

If you see a party The Oscars 2023 This year you wondered why Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Nighy, and Dolly de Leon wore tiny pins with blue bows atop their red-carpet-worthy shirts, and wonder no more about what blue ribbons mean at the Oscars, because here you have the answer.

What does the blue ribbon mean at the 2023 Oscars?

the Blue ribbons at the Oscars They were chosen to express solidarity with the victims and survivors of the ongoing refugee crisis, which is said to have displaced at least 100 million people in 2022 alone.

“Every time I meet refugees – in places like Lebanon, Jordan or Bangladesh, in the UK or in my home country of Australia – what strikes me is not ‘others’, but how much we share,” said Kate Blanchett in a press release ahead of the awards ceremony. . British actor Bill Nighy—nominated for best actor for his performance in Living—suggested he was wearing his pin at Blanchett’s request, adding, “120 million displaced people and children in dire straits, I don’t think that’s politics.” This is what you celebrate.

Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro, One of tonight’s winners for the animated film, Pinocchiowas one of the celebrities who also joined the cause, wearing a blue ribbon on the red carpet and at award ceremonies.

The pin worn by multiple stars accompanied by the hashtag # With refugees, was just one of the moments of the night in which the strength and power of the refugees was celebrated; In an emotional acceptance speech after winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Everything Everywhere All At One, actor Ke Huy Quan told the audience, ‘I started my journey on a ship,’ continuing to tell the story of his family, who fled from Vietnam to a refugee camp in Hong Kong before emigrating to the United States in 1979, he tearfully thanked his mother and brother for the part they played in his success.

Article originally published in Vogue US, vogue.com. Acting Amira Saem.