Sudan's Super Model: Alek Wek On a mission to Help Boost South Sudan's Economic Development Years after fleeing her country - The Promota Magazine
Alek Wek 1. "Our confidence came from my mother. She told us it was about celebrating the beauty of being a woman – that's what made you gorgeous."
Alek Wek's stellar modeling career has taken her all across the globe, but it's been years since she's been back to her homeland in the Sudan — until she
Alek Wek's stellar modeling career has taken her all across the globe, but it's been years since she's been back to her homeland in the Sudan — until she
Supermodel Alex Wek has graced the catwalks of Chanel and Galliano, but her early life was marked by hardship growing up in Sudan.
She's a niece of Sudanese-British fashion model alek-wek and the best friend of another Dinka supermodel ajak-deng based in Australia.
She was born the seventh of nine children in Wau in Sudan (now South Sudan) in 1977. When she was preparing to emigrate from Sudan, her mother picked the ...
Supermodel Alek Wek On The Business Of Fashion, Being The Face Of Refugees And Life After The Runway
Alek Wek (born 16 April 1977) is a South Sudanese-British model and designer who began her fashion career at the age of 18 in 1995. She has been hailed for ...
AJAK DENG: THE PRIDE OF SOUTH SUDAN AND DINKA PEOPLE WHO SUCCESSFULLY CHANGED FROM A REFUGEE TO SUPERMODEL
"I have no problem with whatever the next big look is," says model Alek Wek. "Just don't try and tell me that only one look is beautiful.
Supermodel Alek Wek On The Business Of Fashion, Being The Face Of Refugees And Life After The Runway
Alek Wek it is pronounced Uh Lek was born into the southern Sudanese Dinka tribe in 1977. Named “the-black-and-white-cow” after a tribal good luck symbol, ...
Appropriate words from the striking Sudanese model whose exotic appearance has taken her to the very peak of her profession and challenged the traditional ...
Alek Wek was born in 1977 in the Dinka tribe of southern Sudan, where it was called "the black and white cow", nickname which alluded to a symbol of good ...
Alek came to New York from London in 1996 and went on seventeen appointments a day for about six weeks. The outcome of all those appointments?
Photography Amy Troost| Styling Alastair McKimm| i-D Magazine. It's safe to say supermodel Alek Wek was ...
[Faces of Black History] Meet Alek Wek, first model to influence the fashion industry with her black beauty - Face2Face Africa
From South Sudan to the catwalks of the world, Alek Wek now uses her star power to help H&M's Conscious Foundation change lives.
It was the UNHCR in their blue vests giving out grains and milk because, there wasn't anything that was cultivated.
Alek: The extraordinary life of a Sudanese Refugee: Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel: Amazon.co.uk: Alek Wek: 9781844084425: Books
Alek Wek (1977- ) is a supermodel from Sudan. She is known for being dark-skinned with very short hair. She was at her height from 1997 to 2004, ...
In Qatar, an oil-rich Muslim country in the Middle East, the fashion industry is a new one, playing a huge role in the lives of women in Qatar today who ...