Alek Wek fled to Britain with her family at 14 to escape the first civil war in the Sudan. By her early twenties, she was a supermodel and muse who had become the first African woman to grace the ...
Supermodel Alek Wek On The Business Of Fashion, Being The Face Of Refugees And Life After The Runway
This exclusive interview appears as the cover story in the Oct. / Dec. 2013 issue of Forbes Life Africa as "The Beauty That Tumbled From War". Her seemingly meteoric rise in the world of fashion and ...
Supermodel Alek Wek has come far, her journey from her native Sudan to the realm of high fashion rendering her a star. “I think the most important thing especially is that fashion should celebrate ...
As far as modeling careers go, Alek Wek’s has been, in a word, aspirational. The 38-year-old has walked the runway as Chanel’s haute couture bride, landed a Gilles Bensimon-shot cover of Elle, and had ...
Editor’s Note: Alek Wek is a Sudanese-born supermodel. She was forced to leave the country because of civil war and went to Britain as a child refugee. She continues to campaign to draw attention to ...
NEW YORK — Some models try their luck in acting and others dabble in music, but for Sudan-born Alek Wek, handbags and belts are the new focus beyond the frenetic schedule of fittings, shoots and world ...
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