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 ...

a woman and as a supermodel? Alek Wek: My mother has always instilled in us that we should carry ourselves with dignity despite the horror that came with the civil war. She also taught us that ...

We love this story so much—because having an inspiring role model is one of the most important things in the world, I think, and, also, who doesn't love Alek Wek? What does Wek have to say about ...

Bella Hadid and Alek Wek but saw fit to only tag the Hadid sisters, leaving the legendary Black model completely unidentified. According to Pop Culture, that day the account tweeted out a link to ...

makeup by Marcelo Gutierrez for Chanel Beauty at Bryant Artists; manicure by Jin Soon Choi for JINsoon Audacity at Home Agency. Model: Alek Wek at IMG. Casting by Michelle Lee at Michelle Lee Casting.

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 ...

To this day, the sight of UNHCR’s blue logo still invokes in me a sense of comfort, of safe-keeping.” Supermodel Alek Wek has actively supported UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency since 2011 and was ...

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has said she was “conditioned to reject” her complexion but felt permission to value it thanks to the Sudanese-British model Alek Wek. The Black Panther ...

Wek's retraced her journey back home to South Sudan in July of 2012 to draw attention to their plight... Supermodel Alek Wek has come far, her journey from her native Sudan to the realm of high ...

A painting of model Alwk Wek. I find it amazing how small her waist is, she definitely is a empowered young black woman which is so positive! There have been no comments made here yet. 2d ...