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Alek Wek Profile |
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Birth Date: 1977
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Birth Place: Bahr al Ghazal, Sudan
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Birth Name: Alek Wek
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Alek Wek (born April 16, 1977) is a Sudanese supermodel who
appeared on the catwalks at the age of 18 in 1995. She is
from the Dinka ethnic group in the Sudan, but her family
fled to Britain to escape the civil war between the Muslim
North and the Christian South of the Sudan.
Wek is sometimes seen as the 'face of Africa'
She also designs a range of designer handbags called "Wek
1933", which are available throughout selected Selfridges
department stores. The year refers to the year her father
was born.
She was born in Wau in Southern Sudan and lived there until
she was 12, and then moved to England in 1991.
Alek was discovered at an outdoor market in London in 1995
in Crystal Palace, south London, by a Models 1 scout. She
first got attention with the help of the music video for
GoldenEye by Tina Turner, in 1995 and from there made it
into the world of fashion as one of its top models. She was
signed to Ford Models in 1996 and was also seen in the "Got
'Til It's Gone" music video by Janet Jackson that year. She
was named "Model of the Year" in 1997 by MTV.
Amongst other things she has done ads for Issey Miyake,
Moschino, Victoria's Secret and make-up company Clinique as
well as walked the runway for high-profile fashion designers
John Galliano, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein and Ermanno
Scervino. In 2002 she made her acting debut in The Four
Feathers as Sudanese princess Aquol.
She is a member of the U.S. Committee for Refugees' Advisory
Council, and is helping to raise awareness about the
situation in Sudan, as well as the plight of refugees
worldwide. |
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Other
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Appears in the 1999 and 2000 Pirelli calendars.
Spokesperson for World Vision and U.S. Committee for
Refugees.
Model. Measurements: 32-23-34.
She is from the Dinka tribe of southern Sudan, and fled to
England with her family seeking political asylum. After
leaving school she took up studies in fashion technology in
London and was discovered by Models One scout Fiona Ellis
while attending a party.
One of the world's top fashion models.
Was ranked #14 in Channel 5's "World's greatest supermodel". |
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we are proud of her being a modler maybe it was her talent.
So we wish her all the best for talent.
The one writting is from Acholi tribe of south sudan currently in Nimule.
Thanks