Alek Wek, Supermodel, Model - Biography
Height 5 foot 11 (1.80 M)
Measurements, CM 86.5-58-88
Born April 16, 1977, Wau, Southern Sudan
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pic of her
Alek Wek 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 dominated
Sudan Regime. & the Christian and animist 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 Southern Sudan & lived there until she was 12, & then moved to Britain 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 & from there made it into the world of fashion as one of its top models. She was signed to Ford Models in 1996 & 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 & make-up company Clinique as well as walked the runway for high-profile fashion designers John Galliano, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein & 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, & is helping to raise awareness about the situation in Sudan,
as well as the plight of refugees worldwide.
This site
was written in April 2007
Pictures of Alek Wek, her name is not spelt Alex Wek, Alexa Wek, Alex Wex, Alec Wec, Alec Wek, or Alexi Wek, or Alek Weck,
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