There are mothers who sew for six months to make a fashion collection – someone’s grandmother, someone’s sister. We come in and get paid to walk for 10 minutes at the end. Whenever I think about that, I realise it’s not about me. I was just the one chosen to represent those women and sell the clothes. Alek Wek Read Quote
My experience as a refugee had made me strong; I could survive anything, even the world of fashion. Alek Wek Read Quote
When I was 10 years old, I fled my homeland amid the bomb blasts of civil war in Sudan. Alek Wek Read Quote
When I first started modeling, I realised I was very different from many of my colleagues, but I welcomed the opportunities my career in fashion offered me and the support from many inspiring individuals in the fashion industry. Alek Wek Read Quote
For me, it always goes back to what my mother taught me and my sisters. That all women are beautiful, and we should embrace each other. Alek Wek Read Quote
My life was filled with family in South Sudan. I am the seventh of nine children, and we grew up in what would be considered a middle-class family. We did not have a lot, but we did have more than a lot of other people. Alek Wek Read Quote
