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 ...

Alek Wek is a model who spent years of her life fleeing from civil war in South Sudan. She talks to Anne Soy about being a model, life as a refugee and her father's lessons.

FILE Alek Wek, left, poses in the press room with Demna Gvasalia, winner of the international award, at the CFDA Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom, June 5, 2017, in New York. (Photo by ...

To close out NYFW, Thom Browne dialed up the drama (and then some), with model Alek Wek closing out Browne’s spectacular showcase in a voluminous plaid ball gown. From the debut collection of ...

What is a 'good girl' - in Siberia, Russia? What is a good girl - in Winsconsin, USA? What is a 'good girl' - in Syria? Alek Wek is a model who spent years of her life fleeing from civil war in ...

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