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Beauty is subjective and should not be limited to only what we see on the outside.

~Alek Wek

Topics: Beauty Limited Only Outside See Should Subjective

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When I was growing up, my mother taught me and my sisters to celebrate each other - there was no room in our household for negativity. She taught us to embrace each other, and this was empowering for us. She also taught us the value of celebrating our differences.

~Alek Wek

Topics: Also Celebrate Celebrating Differences Each Embrace Empowering Growing Growing Up Household Me Mother Negativity Other Our Room She Sisters Taught Up Us Value

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Starting modeling in the '90s, it was quite surreal. They were like, 'You're so different! So weird! So bizarre!' And I'm like, 'I'm so normal. What are you talking about?'

~Alek Wek

Topics: About Bizarre Different Like Modeling Normal Quite Starting Surreal Talking Weird Were You

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I've seen mothers and children really being vulnerable in the refugee camps; it's supposed to be temporary, but they end up having children who have grown up in refugee camps.

~Alek Wek

Topics: Being Camps Children End Grown Having Having Children Mothers Really Refugee Seen Supposed Temporary Up Vulnerable Who

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When I was a girl, civil war in Sudan forced me to flee my home town of Wau.

~Alek Wek

Topics: Civil Civil War Flee Forced Girl Home Me Sudan Town War

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I don't even know where to start in terms of people having such an issue about color, especially being dark. I just think on different levels it's ignorance; it's no belief, no confidence, it's insecurity, so you want to inflict it on somebody else.

~Alek Wek

Topics: About Being Belief Color Confidence Dark Different Different Levels Else Even Having Ignorance Inflict Insecurity Issue Just Know Levels People Somebody Start Terms Think Want Where You

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I have short hair. It doesn't make me more unattractive than a woman or my sisters that have more longer hair and a bit lighter.

~Alek Wek

Topics: Bit Hair Lighter Longer Make Me More Short Short Hair Sisters Than Unattractive Woman

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I was working part-time as a cleaner while I was going to college and then babysitting after school.

~Alek Wek

Topics: After Babysitting Cleaner College Going Part-Time School Then While Working

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My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

~Alek Wek

Topics: Commitment Personal Place Refugees Very

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I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.

~Alek Wek

Topics: Car Countryside Did Grew Lived Many Near Small Small Town Sudan Things Town Up Were Where

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Designer

Born: April 16th, 1977

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