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 ...

She is one of the most instantly recognisable supermodels in the world, yet Alek Wek says she still gets freaked out when people stare at her in the street. "I look like any other Dinka girl from ...

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 ...

Giant furry pom poms at David Koma, Yasmin Le Bon stalking the Issa catwalk – fashion’s most breathtaking moments are undoubtedly beautiful… but are they really revolutionary? A world where ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE Alek Wek, left, poses in the press room with Demna Gvasalia, ...

Alek Wek wore a red dress from Donna Karan's fall 2014 ready-to-wear collection. See the complete list in the gallery below. More from WWD ...

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.