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11-03-2005 11:01 PM |
The Supermodel!
The stunning supermodel known for her short hair, dark skin and bright smile has strode the catwalks of some of the world's top fashion houses.
She calls Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier and Dries Van Noten friends, and solicited advice from such designers during the early stages of launching her handbag company, Wek1933, named after the year her father was born.
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Alek was born into the Dinka tribe in southern Sudan. In 1991, at age fourteen, she and her younger sister fled their war-torn country. They were granted asylum in Great Britain.
Alek has graceful but distinctive African beauty, She has appeared in dozens of advertising campaigns, in Vogue, and on the cover of Elle. Alek was also named "Best New Model" at the Paris Fashion Awards and "MTV Model of the Year." The trend-setting i-D magazine chose her as "Model of the Decade," In addition to modeling she has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and People.
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