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Alek Wek
Alek Wek
British Designer
Born: Apr 16, 1977
Beauty Me People School War You
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Restaurants serve huge portions on even huger platters, and people are tempted to eat too much. Alek Wek
People Too Much Too Restaurants Eat Tempted Huge Much Even Serve Portions
Many live to eat, instead of the other way around. Alek Wek
Live Other Way Eat Instead Around Many
I am not really into buying a lot of expensive things. Alek Wek
Am Lot Expensive Really Things Buying
I've always loved to paint - I was studying to do an art degree when I was approached to become a model - and I've being doing some design work as well. I also love just having a quiet time, sitting in my little library at home in Brooklyn and reading or watching documentaries or listening to music. Alek Wek
Work Love Music Art Time Home Library Listening Degree Reading Become Design Brooklyn Some Having Studying Also Documentaries Well Always Doing Model Quiet Quiet Time Sitting Just Being Loved Little Paint Watching
I grew up in southern Sudan, one of nine children. Our life was simple but very happy. Alek Wek
Life Happy Simple Nine Our Up Very Southern Children Grew Sudan
Whenever I feel I am going through my own 'little' challenging moment, I just think about my mom. Alek Wek
Mom Own Think About My Own Through Feel Am Going Just Whenever Little Moment Challenging
There's one thing we all share: We eat to nurture ourselves, to feel stronger. Alek Wek
Nurture Stronger Ourselves One Thing Eat Share Feel Thing
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
You Bizarre About Weird Like Talking Were Surreal Normal Modeling Quite Different Starting
You can feel very strongly that someone doesn't like you. I think any model who didn't have the same sort of upbringing as me would find that very difficult. But I absolutely knew I was entitled. I never thought I was ugly - it never crossed my mind. Alek Wek
Me You Ugly Mind Thought Entitled Difficult Think Would Find Someone Crossed Strongly Absolutely Never Knew Feel Like Sort Very Upbringing Model Same Any Who
I like unique little boutique hotels, such as Blakes in London. Alek Wek
London Hotels Like Little Unique
South Sudanese people are rich like the soil; they just need a little water, and they will grow. Alek Wek
People Water Soil Will Rich Like South Just Little Grow Need
If my mother hadn't encouraged me, I would be nervous and feeling like I'm doing something wrong. Alek Wek
Me Mother Nervous Feeling Would Would-Be Something Wrong Like Doing Encouraged
There are people who can look out for other human beings; there are people who can speak up when something is not right and say, 'This is wrong, and something should be done.' Alek Wek
People Speak Other Say Out Something Wrong Look Up Done Human Human Beings Should Who Beings Right
From nine years old, I lived with fear. I saw our neighbours disappearing. I was scared that I would come home from school and my parents would not be there. Alek Wek
Home Fear School Old Parents Nine Our Saw Neighbours Would Scared Disappearing Come Years Lived
Leaving southern Sudan as a child was terrifying. It was 1985, and my family and I were trying to escape to Khartoum, the capital in the North, to safety. Alek Wek
Family Safety Terrifying Leaving Were Escape Southern North Child Trying Capital Sudan
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
Beautiful Me Women Mother Other Back Embrace All Women Always Women Are Sisters Goes Taught Should Each
I have eight brothers and sisters, so I'd like to have a few children. Alek Wek
Few Brothers Brothers And Sisters Like Sisters Eight Children
I would love to continue to model but also have a family. Alek Wek
Love Family Would Also Continue Model
Beauty does not mean one thing but not something else. Alek Wek
Beauty Else One Thing Something Something Else Does Mean Thing
The fact that designers like Lagerfeld, Gaultier, Galliano and Dior could believe in Alek made me believe in myself, too. Alek Wek
Myself Me Made Believe Too Dior Fact Could Like Designers
I had jobs from the age of 14, when I arrived in London as a refugee. Aged 17, I'd get up at 4 A.M. to work as a cleaner before school. It wasn't pleasant. Alek Wek
Work Age School Before Pleasant Jobs London Cleaner Had Arrived Up Get Refugee Aged
There's never too much you can do. Alek Wek
You Too Much Too Never Much
At times, we take freedom for granted. We really don't know how to cherish the freedom we have until it's taken from us. Alek Wek
Freedom Take Taken Know Until How Cherish Times Us Really Granted
Going back to South Sudan after the independence took place was deeply emotional for me because I had gone through the civil war with my family just before going to seek refuge in London. Alek Wek
War Family Me Independence Before Gone Took Back Civil London Seek Civil War Through Emotional Had Because South Going Refuge Just After Place Sudan Deeply
My mother has always instilled in us that we should carry ourselves with dignity despite the horror that came with the civil war. She also taught us that where you come from is very important because that's what makes you who you are. So for me, whatever I've gone through had profoundly shaped me; it has given me strength and unwavering faith. Alek Wek
War Faith Strength Me You Dignity Mother Important Whatever Gone Despite Ourselves Carry Civil Civil War Horror Given Through Shaped Had Instilled Come Also She Because Unwavering Makes Always Came Very Taught Where Us Should Who Profoundly
It was the most exciting thing to leave secondary school and go to college, to have that freedom to study whatever I wanted. Alek Wek
Freedom School College Whatever Secondary Secondary School Exciting Study Most Leave Go Wanted Thing
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