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My mother always has embedded in us that you guys rock in different ways, and to be able to celebrate that with each other is just beautiful.
Alek Wek -
For me, you have to have some kind of modesty.
Alek Wek
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There's one thing we all share: We eat to nurture ourselves, to feel stronger.
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Many live to eat, instead of the other way around.
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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 -
London is like my second home. I've still got friends there from school and from when I first started in the modelling business - people such as Karen Elson, Jasmine Guinness, Jade Parfitt.
Alek Wek -
Bones inside clothes. That was war to me.
Alek Wek -
Beauty should not be culturally relevant; it should be universal.
Alek Wek
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When I talk, it shouldn't just be black girls listening.
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When I think of 'Instagram models,' I say you have to take baby steps. You cannot just walk straight onto the runway.
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When I was 10 years old, I fled my homeland amid the bomb blasts of civil war in Sudan.
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I am so impressed by UNHCR staff who live and work side by side with the refugees. It's really remarkable.
Alek Wek -
I had serious psoriasis as a child - it's strange that I make my living off my looks after years of looking like a monster.
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Restaurants serve huge portions on even huger platters, and people are tempted to eat too much.
Alek Wek
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When I was working, there was no digital. We actually worked; we used Polaroids.
Alek Wek -
South Sudanese people are rich like the soil; they just need a little water, and they will grow.
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We eat to live.
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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.
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My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.
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There's never too much you can do.
Alek Wek
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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.
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When I first started modeling, I realised I was very different from many of my colleagues, but I welcomed the opportunities my career in fashion offered me and the support from many inspiring individuals in the fashion industry.
Alek Wek -
I know how it feels to go hungry.
Alek Wek -
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