What is Alek Wek?
[[File:Alek Wek, Red Dress Collection 2007.jpg|thumb|200px|Wek in 2007]] '''Alek Wek''' (born 16 April 1977) is a [[South Sudan]]ese-[[British people|British]] model and designer. She began her fashion career at the age of 18 in 1995. She has been praised for her influence on the [[perception]] of [[beauty]] in the fashion industry. Wek was born in [[Wau, South Sudan|Wau]], [[Sudan]] (now South Sudan). She is from the [[Dinka people|Dinka]] [[ethnic group]]. She fled to Britain in 1991 to escape the [[Second Sudanese Civil War|civil war in Sudan]]. As of 2009, she lives in [[Brooklyn, New York]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.models.com/models/alek-wek|title=Alek Wek – Model Profile|website=Models.com|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> In 2015, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-11-17|title=BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-34745739|access-date=2023-08-14}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Alek Wek}} *{{IMDb name|1082687}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wek, Alek}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British models]] [[Category:People from Wau, South Sudan]] {{bio-stub}}