anything about aLEk wEk...

ziana2006

Info Alek Wek

1)Model plg SuCceSS
2)Pendapatan mencecah 2700000 poUnd setahun
3)Kelahiran Sudan

p/s:saper2 rajin tlg la paste pic alek wek

IrvingLorenzo

dia supermodel paling berjaya ke?? rasanya tak.

pendptn mencecah 2.7 juta pound setahun?? mana ko dpt citer nie??

aku ske kulit dia...lawa sgt dan licin walaupun hitam legam....amazing legs...amazing head shape...down-to-earth and funny...seorg yg sgt2 bernasib baik kerana terpilih menjadi supermodel terkenal...

ziana2006

[quote]Originally posted by IrvingLorenzo at 28-8-2006 04:21 PM
dia supermodel paling berjaya ke?? rasanya tak.

pendptn mencecah 2.7 juta pound setahun?? mana ko dpt citer nie??

aku ske kulit dia...lawa sgt dan licin walaupun hitam legam....amazing legs.. ... [/quote

aku baca kat article maner ntah....tp,mmg betul alek wek kan model of the year thn 1997......mmg body dia mcm model...

narvmarishka

alek wek ni kategori unik...walaupun tak cantek cam tyra,iman,liya or naomi skalipun,tetap jadi favourite for modelling either runways or photoshooting.she make her look as her identity in modelling.

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her profile from hello site..

Alek Wek



"I have no problem with whatever the next big look is," says model Alek Wek. "Just don't try and tell me that only one look is beautiful." Appropriate words from the striking Sudanese model whose exotic appearance has taken her to the very peak of her profession and challenged the traditional definition of a catwalk model.  

Alek Wek ? it is pronounced Uh Lek ? was born into the southern Sudanese Dinka tribe in 1977. Named "the-black-and-white-cow" after a tribal good luck symbol, she was raised in a large but close-knit family in the small village of Wau.

Along with millions of other Sudanese, her life was turned upside down by the outbreak of civil war in 1982. After their house came under fire from an unknown group, the Wek family fled. When they returned a month later, they found the village ravaged and its inhabitants living in the local school, without amenities or food.

Eventually, Alek was sent to the capital, Khartoum, where she was joined three months later by the rest of the family. Here, her father, an education administrator, underwent a hip replacement procedure, but as a result of complications following the operation, he died. Shortly afterwards the Weks decided to leave their homeland.

Alek's older sister had moved to Britain before the civil war, and applied on behalf of her family for refugee status. In 1991 Alek and her younger sister were accepted, but it was two years before they were joined by their mother and two more of their nine siblings. The remaining family members were finally given refuge by Australia and Canada.

While living with her sister in England, Alek supported herself with odd jobs outside school hours and sent money back to her mother. She learnt English quickly, and went on to study fashion technology and business at the prestigious London College of Fashion.

The African beauty's big break came in 1995 when she was discovered by a model agency scout while shopping in a London market. She signed to Models One, and it wasn't long before she appeared in a Tina Turner video and on the pages of cutting edge publications Vibe and i-D.

One of the hottest new faces on the scene, she was soon courted by top design houses for their runway shows. Her distinctive looks, so different from the usual catwalk fare, caused a stir in the world of fashion, and garnered a raft of awards, including "Best New Model" at the Venus de la Mode Fashion Awards, 1997 MTV model of the year, and "Model of the Decade" from i-D.

Alek's success has redefined the traditional understanding of beauty, as US chat show host and actress Oprah Winfrey underlined in an interview with the model. "If you had been there when I was growing up, I would have thought of myself as beautiful," the presenter confessed.

Outside her modelling commitments, Alek draws upon her own experiences as a refugee to help highlight the plight of the world's dispossessed and, as a member of the US Committee For Refugees' Advisory Council, campaigns to raise the profile of the humanitarian disaster in the Sudan.

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ALEK WEK  

Birth country: Sudan



"I look like any other Dinka girl from the Sudan," says Alek Wek. "I never imagined that somebody would ever look at me and recognise me and think I'm beautiful." And Alek's cherubic face ? her trademarks are short hair, dark, perfect skin and expressive eyes ? revolutionised fashion, creating a stir when she first emerged on the scene in 1995, aged 18.

When she landed on the cover of US Elle two years later, her career was in overdrive, and a flood of appreciative letters poured in. "One woman said, 'I never expected to see someone who looked like me on the cover of the magazine,'" she recalls. That year alone, Alek garnered the title of MTV model of the year, best new model at the Venus de la Mode Fashion awards and model of the decade from I-d.

Since conquering the catwalks, the former refugee ? a number of her family were eventually granted asylum in Britain ? and London Institute art student has further developed her creative side. In addition to painting, she has designed her own line of bags, called Wek1933 after the year her late father was born.  




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yg ni pulak profile from KenyanList.com... siap ade measurementsc...



born: 1977
birthplace: Bahr al Ghazal, el Sudan
nationality: English
measurements: 34-23-34
height: 5 ft 11 inches

Alek is a member of the 3 million person Dinka tribe of the southern Sudan. The Dinka are a cattle-herding people of Christians and practioners of their Traditional religion who worship the deity "Nialith". They live along the White Nile River. The graceful Dinka are some of the tallest people on Earth. The south is in a civil war with the Islamic north which believes in strict compliance with Shari'a or Islamic Law and religion. Therefore, the Dinka are considered un-Islamic.

In 1989, Alek went to Khartoum, Sudan's capitol city, to escape persecution. Her father was killed. Only her mother, her four brothers and four sisters, and she survived. Alek and her younger sister arrived in Great Britain two years later, learned the language and went to the London School of Fashion. In 1995, she became part of the Models One Agency. She turned to professional modeling the next year. She has lived in Paris and New York, graced many magazines, appeared in a Tina Turner music video and on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Alek retourned to her homeland in 1998 to view the conditions of her people under siege and suffering from war-related famine.

ziana2006

Originally posted by ldg at 28-8-2006 09:31 PM
ALEK WEK  

Birth country: Sudan



"I look like any other Dinka girl from the Sudan," says Alek Wek. "I never imagined that ...

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