Fled Homeland Quotes by Alek Wek

I was working part-time as a cleaner while I was going to college and then babysitting after school.

— Alek Wek

War tore my family apart.

— Alek Wek

I wore hot pants and cowboy boots and I thought, 'What have I gotten myself into?'

— Alek Wek

I've seen mothers and children really being vulnerable in the refugee camps; it's supposed to be temporary, but they end up having children who…

— Alek Wek

I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years…

— Alek Wek

My experience as a refugee had made me strong; I could survive anything, even the world of fashion.

— 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…

— Alek Wek

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…

— Alek Wek

There's one thing we all share: We eat to nurture ourselves, to feel stronger.

— Alek Wek

Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.

— 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 -…

— Alek Wek

I don't even know where to start in terms of people having such an issue about color, especially being dark. I just think on…

— Alek Wek

There are mothers who sew for six months to make a fashion collection - someone's grandmother, someone's sister. We come in and get paid…

— Alek Wek

Beauty is deeper than just what you look at in a picture. You could fancy what you like, but as a woman my mother…

— Alek Wek

We need to do everything we can to protect the health and welfare of children around the world, but fortunately, it's getting easier to…

— Alek Wek