For me, it always goes back to what my mother taught me and my sisters. That all women are beautiful, and we… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
If my mother hadn't encouraged me, I would be nervous and feeling like I'm doing something wrong. — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
My mother always has embedded in us that you guys rock in different ways, and to be able to celebrate that with… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
From nine years old, I lived with fear. I saw our neighbours disappearing. I was scared that I would come home from… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
Beauty is deeper than just what you look at in a picture. You could fancy what you like, but as a woman… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
You could fancy what you'd like, but as a woman, my mother always raised us to believe in ourselves. I am very… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
My mother has always instilled in us that we should carry ourselves with dignity despite the horror that came with the civil… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
There are mothers who sew for six months to make a fashion collection - someone's grandmother, someone's sister. We come in and… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my mother taught me and my sisters to celebrate each other - there was no room in… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
I was working part-time as a cleaner while I was going to college and then babysitting after school. — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
I wore hot pants and cowboy boots and I thought, 'What have I gotten myself into?' — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My experience as a refugee had made me strong; I could survive anything, even the world of fashion. — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There's one thing we all share: We eat to nurture ourselves, to feel stronger. — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish. — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
