Alek Wek Quotes

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 different levels it's ignorance; it's no belief, no confidence, it's insecurity, so you want to inflict it on somebody else.
I don't understand when people are being greedy or mean, when they say who should get what, when they get control of someone else's life.
I feel, in 2015, when we see human beings and children dying to cross the ocean, trying to find safety, something more must be done to help them because refugees are just like me and you.
I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.
I grew up in southern Sudan, one of nine children. Our life was simple but very happy.
I had jobs from the age of 14, when I arrived in London as a refugee. Aged 17, I'd get up at 4 A.M. to work as a cleaner before school. It wasn't pleasant.
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.
I have eight brothers and sisters, so I'd like to have a few children.
I have short hair. It doesn't make me more unattractive than a woman or my sisters that have more longer hair and a bit lighter.
I know how it feels to go hungry.
I like to accept it all, the negative and the positive.
I like unique little boutique hotels, such as Blakes in London.
I love cooking. I love having friends around.
I meet and talk to women from every corner of this planet, and I can find beauty in each and every one of them.
I never thought I would see a free South Sudan.
I still have dreams in which someone is coming to the door.
I think beauty is not just about what we put on our heads or on our faces or what we wear: it's deeper than that, and if we can celebrate that, celebrate the women, not just the superficiality... I think it would be really gorgeous.
I think the fashion industry has gotten to a place where it is embarrassing.
I use Johnson & Johnson! I use their baby oil gel.
I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years to get over that.
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