Alek Wek Quotes

When I first started modeling, I realised I was very different from many of my colleagues, but I welcomed the opportunities my career in fashion offered me and the support from many inspiring individuals in the fashion industry.
When I first started working with World Vision, I would sit down and talk with them about issues that concern any part of the world. MSF told me about what was going on in North Korea. I also support AIDS and breast cancer charities.
When I started modeling, it was like, 'Oh, she's too dark,' and I kind of looked at them like, 'You're too daft.'
When I started, I'd hear other people saying, 'God, she's so bizarre-looking,' because I didn't look like the girl next door. But I was just normal. I was the girl next door. There were people in high fashion I could better relate to who were doing something more interesting and not talking this sort of rubbish.
When I talk, it shouldn't just be black girls listening.
When I think of 'Instagram models,' I say you have to take baby steps. You cannot just walk straight onto the runway.
When I was 10 years old, I fled my homeland amid the bomb blasts of civil war in Sudan.
When I was 14, I came to school in London. I remember it was very cold, but also having to adjust and become fluent in English.
When I was a girl, civil war in Sudan forced me to flee my home town of Wau.
When I was growing up, my mother taught me and my sisters to celebrate each other - there was no room in our household for negativity. She taught us to embrace each other, and this was empowering for us. She also taught us the value of celebrating our differences.
When I was working, there was no digital. We actually worked; we used Polaroids.
When my friends talk about childhood, I've never heard of any cartoons or TV they remember. The only thing we share is Michael Jackson. That's how far his music travelled - to a remote village on the other side of the world.
When the militias came to Wau, they would blast out 'Thriller' as they moved down the dirt streets.
When you give, you receive.
Whenever I feel I am going through my own 'little' challenging moment, I just think about my mom.
You can feel very strongly that someone doesn't like you. I think any model who didn't have the same sort of upbringing as me would find that very difficult. But I absolutely knew I was entitled. I never thought I was ugly - it never crossed my mind.
You could fancy what you'd like, but as a woman, my mother always raised us to believe in ourselves. I am very grateful that my mother brought me up that way.
You've got to make yourself happy. I'm a happy person naturally.
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