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Alek Wek Quotes

British - Designer | April 16, 1977 -

You've got to make yourself happy. I'm a happy person naturally.

Yourself Happy You Person Got Make

Leaving southern Sudan as a child was terrifying. It was 1985, and my family and I were trying to escape to Khartoum, the capital in the North, to safety.

Family Child Safety Trying Escape

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.

Music Childhood World Remember Talk

It's an awful feeling, being hungry.

Feeling Hungry Being Awful

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.

Mother Value Me Growing Up Celebrate

I think the fashion industry has gotten to a place where it is embarrassing.

Fashion Think Place Industry Where

Education is the key to the future.

Education Future Key

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

Experience Me World Fashion Survive

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 to walk for 10 minutes at the end. Whenever I think about that, I realise it's not about me. I was just the one chosen to represent those women and sell the clothes.

Women Walk Me Sister Fashion Think

When I started modeling, it was like, 'Oh, she's too dark,' and I kind of looked at them like, 'You're too daft.'

You Modeling Dark Kind She Started

Everything has to do with education: If you educate the girls, you educate the family, the community, and society, in general.

Family Education Community Society

In restaurants in my Brooklyn neighborhood, I always ask for a doggie bag to bring the leftovers home.

Home Bag Brooklyn Ask Always Bring

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