British - Designer | April 16, 1977 -
I've eight brothers and sisters - five girls, four boys. I am the seventh.
Alek Wek
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War tore my family apart.
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Beauty should not be culturally relevant; it should be universal.
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I meet and talk to women from every corner of this planet, and I can find beauty in each and every one of them.
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When I think of 'Instagram models,' I say you have to take baby steps. You cannot just walk straight onto the runway.
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When I was working, there was no digital. We actually worked; we used Polaroids.
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There was no concept of fashion and catwalk shows where I came from.
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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 have grown up in refugee camps.
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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.
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Black girls, I feel, rock, in so many ways, especially coming from five girls.
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My mother always has embedded in us that you guys rock in different ways, and to be able to celebrate that with each other is just beautiful.
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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.
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