At Essence's Black Women in Hollywood luncheon last week, Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o told the guests that she'd had a hard time with growing up and self-acceptance. "When I was a teenager my ...

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This exclusive interview appears as the cover story in the Oct. / Dec. 2013 issue of Forbes Life Africa as "The Beauty That Tumbled From War". Her seemingly meteoric rise in the world of fashion and ...

At only 40 years old, model Alek Wek has certainly defied the act of aging. As one of the most iconic faces in fashion having been in the industry for over 25 years, the British-Sudanese model shows ...

Alek Wek wears a Miu Miu jacket, shorts, briefs, and belts. Since your debut in the mid 1990s, you’ve made fashion history several times over, including when you became the first African “bride” to ...

The Sudanese model Alek Wek knows first hand the power of education. “I grew up in South Sudan during the civil war, and my father always reminded us that despite all the bloodshed and struggle and ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Celia Shatzman writes about fashion, beauty and grooming. Every year fashion followers wait with bated breath for the Met Gala’s ...

The supermodel, Alek Wek has said more needs to be done to help those caught up in the refugee crisis, as in 2015 “we shouldn’t be seeing children washed up”. Wek is a refugee herself who fled Sudan ...

“Wow, you’re really taking me back! It really has been two and a half decades,” says Alek Wek of her zeitgeist-shifting entry into the fashion industry. The British and South Sudanese model was ...

In her speech, Nyong’o reminisced about the importance of seeing the rise of supermodel Wek, a woman with skin hued like hers. “When I saw Alek I inadvertently saw a reflection of myself that I could ...

Editor’s Note: Alek Wek is a Sudanese-born supermodel. She was forced to leave the country because of civil war and went to Britain as a child refugee. She continues to campaign to draw attention to ...