Author: Alek Wek

Quotes

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

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

- Alek Wek

Education is the key to the future.

Education is the key to the future.

- Alek Wek

The beauty of reading is that it lets you travel in a way you could never know.

The beauty of reading is that it lets you travel in a way you could never know.

- Alek Wek

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

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

- Alek Wek

Beauty should not be culturally relevant; it should be universal.

Beauty should not be culturally relevant; it should be universal.

- Alek Wek

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.

- Alek Wek

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 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.

- Alek Wek

When I was a girl, civil war in Sudan forced me to flee my home town of Wau.

When I was a girl, civil war in Sudan forced me to flee my home town of Wau.

- Alek Wek

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 meet and talk to women from every corner of this planet, and I can find beauty in each and every one of them.

- Alek Wek

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