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

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 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

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

Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.

Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.

- Alek Wek

True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.

True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.

- Alek Wek

Education is the key to the future.

Education is the key to the future.

- 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

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

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