Editing Alek Wek (section)

{{Short description|South Sudanese-British model and designer}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Dinka name|Alek}}
{{Infobox model
| name          = Alek Wek
| image         = Alek Wek, Red Dress Collection 2007.jpg
| caption       = Wek at the Red Collection 2007 for [[The Heart Truth]] campaign
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1977|4|16|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Wau, South Sudan|Wau]], Sudan<br>(now [[South Sudan]])
| height        = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| haircolour    = Dark brown
| eyecolour     = Brown
| website       =
| partner       = Riccardo Sala (2001-2013)
| occupation    = Model
| years_active  = 1995–present
| agency        = {{Plainlist|
* [[IMG Models]] (New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Sydney)
* d'management group (Milan) 
* [[Storm Management]] (London) 
* Mega Model Agency (Hamburg)<ref name="Alek Wek – Model Profile"/>}}
}}

'''Alek Wek''' (born 16 April 1977) is a [[South Sudanese]]-[[British people|British]] model and [[designer]] who began her [[fashion]] [[career]] at the age of 18 in [[1995]]. She has been hailed for her influence on the perception of [[beauty]] in the [[Fashion|fashion industry]]. She is from the [[Dinka people|Dinka]] [[Ethnicity|ethnic]] group in [[South Sudan]],<ref name="baltimoresun1997">{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-01-09-1997009071-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708030959/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-01-09/features/1997009071_1_alek-wek-concept-of-beauty-herb-ritts |url-status=live |archive-date=8 July 2012 |title=Refugee from Sudan takes runways by storm |publisher=Articles.baltimoresun.com |date=9 January 1997 |access-date=21 January 2014}}</ref> but fled to [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Britain]] in [[1991]] to escape the [[Second Sudanese Civil War|civil war in Sudan]].<ref name="bbcr4">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2007_45_thu.shtml |title=BBC – Radio 4 Woman's Hour -Alek Wek |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=23 February 2009}}</ref> In 2015, she was listed as one of [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC's 100 Women]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-34745739|title=BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list?|date=17 November 2015|work=BBC News|access-date=17 August 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>