Editing Alek Wek (section)

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Dark-skinned models were rare, if not unheard of, in the high fashion industry. As a result, Alek's mainstream success was celebrated by black women all over the world. [[Oprah Winfrey]] commented that "if Alek had been on the cover of a magazine when I was growing up, I would have had a different concept of who I was."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/faraigundan/2013/12/31/supermodel-alek-wek-on-the-business-of-fashion-being-the-face-of-refugees-and-life-after-the-runway/|title=Supermodel Alek Wek on the Business of Fashion, Being The Face of Refugees And Life After The Runway|first=Farai|last=Gundan|website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> In a speech on beauty and self-perception,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPCkfARH2eE|title=Lupita Nyong'o Speech on Black Beauty Essence Black Women|website=[[YouTube]] |date=March 2014 }}</ref> Kenyan-Mexican actress [[Lupita Nyong'o]] stated that she had been a self-conscious, insecure teenager before seeing Alek in the spotlight: "When I saw Alek, I inadvertently saw a reflection of myself that I could not deny. Now, I had a spring in my step because I felt more seen, more appreciated by the far-away gatekeepers of beauty".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/lupita-nyong-moving-speech-essence-event-article-1.1706333|title=Lupita Nyong'o: 'There is no shame in black beauty'|website=[[New York Daily News]] |date=28 February 2014 }}</ref>