The multitalented Wek has since moved into design, and has released a chic line of leather bags, alligator-skin purses and chunky belts, called “Alek Wek 1933.” “The year 1933 is when my ...

Alek Wek Talks Meeting Lupita Nyong’o: "I Told Her You Are Inspiring" The supermodel opens up about her admiration for Lupita. By Jennifer Cooper, Emily Popp Apr 04, 2014 9:28 PM Tags.

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". Alek Wek is as much a supermodel as she is a girl ...

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 ...

Lupita Nyong’o: I was ‘conditioned to reject’ my complexion - The actress said it felt ‘revolutionary’ when people described Sudanese-British model Alek Wek as ‘beautiful’.

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has said she was “conditioned to reject” her complexion but felt permission to value it thanks to the Sudanese-British model Alek Wek. The Black Panther ...