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At 14, Alek Wek was forced to flee Sudan for London when civil war made it too dangerous to stay. It was a long road to November 1997, when Alek became the first dark-skinned African model to be on the cover of Elle. The cover prompted Oprah Winfrey to gush: "If you'd been on the cover when I was growing up, I would have had a different concept of who I was." That said, Alek refuses go-sees that request black models: "It's disrespectful," she says. |
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Agency: IMG Awards: iD Magazine's Model of the Decade; People's 1999 50 Most Beautiful People issue; Frank Magazine's 50 Most Influential Faces in Fashion. |
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