Alek: The Extraordinary Life Of A Sudanese Refugee

Alek Wek has been the face of ad campaigns for companies ranging from Coach to Michael Kors to Nars and has worked the runways on behalf of designers such as Diane von Furstenberg and Christian Dior. Yet her defining moments extend beyond the runways of New York, Milan, Paris, and London.

Born to a middle-class family in Sudan, Wek's life dramatically changed when civil war erupted among militias, the Muslim-dominated government, and southern rebels. The conflict resulted in the deaths of two million people and created a community of refugees, including Wek's family, many of whom fled to London. This is Wek's extraordinary story of rising from a refugee to an international supermodel.