In late 1990s, Sudans refugee Alek Wek, a statuesque black woman, shocked the world when she became a professional model in the United Kingdom and the US. She was one of the 420,000 refugees who fled Sudan in the past century. As many Sudaneses, among them Lopez Lamong (today a U.S. athlete) and Macharia Yuot (sportswoman), miss Wek escaped from her country, a Sub-Saharan African nation devastated by civil wars, AIDS, poverty, genocide, famines and pro-terrorist warlords (indeed, no other African state has suffered so many tragedies). Without a doubt, she is currently an inspiration for women/refugees in the Third World, including her homeland where there are any number of women/children living under slavery conditions. In addition, this girl is not only one of Africas most successful fashion models but also an African symbol. Over the last years, Sudans spectacular model Wek backep up a host of non-profit organizations, including Amnesty International and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). On the other hand, unfortunately, she is a persona non grata by the Sudanese rule, one of the worlds most brutal regimes, alongside other tyrannies like Cuba, Burma, and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (or North Korea). voices.yahoo/interesting-facts-supermodels-7642538.html
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:49:48 +0000
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