Top 98 Quotes by Alek Wek

It was the most exciting thing to leave secondary school and go to college, to have that freedom to study whatever I wanted.

When I think of 'Instagram models,' I say you have to take baby steps. You cannot just walk straight onto the runway.

I don't understand when people are being greedy or mean, when they say who should get what, when they get control of someone else's life.

I meet and talk to women from every corner of this planet, and I can find beauty in each and every one of them.

I grew up in southern Sudan, one of nine children. Our life was simple but very happy.

I love cooking. I love having friends around.

You could fancy what you'd like, but as a woman, my mother always raised us to believe in ourselves. I am very grateful that my mother brought me up that way.

Whenever I feel I am going through my own 'little' challenging moment, I just think about my mom.

I have eight brothers and sisters, so I'd like to have a few children.

Beauty should not be culturally relevant; it should be universal.