# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alek-wek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:18:33.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alek-wek"
name: "Alek Wek"
slug: "alek-wek"
description: "Alek Wek is a South Sudanese–British model and designer who began her fashion career at the age of 18 in 1995. She has been hailed for her influence on the perception of beauty in the fashion industry. She is from the Dinka ethnic group in South Sudan, but fled to Britain in 1991 to escape the civil war in Sudan. In 2015, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women."
tagline: "South Sudanese-British model and designer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alek_Wek%2C_Red_Dress_Collection_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1977-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.57410133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/msalekwek/"
    handle:    "msalekwek"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1082687/"
    handle:    "nm1082687"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "أليك ويك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "اليك ويك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Алек Век"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wekov%C3%A1"
    title: "Alek Weková"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://din.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "アレック・ウェック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EB%A0%89_%EC%9B%A9"
    title: "알렉 웩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Век, Алек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alek_Wek"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239508"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229590"
    title: "Alek Wek"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump