Alek Wek Bio, Affair, Relationship, Height, Net Worth, Ethnicity, Salary, Age

In the year 1996, she was signed to Ford Models, a very prestigious agency based out of New York City. In 1997, she was featured on the cover of “Elle” magazine, the first African woman to have this distinction.

Then, in 1999, Alek Wek was photographed for a calendar in which the artist Joanne Gair painted her body in bright, beautiful colors.

Likewise, in 2002, Alek Wek made her acting debut playing a princess of Sudan in the film ‘The Four Feathers’ and starred in a campaign for the Gap.

Additionally, Alek Wek launched ‘wek1993’ in 2005. It is a line of handbags that are for sale in Selfridges department stores. ‘wek1993’ is dedicated to her father, named after his birth year and designed to look like the briefcases he used to carry. Similarly, in 2007, she released her book entitled ‘Alek’.

Then, she admits that some of her modeling gigs have had racist undertones. Then, she appeared on the cover of ‘Ebony’ magazine with fellow models Tyra Banks and Kimora Lee.

In the year 2011, Alek Wek served as a guest judge on the acclaimed reality show, ‘America’s Next Top Model’, alongside Tyra Banks.

Likewise, in 2014, she signed with ‘Marks & Spencer’ for a campaign, a significant milestone for her professionally as well as personally as she used to shop there as a teenager.

Alek Wek: Disease

Alek Wek suffered from a skin condition known as psoriasis from birth until the age of 14. It cleared up because of the climate change once she moved to London with her family.