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Alek Wek

1977 - Today

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Alek Wek (born 16 April 1977) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alek Wek has received more than 1,432,237 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Alek Wek is the 172nd most popular model (down from 139th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from South Sudan and the most popular South Sudanese Model.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MODELS

Among models, Alek Wek ranks 172 out of 313. Before her are Mariacarla Boscono, Ana Hickmann, Michele Merkin, Bianca Balti, Tao Okamoto, and Agyness Deyn. After her are Frederique van der Wal, Park Jung-ah, Marjorie de Sousa, Fernanda Lima, Nora Fatehi, and Kate Nauta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Alek Wek ranks 466. Before her are Genevieve O'Reilly, Mariano Pernía, René Redzepi, Ana Johnsson, Obie Trice, and Yevgeny Rodionov. After her are Alenka Gotar, Marco Cassetti, Rimantas Kaukėnas, Shingo Katori, Tyronn Lue, and Pablo Prigioni.

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In South Sudan

Among people born in South Sudan, Alek Wek ranks 3 out of 9. Before her are Salva Kiir Mayardit (1951), and Riek Machar (1953). After her are Luol Deng (1985), Guor Marial (1984), James Moga (1983), Thon Maker (1997), Lopez Lomong (1985), Rose Lokonyen (1995), Duop Reath (1996), Liu Shiying (null), and James Chiengjiek (1992).

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Among MODELS In South Sudan

Among models born in South Sudan, Alek Wek ranks 1. 

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