Alek Wek: ‘See this? This is all woman. I know what I’m doing’
After 20 years at the forefront of fashion, trail-blazing model Alek Wek talks to Jane Mulkerrins about her first film role, diversity in the industry and why she prefers dating younger men
March 2017
Paris fashion week AW17: the 10 key shows – in pictures
Paris fashion week: Alek Wek comes out of catwalk retirement for Dries van Noten
March 2014
Alek Wek: 'You don't have to go with the crowd'
As a teenager, Alek Wek shook up the fashion world – and inspired, among others, a young Lupita Nyong'o. The Sudanese supermodel tells Sali Hughes why quirky is good
July 2012
Observer New Review Q&A
Alek Wek: 'I'm trying to help with the rebuilding process'
South Sudan: one year on
Supermodel Alek Wek makes poignant homecoming to South Sudan
November 2007
This much I know
This much I know
Alek Wek, supermodel, 30, London
August 2004
Top 40: alfresco tables (part 1)
In the summertime, eating out means just that. Alastair Sawday, Mourad Mazouz, Jools Oliver and Alek Wek pick the brightest and breeziest restaurants.
October 2003
The new black
The new black
Hannah Pool: The trouble with us black girls is that we all look alike. How's a chap supposed to be able to tell the difference between, say, Alek Wek and, um, another black woman who looks nothing like her?
