Named model of the year by the British Fashion Council last December, here are 5 things you didn't know about Adut Akech, one of our April cover stars.
. “We didn’t know what a magazine was, and we didn’t know much about fashion.… I only discovered the love that I have for fashion when I moved to Australia.” Still, she looks back on her time in Kenya fondly. “Before I’m anything else, I am a refugee, and I’m so proud of that,” she told“I started going by the name Mary when I began high school, because teachers couldn’t pronounce my name,” Akech
. But she was eager to revert to Adut when she entered the fashion industry. “I’m not Mary anymore,” she said. “Adut is unique.”“I knew I wanted to be a model the first time I walked down a runway at 13,” Akech recalled in . Years before she booked a two-season exclusive contract with Saint Laurent, Akech strutted her stuff in Adelaide, where her beloved aunt, a former model, had a clothing label.After first meeting in the spring of 2017, Akech and Campbell crossed paths again that September, catching up during Paris Fashion Week. When Akech subsequently moved to New York, their bond only deepened.
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