For nearly a decade, Adut Akech - a black model from South Sudan has become a familiar name that appears across the catwalks of many big brands.In 2019, this long legs born in 1999 were honored to receive the "Model of the Year" award (Model of the Year) by the British designer's Council.She also became one of the most expensive shows recently.Adut Akech participated in the list of "New Supers" (new generation of supermodels) of Models.com, with Kendall Jenner, Gigi - Bella Hadid, Hailey Bieber and many other famous long legs.
This African beauty is also given by a number of fashion magazines for the nickname the most beautiful color model on the planet.
Long legs with refugees become the exclusive model of Saint Laurent
Adut Akech was born in the land of South Sudan being devastated by the war, she had to go through a difficult childhood at a refugee camp in Kenya.Long legs born in 1999 shared: "At that time, just need to eat, to have a sleeping place, I was completely satisfied."At the age of 6, Adut and his family migrated to Adelaide, Australia with his dream of going to school.However, when learning English at school, Adut was always mocked and bullied because of the different skin color, hair, teeth.
In 2014, when she was only 15 years old, she was discovered and signed by a model and signed a contract.Two years later, she was striding for the first time on the Runway floor within the framework of the Australian fashion week.Thought this was her biggest success, at the end of 2016, the creative director Anthony Vaccarello called to invite Adut to participate in his debut show under the new position at Saint Laurent.
Here, Adut signed a exclusive performance contract for the BST of this Saint Laurent in the three Fashion Week seasons (S/S 2017; F/W 2017 and S/S 2018).
The sublimated career, Adut Akech became the second black model in history to take on the vedette show Chanel
In 2018, after the end of the exclusive contract with Saint Laurent, Adut Akech's career continued to become sublimated as she was sought by a series of big brands.Only in the week alonefashionAutumn and Winter 2018, the "black pearl" of the fashion village has won 30 shows for different fashion houses around the world such as Chanel, Fendi, Prada, Alexander McQueen, Versace, ...
Gen Z long legs won 30 shows for many brands in the Fall -Winter Fashion Week 2018.
A series of veteran names in the fashion industry gave her winged compliments, the most prominent was the former Valentino's former Director - Pierpaolo Piccioli.He shared: "Adut is very special. She can shine every time she appears, and you can really feel this. I want to work with Adut because she is representing acceptance and acceptance.grand".
Adut became the muse of Pierpaolo Piccioli and appeared in many of Valentino's collection.
She also often appears at fashion events with fashion designer Pierpaolo Piccioli and naomi naomi Campbell.
One of the memorable milestones for nearly a decade of Adut Akech's career is the moment she took on the vedette position for Chanel.Historically, only a single color supermodel that used to be assigned by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld to this responsibility was Alek Wek.
Supermodel Alek Wek was chosen by the "silver king" Karl Lagerfeld to become the face of the Chanel Haute Couture Fall show/winter 2004. She was the first black person to take this position.
After 14 years, Adut Akech is the second color model name in history to become a Chanel bride and stride to end the Haute Couture collection collection/winter 2018.
Adut Akech's catwalk strides in the autumn -winter fashion week 2023.
Not only bombarded the catwalks, this African beauty also appeared on the cover of many fashion magazines, including Vogue.At the same time, she also participated in many advertising campaigns of the popular brand series.
In December 2019, Adut Akech won the "Model of the Year" award at the British Fashion Awards.
"Despite becoming the most money model in the world, I am still a refuge."
Those are Adut Akech's sharing on the wave of a big media channel.The female model did not deny the past.She always considered a difficult time when she was young as a motivation to conquer higher goals in the profession.In addition to the fashion career, Adut Akech also works with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) to promote activities to support refugees around the world.
She hopes that her story is the inspiration to call for help to reduce the difficulties of the life of refugees.
In early August, Adut suddenly appeared on the MXH account of Vogue magazine and confirmed that she was pregnant at the age of 25 with her boyfriend Samuel Elkhier.This information quickly received the attention of the online community.Many celebrities have congratulated the long legs of African with the "promotion" with this new position.
Currently, Adut Akech is temporarily absent from the catwalks to focus on the family.