Adut Akech
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 24 |
| Date of birth | December 25,1999 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | South Sudan |
| Height | 175 (cm) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Agencies | The Society Management |
| Elite Model Management | |
| Movies/Shows | Black Is King |
| Zara Woman Spring Summer 2018 Campaign | |
| Vogue Australia: Sixty Years Through the Lens | |
| Vogue: Praise Be Paris | |
| Agency | Chadwick Models |
| Full name | Adut Akech Bior |
| Nationality | Australian |
| South Sudanese | |
| Nominations | Shorty Award for Best in Fashion |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 815279 |
Adut Akech Life story
Adut Akech Bior is a South Sudanese-Australian model. Akech made her fashion week runway debut as an exclusive in the Saint Laurent S/S 17 show and went on to close both their F/W 17 and S/S 18 shows as an exclusive.
British Fashion Awards 2022: Stars descend on Royal Albert Hall's red carpet
... Also in the running for the award, which recognises the most influential model, was former winner Adut Akech, Paloma Elsesser and Quannah Chasinghorse...
Adut Akech: Magazine publishes wrong image of black model
... South Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech says she has been deeply affected by the error in WHO Magazine and says Australia has a lot of work to do ...
Duchess of Sussex guest edits British Vogue's September issue
... The cover features actors Jane Fonda, Salma Hayek Pinault, Laverne Cox, Jameela Jamil, Yara Shahidi and Gemma Chan, alongside models Christy Turlington Burns, Adwoa Aboah and Adut Akech...
Adut Akech: Magazine publishes wrong image of black model
The model said she wanted The Incident to be a "wake-up call to the industry"
An Australian magazine has apologised after publishing a story about a model with another black woman's image.
South Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech says she has been deeply affected by the error in WHO Magazine and says Australia "has a lot of work to do".
In the magazine interview, she discussed people's attitudes to colour and her career in fashion.
WHO Magazine issued an apology, saying it had been given the wrong picture by The Agency that Set Up The Interview .
Ms Akech appeared in the magazine ahead of Melbourne Fashion Week . However the magazine printed an image of Flavia Lazarus, another model appearing at The Show , instead.
In The Interview , Ms Akech spoke about using her voice to start a conversation about how people viewed refugees. She fled South Sudan for Kenya where she resided in a refugee camp before Seeking Asylum in Australia in 2008.
Writing on Instagram after the error was made, the model said: "This is a big deal because of what I spoke about in my interview. By this happening, I felt it defeated the purpose of what I stand for and spoke about. "
She added that she wanted The Incident to be a "wake-up call to people within the industry".
WHO Magazine said it had spoken with Ms Akech directly to apologise and "to explain how the error occurred".
Melbourne Fashion Week published an apology on its Instagram page: "We are extremely disappointed that a photo of one of our campaign models, Flavia Lazarus, was mistakenly printed instead of a photo of Adut.
"Both Adut and Flavia have expressed their disappointment and we support them. This error is unacceptable, and both Who Magazine and our Public Relations agency, OPR, have apologised. "
OPR said in a statement quoted by ABC: "and we sincerely apologise for this mistake and any upset it has caused to the models involved, and our client The City of Melbourne . "
melbourne, australia, fashion, south sudan
Source of news: bbc.com
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