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She fled war in South Sudan and was scouted at a London fair. Alek Wek changed what a supermodel looks like Celebrity Buzz She fled war in South Sudan and was scouted at a London fair. Alek Wek changed what a supermodel looks like Alek Wek was born in Wau, in what is now South Sudan, and fled civil war to London as a teenager. Scouted at a fair in Crystal Palace in 1995, she became one of the most influential models of the late 1990s and a voice for refugees. A diplomat’s daughter from Mogadishu became one of fashion’s first Black supermodels, then married David Bowie Celebrity Buzz A diplomat’s daughter from Mogadishu became one of fashion’s first Black supermodels, then married David Bowie Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, born in Mogadishu in 1955, was studying in Nairobi when a photographer persuaded her to model. She became one of the defining models of the 1970s and 1980s, founded Iman Cosmetics for women of colour and was married to David Bowie until his death in 2016.