1. Adut Akech Bior is a South Sudanese-Australian model.
21 Facts About Adut Akech
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Adut Akech was born in Sudan, but was raised in Kakuma, Kenya.
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Adut Akech was born on Christmas Day, on the way to Kenya.
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Adut Akech was 7 years old when she moved from Kenya along with her mother to Adelaide, Australia as South Sudanese refugees seeking asylum.
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Adut Akech was known as "Mary", her Christian second name in Adelaide, as Australian teachers found it difficult to pronounce her name.
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Adut Akech was introduced to the fashion industry by her family, and despite getting scouted multiple times by local modelling agencies when she was 13 and 14 years old, she started her modelling career at 16 years old, signing to her mother agency, Chadwick Models, in Sydney, Australia.
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Adut Akech then went on to walk in Melbourne Fashion Week, where she took digitals for a Saint Laurent casting in Paris Fashion Week.
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Since then, Adut Akech has done 4 campaigns and closed 2 shows for Saint Laurent, 1 campaign and 2 shows for Valentino, one campaign for Zara, and one campaign for Moschino, as well as walked for Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Kenzo, Prada, Lanvin, Loewe, Miu Miu, Acne Studios, Tom Ford, Tory Burch, Jason Wu, Bottega Veneta, Anna Sui, Calvin Klein, JW Anderson, Simone Rocha, Burberry, Off-White, Ellery, Jil Sander, Giambattista Valli, Proenza Schouler and Versace.
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Adut Akech has shot editorials for American Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris, I-D Magazine, Le Monde M Magazine, Modern Matter, Numero, The Gentlewoman, WSJ.
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Adut Akech has landed magazine covers for I-D Magazine, 10 Magazine Australia, Vogue Italia, British Vogue, Vogue Australia, Portrait, Elle Croatia, L'Officiel Singapore and Le Monde M Magazine.
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Adut Akech is set to feature in the 2018 Pirelli Calendar, shot by Tim Walker, alongside Sasha Lane, Lil Yachty, Sean Combs, Whoopi Goldberg, RuPaul, Adwoa Aboah, Naomi Campbell and Slick Woods.
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Adut Akech was Melbourne Spring Fashion Week's ambassador for 2019.
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In 2019, Who magazine ran a feature about Adut Akech but printed a picture of another model instead of her.
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In 2023, Adut Akech started working with the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees, promoting causes to support refugees worldwide.
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In 2020, Adut Akech was featured beside Naomi Campbell in Beyonce's "Black Is King" for the song "Brown Skin Girl".
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Adut Akech appeared on the cover of the American Vogue in the same year.
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In 2022, Adut Akech worked several fall fashion campaigns including Michael Kors and Victoria's Secret.
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Adut Akech appeared on the cover of the British Vogue and Vogue Italia.
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In 2023 Adut Akech was part of the Victoria's Secret campaign along with Naomi Campbell.
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In July 2024, Adut Akech confirmed she is pregnant with their first child via a Vogue photoshoot posted to her Instagram page.
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Adut Akech was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.