Nyadak Thot was born on 23 October 1995 and is a South Sudanese-Australian model.
17 Facts About Duckie Thot
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Duckie Thot is best known for being a face of Fenty Beauty as well as playing the lead role in the Alice in Wonderland-inspired 2018 Pirelli Calendar.
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Duckie Thot was raised in Melbourne, Australia with her family as South Sudanese refugees.
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Duckie Thot's mother was pregnant with her when they left the country due to war.
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Duckie Thot is one of seven siblings, and the first to be born in Australia.
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In Melbourne, her classmates and teachers at school weren't able to pronounce her birth name, Nyadak; this led to Thot going by the nickname "Duckie", which she prefers to go by as a model.
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Duckie Thot attended Maranatha Christian School and graduated in 2013.
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Duckie Thot was introduced to the modelling industry by her model and YouTube star sister, Nikki Perkins, who chaperoned her on photo shoots.
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Duckie Thot made the decision to move to Brooklyn, New York in hopes that she could become a more successful model in America.
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Duckie Thot ended up shooting a magazine cover that same day.
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Since 2018, Duckie Thot has been a global ambassador for L'Oreal Paris.
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Duckie Thot participated in campaigns for Fenty x Puma, Fenty Beauty, Moschino, Balmain, and Oscar de la Renta.
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Duckie Thot debuted in the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
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Duckie Thot appeared on the cover art for CHIC's album It's About Time, which was released in September 2018.
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Pirelli's 2018 annual calendar spectacular, shot by Tim Walker and styled by Edward Enniful, was a powerful all-black retelling of Alice in Wonderland in which Duckie Thot was cast as Alice and is credited to helping her rise to fame.
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Duckie Thot has since been vocal about diversity, race inclusion and Black Lives Matter in the fashion industry, after stating that she is often the only person of colour on set.
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Duckie Thot dated actor Kofi Siriboe for around a year, but broke up in 2019.