Adut Akech

Adut Akech: Biography in Details

Who is Adut Akech?

Adut Akech is one of the fifteen women

She appeared on the 2019 September issue of British Vogue– all selected by the Guest Editor, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

Up to date, she has made appearances for American Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue Italia, and Vogue Paris.

What is the birth name of Adut Akech?

She was born on 25 December 1999 in South Sudan and was raised in Kakuma, Kenya.

Adut has five siblings too.

She was 7 years old when she moved away from Kenya along with her mother to Adelaide, Australia as South Sudanese refugee.

In Adelaide, she is also known as “Mary” because Australian teachers were unable to pronounce her name.

She currently lives with another South Sudanese family from her tribe.

Adut Akech- Professional Life and Career

She was scouted several times by local modeling agencies when she was just 13 or 14 years.

So professionally, she began her career at the age of 16 in Chadwick Models located in Sydney, Australia.

She made her runway debut in a local fashion show and then went on to model for the Melbourne Fashion Week.

There, she got in touch with Saint Laurent’s casting crew for the Paris Fashion Week.

Once she was selected, she took a flight to Paris from Australia.

Fashion Week Debut

She made her major Fashion Week debut at Saint Laurence S/S 17 show and signed up with Elite Model Management

She has walked the ramp for Lanvin, Loewe, Miu Miu, Acne Studios, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Kenzo, Prada, Tom Ford, Tory Burch, Jason Wu, Bottega Veneta, and many others.

Moreover, She shot editorials for American Vogue, British Vogue, Modern Matter, Numéro, I-D Magazine, Le Monde M Magazine, The Gentlewoman, WSJ., T Magazine, and Vogue Australia.

In addition, she became the Melbourne Fashion Week’s Ambassador for 2019 and she is currently ranked in the “Top 50” on models.com.

Adut worked on several fall fashion campaigns including Michael Kors and Victoria’s Secret in 2022.

Who? Right Magazine Wrong Pics!

Adut Akech has spoken of her anger and sadness after a prominent Australian magazine published an article about her but with the image of a different black model.

In fact, Who had the picture of model Flavia Lazarus in the article instead of Adut’s? Who of course later apologized for the oversight.

Net Worth

As per 2023’s data, her net worth is $3 Million US.

As an international model, her earnings are $95k US and more.

How tall is Adut Akech?

She has black hair and black eyes.

She has a height of 5 ft. 10 inches.

Instagram

She has  600k followers on Instagram.

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