I'm trying to grow older with wisdom.

To have this opportunity, in light of my familys struggles, made me want to create something lasting and relevant.

You can't buy enlightenment, but you can hire a mirror so you can watch it happen.

In my country, families are raised as though they are one. Although I am from the Dinka tribe, my parents didn't raise us as the Dinka tribe. They raised us as the Wek family, in the way they believed their children should grow up. So when you leave, the first thing you think is the ones you left behind. It's natural to help them in any way you can. I found a way to support myself rather than asking my Mum to give me money. I would work before school and send money back to pay for their rent and food.

Pressure only makes you sick. You won't get anything positive out of it.

I wore hot pants and cowboy boots and I thought, 'What have I gotten myself into?'

I believe that true beauty comes from inside you and that always shows through. I have no problem with whatever the next look is, whether it's big blonde hair and blue eyes or green hair and dark eyes. That's fine so long as there isn't just one ideal image.