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    Sudanese Model Ajak Deng Recounts Her Frightening Experience with Police Brutality
    Fashion + Beauty
    19 July 2016

    Sudanese Model Ajak Deng Recounts Her Frightening Experience with Police Brutality

    “I had to go through this alone. I have to be the strongest black wom(an I can be by myself.” (Read the transcript inside)

    Ajak Deng Will Continue To Combat Racism In The Fashion Industry
    Style
    29 February 2016

    Ajak Deng Will Continue To Combat Racism In The Fashion Industry

    Sudanese-Australian model Ajak Deng is no longer retiring from the fashion industry.

    Australian-Sudanese Model Ajak Deng Is “Officially Done With The Fashion Industry”
    Style
    25 February 2016

    Australian-Sudanese Model Ajak Deng Is “Officially Done With The Fashion Industry”

    Australian-Sudanese model Ajak Deng is walking away from the fashion industry for good.

    Steven Klein's Surrealist City Aliens
    Fashion + Beauty
    25 February 2014

    Steven Klein's Surrealist City Aliens

    The last W Magazine editorial photographed by Steven Klein and styled Edward Enninful featured African models Maria Borges and Ajak Deng.

    Prêt-À-Poundo: Top 10 Black Models at New York Fashion Week
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    28 February 2013

    Prêt-À-Poundo: Top 10 Black Models at New York Fashion Week

    See the Top African Models during New York Fashion Week Fall 2013, including Maria Borges, Mari Agory and Cora Emmanuel.

    Prêt-À-Poundo: Top 12 African Faces
    Fashion + Beauty
    07 January 2013

    Prêt-À-Poundo: Top 12 African Faces

    These are the current Top African Models. Here are our 12 African Faces for 2012.

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