AKECH BIOR, ADUT

ADUT AKECH BIOR, SUDANESE MODEL

She’s a Sudanese model described as the synthesis between Grace Jones‘ grit and charisma and Naomi Campbell‘s elegance. Adut Akech Bior was born in the outskirts of South Sudan on the 25th of December 1999. An ancestral beauty with a penetrating gaze and a diastema characterize one of the most promising and demanded faces of 21st century fashion.

She spent the first eight years of her life in a refugee camp in Kenya, then she moved to Australia. She arrived in Australia taking on a different name: she called herself Mary because, as she stated, her teachers didn’t know how to pronounce her name. During her adolescence, she said she was bullied by her peers because of her physical appearance: an issue for which she suffered a lot but that over time she learned to ignore. At the age of fifteen, she was discovered for the first time by a scouting agency, Chadwick Models, with which she signed her first modeling contract.

ADUT AKECH BIOR’S DEBUT ON CATWALKS

 

At only thirteen years of age she started the career as a model walking the catwalks of the Melbourne Fashion Week. In 2017 she debuted for the French brand Yves Saint Laurent, with which she stipulated the exclusivity for three years. She started a flourishing career which, however, was not accepted by her family. She moved to New York. Here she met Naomi Campbell, a figure who has been fundamental for her professional career, and thanks to whom she received a lot of advice.

She walked the catwalk for Chanel, Max Mara, Calvin Klein, Prada, Fendi. In 2018 she was named ”Model of the Year” by models.com. After her debut with Saint Laurent, she was taken charge of by the agencyElite Model Management and enriched her portfolio by collaborating with Kenzo, Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Versace,Jil Sander,Miu Miu and many others.

Adut Akech also appeared on many major magazine covers such as Vogue, i-D magazine, Elle and L’Officiel. The photographer Tim Walker also chose her to shoot the 2018 Pirelli Calendar, with other important black celebrities such as Adwoa Aboah and Naomi Campbell. The model has been designated as “Naomi’s heir”, along with other black models including: Winnie Harlow, Duckie Thot, Mayowa Nicholas, Maria Borges and Anok Yai.