Adut Akech: "I see myself as a role model to many young South Sudanese people."

Melbourne is expecting more than 100,000 visitors during the course of the Melbourne Fashion Week, model Adut Akech is this year's international ambassador.

Melbourne is expecting more than 100,000 visitors during the course of the Melbourne Fashion Week, model Adut Akech is this year's international ambassador. Source: AAP

(Audio in Dinka) South Sudanese-Australian Model Adut Akech has been announced as the Melbourne Fashion Week ambassador. Adut who started her career at a very young age is now based in New York and still comes back to Melbourne. Adut said she sees herself as a role model to help change the narratives about South Sudanese in Australia.



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