DAMN ALEX IS PRETTY CUTE UP CLOSE!

DAMN ALEX IS PRETTY CUTE UP CLOSE!IMO

Kelly was always the most beautiful-est one!!! Especially after Tina stopped putting all that damn red-multi colored weaves in her hair!!!

My thing is…why is Alek Wek viewing a Soft Sheen line–SHE AIN’T GOT NO HAIR!

I love that suit on kelly.. It really compliments her.. The weave is on point as well. A beautiful girl all around.. Hope her album does good. Becuz it should be about her music first and foremost..

Alex Wek has broke down so many barriers for african models.. Do yo thing girl. Keep your eye on the prize.

Wow. . .Alek Wek is so beautiful! That complexion, so dark and rich.

Ya know, I REALLY don’t get black people who don’t see the beauty in our features. Do you SEE her? That IS beauty! How can they not see that?

I honestly don’t get it.

They both look beautiful. Do ya thang ladies

^ I’m not talking to any of you guys who already posted. But it’s just a matter of time before some 13-year old comments on how “black and ugly” she is.

My Goodness Alek Wek is gorgeous! Yeah, I agree on the confusion about how black Americans for the most part have to be “challenged” to see the beauty in someone like Alek but will imediately gush over a black woman with light skin, “pretty” green eyes, and a blonde weave or wig. It’s sad but a lot of white people would see the beauty in Alek before many black Americans and that not only is a shame but it speaks volumes.

Just how far have we progressed in our own minds from the days of slavery?

Alek Wek is stunning!! Is it me or does Kelly Rowland look like she got plastic surgery done?? I don’t know, she’s average looking.

Oh yea my aunt works at The Waldorf Astoria in New York, she saw Kelly Rowland up close and told me she was the really unattractive. like the rest of her group.

Ginger: I agree. Theres always some dumb ass out there acting a fool. They are both beautiful women. Nice to see!

Alek Wek looks like a work of art. How beautiful is she!?!? I’ve always been inspired by her (people tell me I look like her…no really) So I know first hand what you guys are talking about. I had a hard time in high school dating (I grew up in the south where the light skinned thing is really bad), but men up north (I like in NYC) are definately more receptive to beautiful dark chocolate, shinny flawless skinned women like myself. But to those that are still stuck with that slave mentality of thinking light skin is it when it comes to beauty, please open your eyes….black women are to be revered.

Alek Wek has the most beautiful dark skin I’ve ever seen. It’s gonna keep her young forever.

They look really nice… I love the natural make-up and the sout that Kelly has on. Are Kelly and Letoya releasing their material around the same time.

Anybody know how old Alex is? I remember her when she first started modeling about 25 years ago if it’s the same girl. At that time she was about 13 or 14. Making her somewhere around 35 or 40. She can’t be that old! If she is, she’s really really a beautiful black Godess!

HoustonJ : RIGHT !

At first, I did not think Alek Wek was super pretty.
Like most African or “exotic” models, she would always be photographed in outrageous prints and horrific makeup. But stripped down to the bare, she IS gorgeous and I am somewhat critical. I believe that SHE can win a faceoff with many r&b divas and actresses when no makeup/hair is applied.
I think Kelly is pretty too. I am not going to say that she is more gorgeous than Beyonce b/c they both are pretty girls. I will, however, say that I do think Beyonce is naturally gorgeous (check the few photos of her back in the day). Kelly has come up drastically to beautyqueen status…Isn’t it a shame that everyone is saluting her after she chopped off have her nose and grew some hair?
Even when we don’t want to, we are trapped in white ideas of beauty.

I hope Alex Wek will write a biography one day. I’m sure it would be interesting.

I guess I have to disagree. I don’t think Alek Wek is beautiful, nor do I feel that because she’s that dark and signifies true “African beauty,” that it should change my view. I especially hate to see them spread that bright red lipstick on her. It reminds me of someone in blackface and to see her like that makes me feel like photographers/magazines/advertisers do it to be funny.

I think there are so many different ranges to African-American beauty, and I’m sure Alek Wek has her place somewhere. Sorry to disagree, but at least I did it the right way AND I’m not 13.

Just wait, some dumbass will come in here like “DAT HOE NEEDS 2 SIT DOWN WITH HER UGLY BLACK BURNT UP ASS”

im sorry yall might say i dont know what beautiful is but that alex chick is not pretty at all no offense but she is soooooooooooooooo black

she give all ugly models on the come up some hope

@ #20 TRENEE

BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER.

ALEK WEK IS A BEAUTIFUL. SHE MAY NOT BE YOUR PREFERENCE, BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM HER BEAUTY!

AND YES, THERE ARE DIFFERENT RANGES OF AFRICAN BEAUTY.. AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUB-CULTURE IS ONE OF THEM AS IS CARIBBEAN, ETC…

Alek’s legs are so small! Oh My. But she does look better than I thought. Seeing her up close, she’s pretty. Kelly looks good on these pics as well.

I KNOW SENERAL BLUE BLACK SISTAS AND THEY SO BEAUTIFUL
AND DOWN TO EARTH.ALEX DO YO THANG!

@N E
Aren’t you causing the confusion by saying what you think people will say?

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Not everyone thinks that Alex Wek is cute. Not everyone thinks that Halle Berry is cute either. What’s the difference. Yea, people are always tripping on color, but you have to realize that so many are brainwashed and its not funny. White folks have messed us up bad and we continue to eat the shit.

Alek WEK has always been beautiful!

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I’M SO GLAD THAT THIS FINALLY GIVES US OPPURTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SO MANY BLACK WOMEN GO THROUGH EVERYDAY.WE AS BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO STOP FOCUSSING ON COLOR SO MUCH.I’TS RIDICULOUS!WHITE AMERICANS ACTUALLY LOVE OUR DARK CHOCOLATE SKIN SO WHY DON’T WE? BLACK PEOPLE WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.WE ARE FUCKED UP!WE NEED TO TAKE BACK OUR PRIDE THAT THE WHITE MAN HAS STOLEN FROM US.BET IS PARTIALLY TO BLAME,THEY ARE ALWAYS SHOWING LIGHTER SKINNED WOMEN IN VIDEOS AND NEVER HIRE REAL BLACK WOMEN TO HOST THEIR SHOWS BUT WE CALL THE STATION BLACK ENTERTAINMENT CHANEL.I FORGET THE NAME OF THE NEW BLACK LADY CEO OF BET,BUT LETS HOPE AS A BLACK WOMAN SHE KEEPS IT REAL!!!!!!

I agree with HoustonJ, and many of the other positive posts. There was a decussion on another board I post a young lady made a good point…”Most black people have this inferiority complex it is just that some of us are not conscious of it or in denial about it. Some of us bleach or we stay out of the sun because we are scared we will darken. Some of us will not go with our natural hair lest anybaddy find out seh we have kinky hair or we wear a weave and refuse to give our natural hair a breather because we want everybody to think that is how long our hair is. Alot of blacks have major inferiority complexes but not too many of us are willing to admit it.” Most black people are their own enemy!

She is pretty! I LOVE HER SKIN, no impurities!! THAT’s HOT!

Man I havent seen Alek Wek in a min! Since the Busta Video, where she been?? She still look exactly the same! Sexy chocolate!

At first i didn’t think she was that cute based on what i saw in magazine spreads. But upclose she is really pretty and has nice eyes. She looks better without makeup.

@ #30 fro real:

I agree totally.

All these folks writing about they waiting for someone to comment how black and ugly Alex Wek is… no one is thinking that but you.

BOTH LADIES ARE FLAWLESS

@dukesman–”All these folks writing about they waiting for someone to comment how black and ugly Alex Wek is… no one is thinking that but you.”

Right. It’s like they want something to debate about or something. People and they’re insecurites urk the hell outta me. I’m still convinced that the negative posters are actually ONE PERSON!! lol Get a life, people.

^^their

All I want to know is how is Alex Wek previewing Soft Sheen Carson hair products when she has no hair????????????

Blackness is beauty……n e one ever read the poem, “Why GOD made you Black”. Awesome……I want my man and my babies to be double dipped in tar! Peace

alek also has a beauty that shines from within. she puts in so much of her time and money to helping sudan (her birth country).

#39

A few of my friends and I have short hair cuts like Alex Wek, and trust me, we have ALOT of hair products. what little hair we have, we like it to be healthy.

Alek Wek isnt ur conventional type beauty but she is stunning. Her bone features and her skin is just gorgeous.

Someone mentioned how some blacks are quick to harp on darker skinned blacks before white ppl, which is true. And that is probably why her boyfriend is a WHITE male.

Wow! Alex Wek is beautiful up close. And Kelly is looking better than ever. Go ‘head ladies! lol

I love Alek’s skin…it’s so smooth and flawless looking. LOVE IT!!

And Kelly looks so nice. I love that suit, the color looks nice on her.

i see 2 beautiful black sisters doin they thang! why some people so hung up on skin color and hair length? there are many shades of black and they are all beautiful! not trying to sound racist(and im not!) but how many white people can say the same?!

I love them both. They look lovely

Alek looks better than Venus and Serena and worst than Amistad. Don’t you people realize her becoming a top model was a joke on african american beauty.

that bitch ugly

that bitch look like a piece of gorilla shit. if anybody thinks alek is cute they are lying like shit.

didnt someone once say that we should be tired of the industry getting all those ethiopian and african models and parading them in front of us as beautiful like the african american woman isnt a sight to behold itself…or something like that.
i dont find alek wek nothing special. i can find a sister here who can be just as beautiful as that “standard” of beauty.

I always thought that Alek Wek was absolutely beautiful.I agree with some posts about photoshoots where she had on red lipstick etc. But you know what? Black women are the most beautiful WITHOUT make up!!!!
WE DON’T need make up ladies! We DON’T! Just look at Beyonce as a random example.She looks somuch better when she has no make up on.Queen latifah is another example, Halle Berry… and the list goes on..
It does seem to me though speaking as someone who’s not from the States that y’all seem to have much more issues on color than black people from Europe..

Well I am not 13 & I DONT THINK ALEK is “ATTRACTIVE”-INFACT—SHE IS “UGLY”.

& I AM NOT TALKING “PHYSICAL BEAUTY”.

And it all started when I first saw her (she was doing print MAGs back then & this is before the whole OPRAH interview…& before she was really out there & all over the place-but you could tell even then, she was a MODEL) I first saw her on the TRAIN in the SUBWAY–(My mom & I were headed to a modeling audition up on FASHION AVE. in the CITY) & “ALEK” was with another MODEL (CHINESE/ASIAN).

WHEN I SAY THIS GIRL (Alek) TALKED ABOUT & LAUGHED AT JUST EVERYONE ON THE TRAIN…I DONT KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE THEIR CLOTHING WASN’T NAME BRAN, OR THEIR SHOES WAS OLD & WORN, SHE WAS JUST LAUGHING & SHAMELESSLY TALKING ABOUT FOLKS ON THE TRAIN.

WHEN THEY SAY “FIRST IMPRESSIONS” ARE LASTING IMPRESSIONS….

WELL–TO THIS DAY WHEN I SEE HER (mags/TV commercials/runway shows)-ME & MY MOM REMEMBER BACK ON THAT DAY…& TURN OUR NOSES UP @ HOW SHE COULD LAUGH @ & TALK ABOUT FOLKS LIKE A DOG!!!

& WAIT HOW SHE SPONSORING “SOFT SHEEN” with no DAMN HAIR?…ITS OKAY TO GO NATURAL…BUT GROW A BIGGER AFRO!

KELLY…SHE HAS A WEAVE (I think shes nice looking). BUT I WISH THEY’D START ADVERTISING HAIR PRODUCTS WITH WOMEN THAT HAVE THEIR OWN HAIR (I give that to ALEK-she has her own hair). BUT “BEYONCE”–IN THOSE “LOREAL PARIS” COMMERCIALS….

SHE WEARS LACE FRONT WIGS!!!! SHE IS TOSSING HER HEAD AROUND, HAIR ALL FLOWING etc… “Is that REALLY the PRODUCTS making their hair sooo SHINY & BOUNCY & is that COLOR really that VIBRANT in real life? HELL NO—ALL THE LADIES ARE WEARING HAIR PIECES & WIGS!! (whites too)

LOL–CRAZY. (The mascara commercials kill me too too…THE GIRLS ARE WEARING “FALSE EYE LASHES”!!!!)

C’MON GIVE ME A BREAK!! LOL

lou dog: lol
we are only celebrating her because she’s dark-skinned. oh please…
BUT:
she is stunning but i wouldn’t say she was cute or pretty.

It is great to see everyone responding to how beautiful Alek Wek is…maybe there is hope for African Americans after all.

Alek Wek has nice features and she brought a different and more “unconventional” look to the modeling World. Both she and Kelly look very beautiful in these pictures.

hmmm Kelly i got a dilemna….i think of you all the time but i never thought bald headed girl would make me stutter…oh what to do

everyone needs to listen to to india arie’s “I am not my hair” that’s some real ish

Poor baldy locs

@checkonit:

No, not at all. Personally, I think Alex looks alright at best, and If I want to say something, I’ll say it…it’s just sometimes it’s too easy to predict what some people would be thinking, know what I mean?? Look at comments #49 and #50…I saw that coming…don’t tell me you didn’t. And I agree with what you’re sayin’ besides your accusation, but some people just focus so much on color & make it seem like the darker you are the uglier you are…believe me, I can’t stand when someone comes in here like “she looks like black monkey shit” or “look at his black burnt-up ugly ass”.

I don’t think color has anything to do with her being unattractive I mean Taye Diggs is gorgeous The dude that played Amistad is gorgeous even Nnnena from ANTM is Gorgeous but the gorilla got ran over by a mack truck

lol @ #50

O.K., I’m not here to paint her with the black crayon or hit her with the ugly stick…so to speak, but I don’t think she’s anything exceptional. Simply because she has deep brown skin or is not from the United States just doesn’t make her stand out to me. She just looks alright. I don’t know anything about her, so I really can’t comment on her as a person/personality. I do, however, vaguely remember the Oprah interview and was turned off by it, because Oprah was acting like she was so shocked that a person of Alek’s complexion from Africa could become a successful runway model; she came off like Alek was from out of space or something. I say so what? It’s the fashion industry, and at least from watching “ANTM”, designers choose models that they believe are most talented or represent their products best. Sometimes it’s caucasian pale, and sometimes it’s the deepest negro shade they can find, or maybe somewhere in between. I look at the height of her popularity the same way I look at the other models. When they’re hot, it’s their time to be the flavor of the month, and when they’re not it’s somebody else’s turn.

“no offense but she is soooooooooooooooo black”
Wow, if that isn’t a racist thing to say. Someone isn’t attractive because she has dark skin? Isn’t this all about the self-hatred we’re taught to dislike our blackness? There’s always going to be someone who’s lighter than you. Does that make you less beautiful?

I HAVEN’T READ THE COMMENTS YET BUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS KELLY NEEDS TO QUIT TRYNA BE BEYONCE AND CUT THAT HAIR BACK OFF—I KNOW HER NATURAL HAIR IS THAT LENGTH BUT SHE LOOK TOO CUTE WHEN IT WAS SHORT, FOR REAL SHE AND LETOYA STOOD OUT WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT AND THEY ALWAYS TRIED TO KEEP THEM IN THE BACKGROUND—-SHORT HAIR SHOWS HOW CUTE HER FACE IS—SHE BETTER REGROUP AND RECROP–

OH AND ALEK HAS ALWAYS BEEN BEAUTIFUL TO ME ALONG WITH ROSHUMBA, NAOMI AND LAURYN HILL

I’ve always loved African Beauty and Alek Wek represents that completely.

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“no offense but she is soooooooooooooooo black”
Wow, if that isn’t a racist thing to say. Someone isn’t attractive because she has dark skin? Isn’t this all about the self-hatred we’re taught to dislike our blackness? There’s always going to be someone who’s lighter than you. Does that make you less beautiful?

^^^^^^^

No! It doesn’t and it shouldn’t. This is just how some people think sadly enough.

after reading all these comments i just knew i had to say something because i was tearing up…as a dark skinned girl i was always teased about it i was never called ugly people always said i was pretty but people would always say it as if it was shocking to see”to be so dark you are so pretty” and for the longest time i just wanted to be light b/c the light girls would get attention and be called pretty even if they werent and i have SOMEWHAT become at peace with my skin tone after 18 years and that was just my little piece that i had to say you can say what you will now

STAY UP AMBER—I’M GABRIELLE UNION’S COMPLEXION AND STILL GET JOKES THROWN AT ME—BUT ALSO GET “BUT YOU’RE CUTE THOUGH FOR REAL, I’M JUST PLAYING” AFTERWARDS, SO I UNDERSTAND, KEEP YA HEAD UP–CUZ I’M KNOW I’M A CUTEY P-TUTEY

Cute couple!…This is true love about to happen!

Kelly looks good.
I’ve never thought Alek was gorgeous just cute but her face is absolutely stunning, it made me do a double take.
Both sistahs look great, God bless them.

One of my Puerto Ricans friends dad told me this when I was little.

BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
BROWN IS HIP
PUERTO RICAN IS OKAY
BUT WHITE AIN’T SHIT!

All of you that think Alek is sooooooooo dark need to think about how dumb you sound.

yes they do sound pretty uneducated don’t they lol? That little poem was very humorous, a bit mean but still funny lol.

LOL…(@ #49 & #50)

PEOPLE SEE HER AS “UGLY” BECAUSE “ALEK” IS NOT THE IMAGE SOCIETY PORTRAYS AS BEAUTIFUL…EVER-& FOR YEARS-DECADES-7 CENTURIES!! & WE “UNCONCIOUSLY” START TO BELIEVE WHAT WE SEE “MOSTLY” IN THE MAGAZINES/TV/& ADVERTISEMENTS!!

WHITE–PALE FACED–BLUE OR GREEN EYES–BLONDE HAIR (straight & cut short or long & flowing)

LIGHT SKINNED/MIXED (if BLACK)—HAIR RELAXED–WEAVED—WIGS—SHORT & STRAIGHT/LONG & FLOWING.

EVEN “BABIES” ON TV (past & present)…WHITE–pale faced–BLUE/GREEN EYES-STRAIGHT HAIR (blonde or light brown). BLACK BABIES–usually portrayed mixed–light skin-curly or straight hair…

after seeing those images ALL WHILE GROWING UP—year after year-generation after generation..PEOPLE WHO WERE DARKER THAN A BROWN PAPER BAG WOULD USUALLY BE MAIDS/SLAVES/DOOR MEN/ENETERTAINING WHITE FOLKS by acting a fool….THEIR HAIR WAS NATURAL & KINKY–

WE WERE CONDITIONED TO SEE THOSE TYPES OF BLACK FOLK AS “UGLY” & “UNATTRACTIVE”. Which is why OPRAH was soooo SHOCKED to see ALEK gracing the pages of HIGH FASHION MAGS, appearing in COMMERCIALS, gracing the runways in PARIS!!

THAT’S A HUGE STEP FOR A “BLACK-AFRICAN-WOMAN” with NATURAL KINKY HAIR WORN SHORT…& “WHITE PEOPLE” WERE “INTRUIGED” & can see the BEAUTY in her EVEN THOUGH FOR BLACKS—IT’S STILL HARD FOR ALOT OF US TO GRASP…WE WERE “CONDITIONED BY SOCIETY” TO VIEW “BLUE-BLACK-SKIN” AS “UGLY”

ITS SOOOO SAD, BUT “VERY DIFFICULT” TO CHANGE WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD’S BRAIN IS PROGRAMED TO SEE ONLY A CERTAIN TYPE OF “COMPLEXION” AS “BEAUTY”

KELLY ROWLANDS ALL RIGHT BUT I DO AGREE THAT MALE SUPER ALEX IS ON THE COME UP IF HE KEEPS IT UP LOOKING LIKE THAT IN THE PICS.

KELLY ROWLANDS ALL RIGHT BUT I DO AGREE IF THAT MALE SUPER MODEL ALEX KEEPS IT UP HE WILL BE GREAT