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Oct 2021
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VS x Adut Akech

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Model and mental-health advocate Adut Akech speaks about everything from growing up in a Kenyan refugee camp, assimilating within Western culture, discovering her love of the fashion industry, and leaving her family behind to chase her dreams. 
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