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Aweng Chuol is a South Sudanese Australian model, actress, and artist.


Early life and education

Chuol was born in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in
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, her family having fled the
Second Sudanese Civil War The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originated ...
. They moved to Australia when Chuol was seven years old. She has 11 siblings, of whom she is the eldest. Her father was a child soldier in the
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and also fought in the Second, dying as a result of an infected gunshot wound in 2013.


Career

In 2017, while working at a
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in Sydney at the age of 18, Chuol was noticed by an agent from Chadwick Models, who encouraged her to work with them. She signed with the organisation and began her career as a model. She has since modelled for Fenty, Vetements, and Pyer Moss, among others. In 2020, Chuol featured in Beyoncé's musical film and visual album ''
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,'' and in a Ralph Lauren holiday advertisement alongside her wife. Chuol is studying law and psychological sciences at the University of New England, from which she will graduate in 2021. She hopes to use her law degree to help marginalised people, and would like to found a mental health centre in
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. Chuol also takes acting classes, and is aiming to become an actor. She cites
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and
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as inspirations for her acting career. Chuol was listed in OkayAfrica's ''100 Women'' in 2019.


Personal life

Chuol met her wife, Alexus, in January 2019. They dated for nine months before becoming engaged. The couple got married in December the same year at New York City Hall, and have matching "XII" tattoos on their ring fingers. Following their marriage, Chuol received
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abuse, particularly from communities in South Sudan, leading to her attempting suicide a few months later. She spent three days in an
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and six more in hospital as a result. Chuol and Alexus were featured on the cover of ''
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'' magazine in 2020. the couple live in
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. The couple got divorced at the end of December 2021.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chuol, Aweng Living people South Sudanese female models South Sudanese emigrants to Australia South Sudanese refugees Year of birth missing (living people) Australian female models Australian models of South Sudanese descent Lesbian models LGBT people from Africa Australian lesbian actresses 21st-century Australian LGBT people