FRESH FACE | ATAUI DENG

Looking at Ataui Deng you probably immediately think Alek Wek. That's because this 17-year-old is Alek's niece! And she's already making quite an impression. Born in Sudan, Deng came to New York from Texas just weeks before New York Fashion Week and signed with Trump Model Management. Then she went directly into fittings for Proenza Schouler and Zac Posen. But when Fashion Week ended in New York, Deng flew back to Texas to finish off her semester at high school, skipping Fashion Weeks in Europe. But those select appearances were enough to make an impression on Steven Meisel, who personally requested to see the stunner for himself. We hear V magazine is requesting her for spreads, too. Turns out Alek isn't the only one in her family graced with model genes.”

Sneak Peek: Vogue Italia's All-Black Issue

The much talked about All-Black Issue of Vogue Italia is set to hit European newsstands next Thursday and the US shortly there after. The fold out cover boasts the likes of Liya Kebede, Sesilee Lopez, Jourdan Dunn and Naomi Campbell.

Famed photographer, Steven Meisel, along with Editrix Franca Sozzani give their answer to the fashion industry - a world in which racial prejudice has long existed. Quashing the stigma of fashion mainstreams shallow and pedantic depictions of beauty in their failure to hire black models for shows and magazine features. All the faces are black, and all the feature topics are related to black women in the arts and entertainment.

Other models to be featured include Alek Wek, Alva Chin, Arlenis Sosa Pena, Chanel Iman, Gail O’Neil, Iman, Karen Alexander, Tyra Banks, Veronica Webb, and Yasmin Warsame.