Aweng Ade-Chuol

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

Quotes

• I attempted suicide two months ago today. And I just want to say, that I’m in a much better place. And no one had to know that – but it’s good to get it out of my chest. I feel well enough to. Especially today. I am thankful for life.
• Hey guys, I’ve announced what happened to me, I guess things could be happening in your life, too, but I’m still learning. I need to manoeuvre around this thing I went through, so I don’t know how to help you but here’s some suggestions: therapy and self-acceptance
• Before, it was like, mental health is important, but now, it is the most important thing. Where you’re at mentally is the most important foundation.
• I’ve learnt my worst sides, my best sides, my greatest sides… As soon as I discovered how far I can go with all three, it was about self-control: learn how to be within yourself and comfortable enough to control how far you take things
• Aweng Ade-Chuol: Life, Love & Lows,Written By: HANNAH NATHANSON

• You know what? There’s so many more things to life than stressing out because the world just seems to have stopped.
  • Supermodel Aweng Ade-Chuol Advocates for Refugees’ Mental Health,2025 Copyright GIWPS,by Melanne Verveer
• Sometimes I just want to shout at everyone: ‘Look at me, I’m not just a scar, I’m a human.
• I know I’m different, I know my facial features are different, but to me that’s beauty
• I was the only African female in my entire school. I began to think I must be ugly. I didn’t look like the next person. The next person didn’t look like me
• My goal in life is to be the first female President of South Sudan
• It's time for millennials to take over. Now, not in 10 years time. It's messy right now, imagine in 10 years time.
• The more vocal I am, the more I become known as more than just a model, more than just a scar, more than having a 36-year-old mother or 12 siblings
• I see myself as someone I wish I saw when I was younger. As someone who has grown a lot and who grows everyday. I am my own hero.
  • Aweng Chuol dreams of becoming the first female President of South Sudan,October 5, 2023,This article was originally published 26 September 2018,Audio: Leyland Kirby
• It's been a war, but we've battled it together
• it's like if you can be stuck with someone for three months every single hour, then you're unstoppable.
• I can't save the whole world
• When you see yourself be brutalized so much, you become detached to the optimism behind life
• The world needs me, but guess who needs me more? Myself
• I felt as if I was failing my people, but I'm 21. I'm still learning to walk; I'm still learning to crawl; I'm still learning life. Why do I feel so guilty for living, you know
  • The Rebirth of Aweng Chuol,28 June 2020,story by mario abad