This archive report was first published on 15 December 2019.
South Sudanese model Aweng Chuol made headlines recently after marrying her fiancée Alexis in a private ceremony, just weeks after getting engaged.
Aweng, a 21-year-old New York-based model and law student, took to her Twitter page to share a photograph of herself and her wife, captioning it, 'Married my best friend today. I am. GEEKED.'
— awengchuol (@awengchuol) December 12, 2019
The couple's private matrimonial ceremony took place on December 12, with only three people in attendance, including Aweng and her wife.
"We got married. We had three people in the room with us. And four people at the entire ceremony. It was for us. But wanted to share my happiness with y'all," Aweng shared on Twitter.
— awengchuol (@awengchuol) December 13, 2019
Aweng was born at Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana before relocating to Sydney, Australia at the age of seven. She has since become a successful model, strutting the runways of the fashion capitals of the world.
