Akuol de Mabior

Akuol Garang de Mabior is a South Sudanese filmmaker, model, businesswoman, and women's rights activist.

Early life and family De Mabior is the daughter of John Garang, former commander-in-chief of the Sudan People's Liberation Army and the first Vice President of Sudan, and Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior, a South Sudanese politician and presidential adviser. Her father died in a helicopter crash in 2005. De Mabior grew up in Nairobi, Kenya.

In 2012 she walked the runway in the fall shows for Hermès, Jasper Conran, Jean Pierre Braganza, Louise Gray, and Emilio de la Moren and walked in the fall shows for Damir Doma, Ingrid Vlasov, Max Mara, Peter Jensen, Aganovich, Dusan, Martin Grant, Jasper Conran, Ashley Isham, Paco Rabanne, Julien David, Issey Miyake, and Maurizio Percoraro. At Paris Fashion Week in 2012 she walked for Vivienne Westwood and Chanel.

In 2012 she appeared in editorials for Elle, L'Officiel Netherlands, Dazed, and was the cover girl for Annabelle. She was also part of Chanel's Little Black Jacket Book short film.

She sits on the board for Embrace Dignity, a women's human rights organization which advocates for law reform to end sex trafficking and the demand for prostitution.

Personal life De Maboir is a postgraduate student at the University of Cape Town. As an undergraduate, she studied film and media production and minored in writing and gender studies. She is doing a second degree in film theory and practice. De Maboir is a beekeeper and makes lip balm and other cosmetic products from beeswax.