Adut Akech

Adut Akech, South Sudanese-Australian fashion model

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Born: December 25, 1999
Age in 2026: 27
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Birth year: 1999

About Adut Akech

Adut Akech Bior ( ə-DUUT ə-KETCH; born 25 December 1999) is a South Sudanese-Australian model. Akech made her fashion week runway debut as an exclusive in the Saint Laurent S/S 17 show and went on to close both their F/W 17 and S/S 18 shows as an exclusive. In 2018, she was chosen as "Model of the Year" by models.com, an honour which was repeated the next year. Models.com includes Akech in its list of the "New Supers". Akech was born on Christmas Day, on the way to Kenya.

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The world when Adut Akech was born

Adut Akech was born in 1999. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1999

#1 song"Believe" – Cher
Top movieAmerican Beauty
Top TV showER
Best-selling bookHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentUS Women's Soccer team wins World Cup on Brandi Chastain's penalty kick
Top headlineY2K fears grip the world as the millennium approaches
Technology milestoneNapster launches — music sharing revolution
Defining fadY2K panic
Notable inventionNapster (peer-to-peer file sharing)
World population6.01 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderBill Clinton
Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
Also wonSan Antonio Spurs (NBA)
U.S. population272.7M

1999 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Adut Akech's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1999	2026
Gas	$1.17	$3.45/gal
Average home	$133,300	$435,000
Average income	$50,641	$67,500
Minimum wage	$5.15	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$5.08	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.33	$0.73
Population	272.7M	341 million

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