A New York-based model has been found alive in hospital, nearly two weeks after she vanished from outside a popular Manhattan nightclub, according to reports.
Sudan-born Ataui Deng, 22, a former refugee, has walked in runway shows for leading fashion designers including Christian Dior.
Her disappearance from outside the XVI Lounge, a rooftop bar near Times Square, on August 6, sparked a widespread search and social media campaign.
Singer Rihanna, who picked Deng to model her River Island clothing collection, was among those appealing for information.
If any one has any information on this young lady's whereabouts, please call the NYPD or email findataui@gmail.com pic.twitter.com/YR1bZgI2tG — Rihanna (@rihanna) August 18, 2014
Deng's friend, Roble, posted on Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday that the model had been found, but did not disclose any further information about her condition, or where she had been.
 
The New York Police Department told the New York Post that Deng had checked herself into St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, where she remained.
Fellow model Ajak Deng (right) who was raised in Australia and is good friends with Ataui Deng, posted a photograph on Instagram of the pair together.
 
Ataui Deng, whose full name is Ataui Deng Hopkins, was born in Khartoum in Sudan but, in 2004 at the age of 12, she and her parents moved to the US to escape the Sudanese civil war.
She was spotted at a modelling expo in Dallas, and signed with Trump modelling agency in 2008.
Deng, who is the niece of model Alek Wek, has since appeared on the pages of Marie Claire France and Vogue Germany, and has modelled for L’Wren Scott, Proenza Schouler and Zac Posen.
At the time of her disappearance, Deng lived with her boyfriend, actor Grant Monohon, in Manhattan. He was with her on the night she disappeared.
Monohon previously told the New York Post that Deng was having "personal issues" before she disappeared.
“We walked out of the club together,” Monohon told the newspaper.
“She didn’t say anything. She just left and I expected her to come back and she didn’t.
“She’s the most gorgeous soul, she’s the sweetest woman. She’s just [been] acting irregular lately.
“It’s not irregular for her not to come back for a day or two. On the third day I was getting really worried."
Fairfax Media
