Singer Omawumi Shares Her Childhood Experience

Hardly will anyone try it anymore, but as a child, Omawumi Megbele was bullied. The singer recently reminisced on being teased as a child because of her appearance.

She said that she was called a variety of derogatory names due to the size of her head and so she couldn't leave home without makeup.

The singer disclosed that she has now made peace with herself and is "madly in love" with her own flaws.

"I was one of those kids they used to call 'Hammer Headed', 'OGORstina' and 'Ekpengbe forehead'... In fact one of my aunts used to call me 'Beauty', she said she was using it to prophecy into my life that I will be pretty someday...

"Well, there was a time I allowed it get to me, there was a time that I couldn't step out without being heavily decked up in makeup.

"I would do all manners of things to hide my flaws because I felt imperfect.

"Now, the only thing that has changed is that I'm madly in love with my imperfect me, with my ekpengbe forehead, with my knock knees, with my cellulites and stretch marks like map of Africa!

"I'm in love with my skin and everything within... And guess what? I can still decide to change or hide a flaw because that too is ok!

"What I won't do is allow anybody's perception of me direct the decisions I make for myself. I am Beautiful...You are beautiful too!", she wrote.

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