How I was body shamed as a child- Omawumi

Nigerian musician, Omawumi Megbele, says she suffered body shaming while growing up as a child.

Taking to her Instagram page on Monday, the singer said as a child, she was called several names because of her facial features.

She wrote “I was one of those kids they used to call ‘Hammer Headed’, ‘OGORstina’ and ‘Ekpengbe forehead’.

“Infact, 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,” she disclosed.

Furthermore, the singer that she has grown to love herself despite her imperfections.

Omawumi concluded “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 okay!

“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!”