I Was Bullied As A Young Girl, Due To My Tall, Thin Shape - Actress Chika Ike Reveals

Bloodied yet unbowed, at least by the readings from her life experiences in the ever-bubbly Nigerian showbiz society, famous actress, Chika Ike, has revealed some of the things that made her suffer inferiority complex in her formative years.
According to her, many people never liked her body and this was the main reason she was bullied by friends in school.

She said she was the tallest and skinniest girl among her classmates during her secondary days and this made her detest morning devotion because she would be ordered to stay at the dead end of the class.

The story has changed however as she has endeared herself to a legion of fans with an hourglass frame the millennial love to call ‘killer shape.’

Her story reads in part: “I never liked my body growing up and was constantly bullied about it. I was so skinny and was the tallest in my class. I never looked forward to morning assembly because I’d have to stand at the back of the class or class presentations to talk about “your best friend” because I’d be described as the thin girl. I can remember eating all sorts of things to gain weight but nothing worked. I really craved to have some flesh on me.

I was called all sorts of names like Lepa, thin girl and ‘Agric’ chicken because I was so skinny and tall. So, I started modelling as soon as I left secondary school because modelling agents thought I had “the look.” Today the reverse is the case, I’m on all sorts of diet programmes and exercising every other day to keep the weight I’ve always wanted in check, I feel bad after licking ice cream or eating anything with high-calorie content because I’d have to suffer in the gym. Growing up slim wasn’t cool, now it’s cool. The truth is you have to constantly love yourself, you can’t be cool to everyone; the world will always have a standard of what you should be, who you should be and how you should live your life.

“If you want to make changes or improvements let it not be because of pressure or people’s unconscious bias about you. Do it for yourself. You should hold your pen and draw your life plan. Mind your business. Run your race. Do not let anyone define you or rush you with their timeline. We all have different stories, journeys, and different clocks. You are whom you are and that is your power…”