Chika Ike: Actress shares story of how she never liked her body while growing up

Chika Ike is reminiscing on the past when she was skinny and got called names and how it later turned out to favour her.

Chika Ike has one of the most admired physiques in the entertainment industry but the actress didn't like her body while growing up.

The Nollywood star made this known via her Instagram page on Monday, April 2, 2018, where she talked about how she wasn't confident of her body during her teenage years and also got bullied and called all sort of names.

"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'll have to stand at the back of the class or class presentations to talk about “your best friend “ because I’ll be described as the thin girl. I can remember eating all sorts to 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," she said

 

She went to reveal how she started modeling because eventually being skinny looked good and in recent times she is fighting to stay in shape.

"So I started modeling as soon as I graduated from secondary school because modeling agents thought I had "the look”. Today the reverse is the case, I'm on all sorts of diet programs 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 ill have to suffer in the gym. Growing up slim wasn't cool now its cool. The truth is you have to constantly love you, 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.

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"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 you. You should hold your pen and draw your life plan... Do you... 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 you and that is your power!  ❤️," she concluded.

 

Chika Ike surprised everyone recently when she graduated from the Harvard Business School. The gorgeous actress who couldn't hide her joy and excitement took to her Instagram page on Sunday, February 4th, 2018 where she posted a photo of herself with her certificate.