Popular actress and filmmaker, Halima Abubakar has stated that while growing up she was ridiculed, told she was ugly.
Speaking in a chat with Saturday Beats, the Kogi born actress said:”I have never considered beauty as a selling point because I was told that I was ugly. That is bullying. They called me ‘short’ as if that would stop anything in my life. I was not born tall, so, why should I be expected to be tall? I am a petite woman and I love it. If I am ugly, then the people (calling me such) have zero understanding of what beauty is”.
On the lessons she has learnt during this tough phase of her life, she said:”The lessons I have learnt are not what other people can handle. It takes a very strong person to stand despite it all. Some people would have probably committed suicide. Some people are scared that I would mention their names but if you have made my life miserable in the industry, you should not expect to have peace too.”