“I’m not perfect, and not the prettiest” – Tiwa Savage speaks on her self-esteem battle

Tiwatope Savage-Balogun, popularly known as ‘ Tiwa Savage’ has revealed that she is sometimes intimidated by the glam on social media and she only looks beautiful with the help of make-ups and push-up bras. “I get a lot of messages from young girls who are depressed with low self-esteem because they don’t feel pretty like the social media girls they see everyday and my heart breaks because I feel like that too sometimes” she said

 

The 37-year-old Afro-pop artiste also revealed that contrary to popular belief, she hardly sees herself as a beatiful woman. “ Some people are born beautiful, flawless skin, long curly hair, fair skin but some of us grew up looking at the world’s definition of beauty and found ourselves not fitting into that standard but with the help of makeup, filters and push-up bras, we feel a little closer”

 

“What happens when you take all that off and stare at yourself in the mirror, do you still think you’re beautiful ?”

 

The multi-award winning Mavin Records artiste recently won the award for the “Best African Act” at the just concluded MTV Europe Music Awards, when she became the first female artiste to win the category.