My tribal marks drove the father of my child away –Nigerian model, Adetutu Alabi

While chatting with Saturday Beats, it was obvious that the model with conspicuous tribal marks , Adetutu Alabi , is one of the happiest people on earth . For so long, it had been her dream to work with American artiste , Rihanna , and it seems her dream is close to fruition .Rihanna finally noticed the Nigerian model with prominent tribal marks as she replied her on Instagram by following her handle .
Shortly after the model revealed that she would like to work for Rihanna , her tweet quickly went viral with people tagging Rihanna . This obviously worked as the international singing sensation is now one of her followers.

Alabi took to Instagram to share the good news and expressed high hopes that Rihanna ’ s management would soon get in touch with her .

She further revealed that bullying due to her tribal marks discouraged her from going for university education .

She said , “ I started modelling last year after I came out from my shell or hiding due to my tribal marks . The bullying started in my primary and secondary school days . Due to this, I learnt a skill instead of going to university .

“ I was supposed to study law but I decided not to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at all because I was scared of being bullied in the university . I believed that if I attended university , I might end up killing myself .

“ Later , I had to ask my parents why they gave me these tribal marks and they told me it was because of our culture and to showcase my beauty .

“ I didn ’ t feature in any of my primary school pictures because of my tribal marks and even though I had friends , I was always like a fifth wheel in the group . An embarrassing day for me was when a client told me to always conceal my tribal marks anytime I came to work with her . She eventually told me that she couldn ’ t work with me . ”
Further speaking on the pain her tribal marks had caused her , she said some strangers had told her that she was ugly .

“ Sometimes when I walk on the road , people would drag me , only to tell me I am ugly but I always ignore them because some people defend me , ” she said .

The model further revealed that her tribal marks ended her relationship with the father of her child because he was ashamed of walking with her in public .

She said , “ One of the reasons the father of my child absconded was because of my tribal marks . He could not be with me in public and he only made us meet at night ; we dated for some months in 2008 and I got pregnant in 2009 . I bore a girl for him and she will be nine years old this year .

“ I felt I was the ugliest girl in the world . I got fed up with relationships because men didn ’ t always want to go out with me during the day ; they would prefer to be with me at night . There was a guy I dated for two years and that was the condition of the relationship , so I had to endure.

“ My mum died when I was four years old , so I grew up with a single dad . When I got pregnant , I had to run away from home to a foundation that accommodated me . ”

Speaking on why she reached out to Rihanna , she said , “ I was motivated to start the campaign when I woke up one day and saw that Rihanna posted a picture with a similar posture I assumed in one of my pictures and I have always been her fan .
“ My goal is to model for her which I hope to achieve one day . I posted the picture and my friends reposted and retweeted it and the campaign began ; that was it . I was very excited when she followed me back . ”

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