I’m proud to be a sex symbol

Victoria Kimani

Hate her or love her Kenyan singer, Victoria Kimani, has come to

Nigerian music industry to stay. With her current single, Show,

rocking Nigerian airwaves, the singer has said she is

unapologetic about being a sex symbol.

In a chat with Saturday Beats, she said that her style is an

expression of herself.

“I don’t think it is a bad thing to be a sex symbol. My feminist

side is very proud of being a sex symbol. I should not apologise

for being sexy. I try my best to be myself, I express myself in the

best way I can so if people see me and say that I am selling sex

or the idea of sex, I think it is the person’s problem and not

mine,” she said.

Unknown to many, the singer is the daughter of a missionary.

She shared some experiences she had while growing up as

missionary’s daughter.

“My parents are pastors and they have an orphanage that

houses about 15 kids in Nigeria. We came here in 1999 and

stayed in Benin City. They have had the orphanage for about 14

years and if any of the children clocks 18, they send the person

to college on scholarship; thanks to people that support the

orphanage. With this system they can admit new set of children

that need their help. I grew up around that atmosphere with little

girls who were taken from the streets who were rape victims,

prostitute or a prostitute’s child. My parents would bring them in

and take care of them. My mother used to take me to the female

prison where she went to preach and minister to some of the

inmates. I never had sisters so these girls were like my sisters,”

she said.

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