Despite her success, Barrino, who grew up in High Point, North Carolina, refuses to forget those early struggles. In fact, she"s hoping others can learn from her mistakes. "I want to use my story as a testimony," she says. "I want to tell people you don't have to be perfect to be what you want to be. You want to be a lawyer or a banker? Pick yourself up and go get it." This month Lifetime Television premieres Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, based on her gritty New York Times best-selling autobiography. The film, directed by choreographer and actress Debbie Allen, stars the singer as herself and includes: Loretta Devine (Crash), Viola Davis (Get Rich or Die Tryin'), Kadeem Hardison (Biker Boyz) and Jamia Simone Nash (My Wife and Kids) as the young Fantasia...Source
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