Fantasia Barrino’s storyis the definition of a rags-to-riches, Cinderella-style tale.

Barrino soon became the breadwinner for her entire family andsubsequently ended up broke once again.

TheAmerican Idolstar isn’t giving up.

Fantasia Barrino poses on the red carpet

“That’s when everybody seemed to give up on me,” she admitted toOprah magazine.

As theAmerican Idolalum acknowledges, “I’d lost myself.”

It was hard,'" (viaPeople).

Fantasia Barrino poses on the red carpet