Being poor made Justin Bieber stronger

TRENTON, NJ - JUNE 24: Singer Justin Bieber performs at Sun National Bank Center on June 24, 2010 in Trenton, New Jersey. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)Justin Bieber has told how growing up ‘below the poverty line’ has made him stronger.

The 16-year-old pop sensation told how he and his mother, Pattie Mallette,  survived on local church hand-outs.

‘I grew up below the poverty line,’ Bieber reveals, ‘It made me stronger.’