As
Rihanna rose to fame, Rihanna's Lookalike, Lara got increasing attention
from strangers seeking photos and autographs. And brands capitalizing
on her similar appearance.
Yep, Andele Lara makes money from looking like Rihanna. This
22-year-old may look like Rihanna, but she is just a student from
Boston, Massachusetts.
As Rihanna rose to fame, Lara got increasing attention from
strangers seeking photos and autographs. Nowadays she’s mobbed by
screaming fans and sought after by brands interested in capitalizing on
her similar appearance. She says she’s paid $20,000 by clothing
companies to endorse their products. She’s also landed contracts to
promote sneakers, mascara, and hair accessories with very little effort.
“I know I could happily give up my part-time job and studies to have a
career as a Rihanna lookalike,” Lara told the Daily Mail.
While some attention has been unwanted—Lara says there have been
creepy situations where she’s followed to work—overall she loves
pretending to be the star for fans, saying it makes their day to think
they just met a celebrity. Once she was in the same club as Chris Brown
so everyone assumed she was Rihanna. Lara says she gets the most
attention when she hits the clubs with men BUYING her drinks and
clamoring to get her number.
She’s frequently mistaken for the sexy pop star, but as a kid Lara
wasn’t always so keen on her looks. “Growing up, I was a very shy girl,”
Lara told the Daily Mail. “I was known as the skinny girl with the big
forehead.” But after experimenting with her hair and swapping her school
uniform for more trendy clothes, her classmates started noticing her
likeness to the Barbadian singer with the hit song “Umbrella” on the
radio. “The comments started in my sophomore year. My friend had a
magazine with Rihanna on the cover. He held it up to my face and was
like, ‘You look like her!’”
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Rihanna:Left/Lara-Right
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