WHEN LYNSEY HEDLEY, 18, WAS TOLD SHE LOOKED LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS, SHE
MADE THE MOST OF IT!
| | | | | | 'Stars and their doubles'. I was very nervous |
| | | | | being on TV for the first time. All the other |
| | | | | lookalikes were so much into their characters |
| | | | | that I felt a bit out of place because I was |
| | | | | acting like me, not Britney. There's also one |
| | | | | big difference between Britney and me - |
| | | | | I can't sing at all! |
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| | | 3 | | After that, I did a photoshoot for a national |
| | | | | newspaper, which I loved. Strangers in the |
| | | | | street shouted 'Britney!' at me too. At first |
| | | | | I took it as a compliment, but then people |
| | | | | started calling me a wannabe. That's totally |
| | | | | unfair - I've always looked like this! I've |
| | | | | always bleached my hair, and had hair |
| | | | | extensions. I don't do it to look like Britney - |
| | | | | I just like having long hair. I don't try hard to |
1 | | "Ever since Britney's first single | | | | dress like Britney, but I like wearing a lot of |
| | came out, people have said I look like | | | | denim like she does. |
| | her. Once, on a flight to London, the | | | | |
| | air hostesses whispered about me so much, | | 4 | | People can make thousands of pounds |
| | I got upset. They came and apologised to me | | | | from being a lookalike. I've been told I could |
| | afterwards, explaining they were sure I was | | | | get £100 an hour, but I don’t get that much! |
| | her. I wouldn't have minded, but I'm from | | | | Everyone always asks if I've worked with a |
| | Newcastle and I was travelling economy | | | | Justin Timberlake lookalike, but I haven't. |
| | class!¹) | | | | I guess I won't now because Britney and he |
| | | | | | have split up. And although it's fun to |
2 | | I joined a lookalike agency, 'Spitting | | | | be someone else for a while, it's |
| | Images', after my mum sent in some photos of | | | | good to get back to being me." |
| | me. Then I got a call to do a TV show called | | |