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FEATURE - Lookalike: Ex-Militärpolizistin kassiert über 1500 Pfund pro Stunde als Mariah Carey Doppelgängerin
Jessie winning an award for her impersonation (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Ex-military policewoman rakes in over £1,500 an hour as a Mariah
Carey lookalike
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
*With video contact video@pamediagroup.com
An ex-military policewoman is fulfilling her 'Fantasy' and raking in over £1,500 an hour
for impersonating her idol Mariah Carey after more than 4,000 fans subscribed to
her YouTube channel to see her lip-sync to the divas hits.
Now Jessie Castro, 39, of Orlando, Florida, USA - who has appeared in a
documentary and on US talk shows after her lookalike videos went viral - is preparing
for a full-on festive season, when she will come into her own lip- syncing to the
singer's Yuletide classic, All I Want For Christmas Is You.
And with multi-Grammy award winning Mariah turning 50 this year, launching a new
book this month and releasing an album in October, mum-of-one Jessie is anticipating
a lucrative few months ahead - even though her performing work is just a 'side hustle'
to her current job as a college administrator at Full Sail University in Winter Park,
Florida.
She said: "I cant say theres an average amount I make each year because I can go
for months without doing gigs, but it must be in excess of $20,000 (£15,640) annually,
if I do a gig every three months and two a week at Christmas.
It was after a video call with the world number one Madonna impersonator, Chris
America, following a lookalike convention in 2015 that Jessie, who has a son, Arian,
12 - having noticed a surge in people saying she looked like Mariah after her album,
Butterfly, went multi-platinum in 1997 - started to develop her career.
She said: I had met Chris America over video call and she became kind of a mentor
to me. She was amazing. She is a star among lookalikes.
She told me, You need to charge what youre worth.'
"And, while there are a million Elvis and Marilyn Monroe impersonators out there,
there were not many Mariahs. So, with
(c) Dukas