A Mariah Carey superfan who is regularly mistaken for her idol has revealed how she revamped her wardrobe to look even more like the singer.
Sales assistant Kimberly Ortiz, 28, from Las Vegas, Nevada, is stopped on the street by stunned strangers who want to snap a selfie with the star and turns heads when she goes out for dinner with her fiancé.
The mother-of-one, who is also a part time singer, admitted she embraces the likeness and even ‘tailors her look’ so she resembles the star.
Kimberly Ortiz, right, said she is often mistaken for Mariah Carey, left, by starstruck fans
The mother-of-one is a fan of the singer and said she’s flattered to be compared to her
Kimberly said: ‘After I landed my first job as a sales assistant I was complimented for looking like Mariah all the time.
‘But now it’s become an every-day thing – everywhere I go I am constantly mistaken for Mariah.
‘It’s the biggest compliment ever because I’m such a massive fan of hers, so when I get stopped for photographs it always blows my mind.
Kimberly, right, has even revamped her wardrobe so she looks even more like her idol, left
Kimberly, pictured, said her fiance ‘gets a kick’ out of how much she looks like the singer
Classic look: Kimberly recreates Carey’s iconic Mrs Claus ensemble for a photoshoot
‘Now I’ve taken it and run with it. I dress up like her and tailor my look around her, but I’m still me.’
Kimberly said her husband ‘gets a kick out of it’ when his friends and co-workers comment on how much she looks like Carey, 47, but that she receives the most compliments when she’s on stage performing.
She said: ‘When I sing Mariah Carey covers, that I am mainly mistaken for her.
The mother-of-one, pictured, said she’s proud to look like her favourite singer
‘At the end of my sets people always come up to me and tell me how much I look like her – and even sometimes sound like her.
‘Christmas is definitely one of the main times that I get mistook for her, because everyone has Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” look in their head.
‘I have been told for five years that I look like her, and every time I still get as excited as the first.’