A makeup influencer has revealed how she has attracted a legion of followers who think she is Jennifer Lopez’s doppelgänger.
Evelyn Rodriguez, 37, who has more than 170,000 followers on TikTok and over 100,000 followers on Instagram, says her posts always attract a stack of comments with fans likening her to the Latina singer.
The makeup guru, who was born in the Dominican Republic and now based in the Bronx, New York, says: ‘I wasn’t surprised by any of the comments because I’ve been told that my whole life.
‘[Ninety-nine] per cent of people say we’re twins, but others say I’m a mixture of Kate Hudson and JLo. Whatever they say, I feel complimented every single time.’
Evelyn Rodriguez, 37, who has more than 170,000 followers on TikTok and over 100,000 followers on Instagram, says her posts always attract a stack of comments with fans likening her to Jennifer Lopez
The makeup artist who was born in the Dominican Republic and now based in the Bronx says: ‘I wasn’t surprised by any of the comments because I’ve been told that my whole life’
Rodriguez says she started getting comments about looking like JLo, pictured, after she moved to the US at the age of nine
Some of Rodriguez’s recent TikTok posts actually show how to recreate some of JLo’s makeup looks.
In one post she shows how to create JLo’s thick eyeliner look from the 2002 music video for All I Have, where she is seen singing alongside rapper LL Cool J.
After posting the video people in the comments applauded Rodriguez’s likeness to JLo.
Doinmadamnbest wrote: ‘You didn’t even need the make up! You look soooo much like her!’
And Isamar added: ‘Girl what. Are you her long lost twin or something?’
While Antaman said she looked ‘like a mixture of JLo and Kate Hudson for sure.’
Rodriguez began creating content on TikTok and Instagram to share fun makeup videos, but as she kept getting ‘bombarded’ with comments about the similarities, she decided to lean into it
While she could use the likeness to her advantage, Rodriguez says she always tells people the truth straight away
JLo seen on the red carpet in 2015, left, and on stage in 2021, right
Rodriguez says she started getting comments about looking like JLo after she moved to the US at the age of nine.
When she was 16 she started working at McDonald’s and customers would often pick up on the ressemblance.
She has been stopped by strangers many times, including once while driving and another time by a persistent waiter who ‘refused to take no for an answer.’
While she could use the likeness to her advantage, Rodriguez says she always tells people the truth straight away.
She began creating content on TikTok and Instagram under the name @pocaeve to share fun make-up videos.
But as she kept getting ‘bombarded’ with comments about the similarities, she decided to lean into it.
While she shares a variety of makeup looks and some on her clients, she also posts recreations of some of JLo’s most famous looks.
While she doesn’t always see the likeness herself, Rodriguez says she’s always taken it as a compliment to be compared to the singer and even now she still feels ‘honored’
Rodriguez, seen here in a recent Instagram post, says she has dyed her hair and had weight changes, but still people have likened her to JLo
Her videos include makeup looks inspired by the All I Have and the I’m Real music videos, as well as an iconic JLo look from the 2005 Latin Billboard Awards.
While she doesn’t always see the likeness herself, Rodriguez says she’s always taken it as a compliment to be compared to the singer and even now she still feels ‘honored.’
She concludes: ‘I’ve been stopped countless times when I’m just walking around the city. People always ask if I’ve heard it before and I’m always like… “Yes!”
‘She’s a multi-dimensional icon. There’s no doubt about that. She’s a vibe.
‘To be honest I really don’t see it, to me this is just my face. Sometimes for a second I see it, but then I soon go back to not seeing it.
‘My favorite one is when people stare at me for ages and ask “Do you know who you look like?” because the answer is always the same.
‘When I meet new people I always get the same compliment and all my friends have always told me I look like her.
‘I have dyed my hair, had weight changes and it doesn’t matter – apparently I always look like her.’
Rodriguez has never met with her celebrity doppelgänger, but says she would love to and ‘would probably be girl-crushing’ if she did.
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