Meet the Taylor Swift lookalike who cannot go wherever with out being approached on the street by followers doing a “double-take”.
June Baker resembles the worldwide famous person because of her tall and slender body, signature blonde wavy locks and iconic purple lip. She has even turned her unimaginable likeness right into a profession as a Taylor Swift impersonator – attending birthday events, weddings, and photoshoots.
The 36-year-old has been extra in demand than ever, because of the singer’s profitable Eras tour. Self-confessed “Swiftie” June, from Boston, Massachusetts, US, stated: “I’m definitely a long-time Taylor Swift fan.
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“I’ve really solely been to 2 exhibits, however I’ve collected bits of merch all through the years – CDs, T-shirts, clothes objects and collectibles like jewelry.
“It’s an honour to be compared to her – who wouldn’t want to look like Taylor? She’s beautiful – it’s such a compliment.”
(Image: June Baker / SWNS)
June is usually mistaken for Taylor Swift when she’s out and about. She’s been dubbed Taylor Swift’s “Medieval Twin” by the fantasy neighborhood after an expertise she had at a Medieval Faire in Knoxville, Tennessee.
She stated: “I was there visiting a good friend I met on TikTok. There was a whole group of us dressed up and we went to dinner after the faire ended, still in costume.
“A few ladies got here as much as me a couple of minutes after we have been seated and confessed one in all them was satisfied I used to be Taylor – maybe after capturing a music video or one thing.
“She confessed she was tearing up and shaken at the idea I might be her and she was so darling and sweet about it.
“I’ve been getting it so much within the final yr or so as a result of I believe she’s simply been in every single place and so individuals are very fast to recognise. She’s an enormous famous person – it is a complete new degree of success.”
(Image: June Baker / SWNS)
June claims she’s by no means tried to exit in public and trick folks and tries to behave with the utmost integrity as she is aware of how a lot Taylor cares about her relationship together with her followers.
She says folks began to note the resemblance between her and Taylor Swift on Instagram and TikTok – with viewers shocked at simply how comparable the pair regarded.
The Swiftie determined to capitalise on their stark similarities by beginning a enterprise enterprise as knowledgeable lookalike.
She stated: “I do have to be prepared at times to jump on a FaceTime with a potential client who wants to see me before they invest in me coming out there to do a birthday party or something like that.
“The issues about Taylor I really like, like the way in which she’ll do her hair or make-up, are issues I believe any of us would possibly emulate, you recognize, she’s such an icon.
“But it’s not been this huge transformation. I’ve had bangs on and off since I was little and I’ve always danced, done pageants and played around with hair and make-up.”
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June began working as an impersonator after she was inspired on-line by a Britney Spears impersonator, Allegra DuVal, 36. She then went to the Sunburst Convention in Orlando, Florida, US – a conference for celeb lookalikes.
She stated: “I sang ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ in front of a bunch of agents. They asked for my business cards, and to keep in touch.
“I took somewhat break from all of it, and across the time I went to see the Eras Tour Movie, I assumed ‘I ought to get again into this’. The agent referred to as me that evening and requested if I might work.
“He said: ‘I have so many requests coming through and I have nobody who is doing Taylor’.
“I’ve been doing quite a lot of meet and greets and photograph ops. I’m additionally working with a vocal coach, to get extra of a stay tribute present going.”
June says she tries to balance her own creativity with the Taylor lookalike work, saying she wants people to see her for her own aesthetic also.
She added: “No one’s ever making an attempt to exchange the artists that they are emulating. I believe that is one other place the place among the hate or among the negativity comes from as folks simply do not perceive.”
“For me, it is a celebration of who Taylor Swift is. I’m very a lot making an attempt to emulate Taylor as a pop icon and never her personally. Hopefully, it simply makes anyone’s occasion or day or wedding ceremony somewhat bit brighter and particular.”
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