Andele Lara is 22 years old a student from Boston, Massachusetts. The young girl is often mistaken for Rihanna. Lara said Growing up, I was a very shy girl,” She made this known to Daily Mail. “I was known as the skinny girl with the big forehead.” But after trying with her hair and exchanging her school uniform for more fashionable clothes, her classmates started noticing her likeness to the Barbadian singer with the hit song “Umbrella” on the radio. “The comments started in my sophomore year. ‘’My friend had a magazine with Rihanna on the cover.’’ He held it up to my face and was like, ‘You look like her! ”Her success has prompted Andele to become a full-time Rihanna lookalike.
She said: ‘The moment I step out anywhere, everyone starts staring and whispering before I get bombarded by strangers asking to take their photo with me.
‘This happens every day – It doesn’t matter what I do. I can’t go twenty-four hours without hearing Rihanna’s name.
‘I know I could happily give up my part-time job and studies to have a career as a Rihanna lookalike.’
However she became more confident in her looks during her teens.
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