Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Mariah Carey lookalike sounds so much like the singer and she charges $70,000 for ONE gig

Can you spot the difference??

A Mariah Carey lookalike, Laura Pasqualoni is always in demand at this time of year. The singer, from Connecticut, has revealed she can charge anything up to $70,000 (£47,000) for a single appearance, impersonating the 45-year-old Grammy winner. And during the holiday season, it's All I Want For Christmas that audiences want to hear, says the 41-year-old, who's been doing it for 20 years. See photos after the cut.



Laura, who is a Mariah Carey (pictured left) lookalike, says: 'I am very lucky that my career as a lookalike has been so successful and profitable. I get to travel all over the world and I have been known to make quite large sums when I've been hired for certain jobs'



Laura's uncanny resemblance to the pop sensation means she is fully-booked up every Christmas with customers eager for her to belt out Mariah's festive tune at their event.
It also means she is often mistaken for the star herself - and revealed how the producers for a then unknown Drake once 'begged' her to listen to his new CD.
She explains: 'I am always busy but over the holidays, I am extra busy! People always want to see me perform Mariah's number one song All I want For Christmas. 


As an impersonator, Laura has appeared on countless television programmes, lip-synched the singer's greatest hits at international events and has even performed in Japan




Laura's uncanny resemblance to the pop sensation means she is fully-booked up every Christmas with customers eager for her to belt out Mariah's festive tune at their event



Laura, pictured at a gig this time last year, says clients want her to sing Mariah's All I Want For Christmas









Speaking about how she was discovered, Laura says: ' day, I was working in a car dealership and the next, I was off to New York City and sent out on the streets with a camera crew to see if people thought I was Mariah Carey herself'




Laura said that appearing as Mariah brings a 'lot of joy and smiles to guests over the festive season so I like to perform for free for good causes too'



Laura, who has been singing Mariah's hits for 20 years, says: 'Although we have very similar features, it takes hours of preparation to look like her before an appearance'



One of the most hilarious encounters Laura has had with a Mariah Carey (pictured left) fan was when a member of hit rapper Drake's team approached her

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