Most people only think they resemble someone famous. “Well, if you’re drunk, and wearing sunglasses, and squinting, and I’ve just thrown hot sauce in your eyes, I look EXACTLY like Tom Cruise.” But 21-year-old Mardee Shackleford (no, she’s not a Harry Potter character) looks so much like Miley Cyrus, she’s needed nightclub security guards to protect her from fans of the singer.
The California resident, who was first compared to Miley during her Disney Channel days, told the Daily Mail, “Several times I have been sitting in traffic and people have slid open the back door of their car and kids will start yelling, ‘Miley!’ Sometimes it feels like I am actually famous or a celebrity, just on a really small scale. It’s been really fun for me.” Based on her Instagram, Shackleford’s certainly not shy about the resemblance, although she’s quick to note that she was doing the tongue-out pose before it was cool.
For her 20th birthday, she decided to get tickets for one of her concerts. She ended up being swamped by fans the whole night and even ran into Miley’s dad, the country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. He was so struck by Mardee that he pulled her out of the crowd and insisted on them getting a photo together. (Via)
Billy Ray then slipped her a copy of his new album. He considered it a sale. Anyway, here’s some of Shackleford’s Miley-look-alike portfolio.
(Via the Daily Mail)
