A Mariah Carey lookalike claims her bookings soar by 150% over Christmas - as fans wowed by the pop diva's twin book her to sing 'All I Want For Christmas' to them. Suellen Carey was first told of her resemblance to the 'All I Want For Christmas' star more than 12 years ago when she started her gender transition journey.
But the 35-year-old only decided to cash in on her looks in 2019 after being invited to perform as a lookalike at a party. The Brazilian-born performer then splashed out a whopping £8,716 on plastic surgery to look even more like her idol and attract more fans.
The influencer underwent two boob jobs, a rhinoplasty, liposuction and a brachioplasty to reshape her arms in pursuit of the chart-topper's curvy body. Her investment seems to have paid off as she claims to have seen a huge boost in her bookings - when she expects to do five events a week and pocket a whopping £15,000.
And she reckons she looks so much like Mariah that a venue's security staff even rushed to protect her at one of the star's gigs.
Suellen, who lives in King’s Cross, central London, said: "Christmas is definitely the time I work the most due to Mariah's Christmas music and of course my appearance.
"Everyone knows Mariah - she's really become the owner of Christmas. Everyone sings or at least knows 'All I Want For Christmas'.
"I probably do four to five events a week until Christmas and I work any time or day.
"I hope to make around £15,000 by Christmas.
"People are very surprised by how I look. Many scream 'my god it's Mariah Carey, are you twins?'
"I usually joke and answer 'yes' but I don't have all those dollars in the account."
Suellen claims she's been aware of her likeness for more than a decade and initially was taken aback by people's reactions to her - fearing they were calling her a 'diva' in a negative way.
But now she has embraced the similarity and regularly attends glitzy VIP events for a living.
She even claims she was protected by one of the singer's own security guards at her concert after they thought she was Mariah.
Suellen said: "I am in love with her, she is a wonderful artist and has a perfect voice.
"People have always said that I look like Mariah but I never imagined that I could make a career from that resemblance.
"It's been over 12 years since I started my transition. A lot of people said that I looked like Mariah Carey.
"At the time I thought it was a little strange because until then I hadn't seen this similarity but then I started to notice.
"At first I thought people were even bullying me because Mariah is a diva but then I realised that was not the case.
"At one of her shows, the venue's security guards protected me when I arrived as if I were her until I explained. It was very confusing.
"They thought I was her because I [looked] identical to her on the day.
"Now I do shows and I've also done many VIP appearances because I look like Mariah. I do a little bit of everything."
The performer claims she has had more than five plastic surgeries to look more like the singer-songwriter.
Suellen said: "I did the breasts twice, I also had rhinoplasty, liposuction and a brachioplasty - I removed excess skin to give a more youthful and athletic contour to my arms.
"I changed my implants twice. The first time because I didn't have any breasts I put [in] 450ml and after a few years I wanted bigger so I have 750ml [implants] today.
"I want to change and put 1,000ml in, I did it for aesthetics and vanity.
"After I had the rhinoplasty and face fillers I think I looked a lot like her. If I do makeup and hair like her, I look very similar to her."
