A lookalike of one of the world’s pop icons, Priscilla Beatriz, 30, came from Minas Gerais, to Sao Paulo He enjoys the reaction of the people he meets on the streets of São Paulo. In addition to the similar appearance, the Brazilian managed to reproduce the belly of a pregnant Rihanna, which he had The pregnancy was revealed in late January.
Priscilla landed at Cumbica Airport, in Guarulhos, on Thursday (24) and soon began taking “extraordinary tours” around the capital. One of them went to Tete Bus Station, in the North District, where she was photographed surrounded by supposed security guards. He also went to Rua 25 de Março, a popular area of São Paulo, visited children’s clothing stores, and tampered with the fact that he was bringing a bag.
“I’ve been to some new places, where Rihanna isn’t going, and I’m seeing more to see how people would react and it worked out great,” the lookalike told g 1. Unlike the world pop singer, Priscilla already has three children.
Rihanna’s lookalike on a trip to Sao Paulo – Photo: Personal Archive
With fake belly foam – And the right to imitate the navel – the company based in Minas Gerais responded to requests from the public for photos and videos, using phrases in English, but also communication in Portuguese.
“Some people I know didn’t understand [inglês]so I said that I learned Portuguese, that I learned about coming to Brazil, I hired teachers to teach me Portuguese, so I spoke and understood a lot of Portuguese,” Priscilla said in a good mood.
Despite the joke, the doppelganger’s visit to Sao Paulo was Out of hope that Rihanna will come to Brazil to accompany her partner A$AP Rockywhile she is pregnant, to be shown in Lollapaloozaa music festival starting on Friday (25th), at the Interlagos Arena.
“My dream is to meet Rihanna, like all fans. I have never had the opportunity to participate in one of her shows, even though I am a cover, I have never had the conditions to go to her show here in Brazil. So, This was my chance, so that I could play with the crowd‘,” he told g1. She’s been working as a semi-singer since 2014.
Even without guaranteed entry to the festival, Priscilla continues to appear on the streets of São Paulo to play with the situation and receive the affection of the audience. And while Rihanna isn’t coming to the country, her lookalike is excited to connect with fans and get their energy. She described it as “feeling good”.
In 2007, when Rihanna released one of her biggest hits, Umbrella, her classmates Priscilla began commenting on the resemblance between the then high school student and the singer who was born in Barbados in the Caribbean.
Seven years later, in 2014, the Minas Gerais family from Contagem reunited with three friends and gave their first performance as a cover for Rihanna, in a water park. “We didn’t have the money at the time to make costumes, but we put something together and put on a one-hour show. Then I said “I really want to work with this, as a cover and a Rihanna likeness”‘, he said to g1.
Second cover show Priscilla in Minas Gerais – Photo: personal archive
Since then, Priscilla, who has always loved the stage, has invested in singing lessons and tried to improve her dancing skills, learning choreography and imitating Rihanna’s mannerisms. However, it has become more than just a hobby in his life. According to her, there were many offers of benefits, but her income did not come from this. She worked as a restaurant hostess, cashier, telemarketer, babysitter, and even a funeral plan salesman.
The big change in her career came in August 2020, when the company she worked for as a funeral plan salesperson, at the height of the pandemic, cut staff and ended up firing. Days later, his social media accounts were hacked, but once he was able to get them back, he posted a video that ended up going around the world.
“I made a simple video, with a picture of Rihanna in the background. It was such a ‘trend’ – you turn your back and come out of nowhere and show you look like an artist. In what I posted, I was about to celebrate 100,000 followers on Instagram, and out of nowhere it’s 400,000 followers A very popular site shared this video and Rihanna is following this page and commenting ”Where is the album, sister? #R9′in what I commented on, it spread all over the world, it was crazy,” the lookalike recalls.
Priscilla’s post about the comment Rihanna made – Photo: clone / social networks
Rihanna’s comment on the post was a reference to the question she always hears from fans about when she will release a new music album, as she has decided in recent years to focus on her career as a businesswoman in the beauty and fashion sector, leaving fans behind. of her music career looking forward to a new record.
Currently, Priscilla, a mother of three, has been able to survive and support her family through her work as a digital content creator.But she plans to focus more on Rihanna’s cover shows in the near future.
