1. Natalie Reid aka Paris Hilton
Famous Paris Hilton impersonator Natalie Reid was created by the real Paris herself to trick the public. The moody socialite auditioned a selection of her look-alikes, and sent her favorites to make appearances in her place. However, Natalie could best imitate the tantrums of the hotel heiress and managed to fool quite a few guest-list checkers.
In 2006, the counterfeit Paris Hilton had astounded the paparazzi, making her way to Nicole Miller???s New York Fashion Week show. Subsequently, Natalie attended several fashion week shows without being caught. The best Paris Hilton impersonator charges $5,000 per appearance at parties.
2. Navi aka Michael Jackson
Navi, the best Michael Jackson look-alike, is one face in the crowd of numerous Jackson impersonators, who has become a star in himself. The faux Michael Jackson has got his own entourage of back dancers to perform at grand events. Navi performs in various countries and wows audiences at several prestigious events. VH1, MTV, Coca-Cola are a few corporate brands to name that are enlisted in his clientele. The king of pop, Michael Jackson himself is a fan of his amazing look-alike. Jackson personally invited Navi to perform at his 43rd birthday concert.
3. Lorna Bliss aka Britney Spears
To impersonate someone as unruly as Britney Spears is no joke. Lorna Bliss has dedicated her entire life and wealth to clone Britney Spears. She has been imitating the pop queen right from her sexy schoolgirl look to the head-shaven traumatized appearance. Lorna claims that she spent £135,000 to look like the troubled star and calls herself the UK???s #1 Impersonator.
Lorna does everything her ideal does, so she also acted like a destroyed person when Britney was suffering the traumatic times. Lorna made courageous public appearances carrying the disturbed Britney look ??? bald, unattractive and strayed. Lorna often had paparazzi running after her to photograph as if she was the real star. The parallel Britney Spears earns around £45,000 a year. So such devotion is not without fruits.
4. Christopher Duncan aka Eminem
It is really difficult to think that there can be another “human being” like Eminem, but there is, Christopher Duncan. He rapped like him, dressed like him and even tattooed like him, but Christopher Duncan took Eminem???s grotesque lyrics too literally.
The 21-year-old impersonator after performing an “aggressive” version of Eminem’s stage act at a London karaoke bar, got incited by the lyrics, and forgot the difference between life and the words.
He befriended an Eminem??? fan, and took her to his apartment where he beat her to death with a metal bat. The psychotic impersonator then stuffed her in a suitcase, where she died after 90 minutes. I hope Eminem doesn???t impersonate his impersonator.
5. Trent Carlini aka Elvis Presley
Trent Carlini is not just an Elvis Presley impersonator but he???s the best tribute to the King of Rock ???n??? Roll. Receiver of several impersonation awards, Carlini has similar fervor as Presley???s to get the venues jam-packed, whenever he performs.
In 2007, he was crowned as winner in ???The Next Best Thing: Who is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator????, an ABC reality series. Apart from this grand impersonators??? title, Carlini had also won “Entertainer with the Most King-like Charisma” in 1990. What distinguished him from other Elvis impersonators was his ???Heartbreak Elvis??? portrayal. He has been impersonating the King of Rock ???n??? Roll since 1977. Carlini was also chosen to star in Elvis’ annual birthday tribute at the Star Plaza Theater in Indiana.
Carlini???s charismatic portrayal of the King has created waves at almost every famous entertainment podium, be it ???The Oprah Winfrey Show??? or ???The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.??? In his Las Vegas show, “The Dream King,” in 2006, Carlini chronicled Presley???s career right from 1950s to the 1970s.
6. Michael Clayton aka Robin William
The fake Robin William, Michael Clayton had almost stepped on the real Robin Williams??? toes. Clayton had conned many charities without anyone realizing that he was not the real deal. The counterfeit Robin William had come so much on nerves of the actor that he literally went down on the floor accusing him for conning. Eventually, the two Williams settled the matter mutually outside court.
7. Miss Minerva Courtney aka Charlie Chaplin
If someone took impersonation to its peak then it was Miss Minerva Courtney. She took up Charlie Chaplin???s The Champion (1914) in whole and made scene-to-scene copy of it; put herself in all the scenes of the film as the Little Tramp. But you can look like Charlie Chaplain but can???t have the energy and timing like him and so her attempt to imitate the legendary comedian really proved to be a rip-roaring disaster.
While talking about Charlie Chaplin we have seen many trying to do so, but one story about Charlie Chaplin impersonation is worth mentioning. In one of many Charlie Chaplin look-alike contests, the imitator was so good that the real Charlie Chaplain, who following his quirkiness was also a participant, came second to him. So beware, for sometimes real can???t be real enough.
