MAN: Wow! Excuse me maam, can I get a picture with her?
MAN: I'm a big fan of Kim Kardashian, and I like that ass.
COMM: Kanye believe it? Kim Kardashian may
00:14 COMM: Kanye believe it? Kim Kardashian may
have a new rival, in the form of makeup artist Thalia Almodovar, who has spent $30,000 on
outfits to look like the reality TV star. The 28-year-old has been turning heads in
the Big Apple, thanks to her uncanny resemblance to Kim.
THALIA: When I'm in public all the time, people
tell me "oh my God you look like Kim", or they ask me "oh my God can I take a picture with you?"
And it's already like I think it's funny at this point. Second nature, I do it.
COMM: But unbelievably, the curvy lookalike
was actually born male, and transitioned to female later in life.
MAN: That looks like Kim Kardashian.
WOMAN: Oh my God, it does, it really does.
WOMAN: She's gorgeous. I think that she looks like a Kardashian.
THALIA: I've always been very feminine since
I was little, so I don't think it's astonishing that I look like Kim.
COMM: Thalia knew from a young age that she
was born into the wrong body.
THALIA: I always felt that I was a woman ever
since I was little. I remember in kindergarten crying and kicking because I didn't want to
go to the boy's bathroom, I always wanted to go to the girl's bathroom.
COMM: She started hormone treatment in high
school, and since transitioning has asked for no photos of her former life as a male
to be published.
THALIA: It's not that I'm not proud of being
a transgender female, of course I am, it's just that it's a little difficult sometimes
for people to understand, or people to accept it.
COMM: Thalia later had surgery to become female.
THALIA: I had my breasts done, I've gotten
my butt done with fat transfers from lipo, but my surgeries have just been to feel better
about myself. On my surgeries I've spent a lot of money, I've spent probably like $80,000.
COMM: Around two years ago, Thalia started
getting mistaken for the Keeping Up With The Kardashian's star.
THALIA: The first time that I got stopped
in the street was, I went into this boutique in New York in Midtown, and the owner thought
I was Kim Kardashian, and I laughed and I said "I'm not Kim".
THALIA: There's this really exclusive club
downtown Manhattan, that I remember arriving and security letting me in right away, but
when I got inside to the VIP, the waitress thought I was Kim Kardashian, so I definitely
like to play with the role.
COMM: Since then she's spent around $30,000
on outfits worn by the global star.
THALIA: This is a great page on Instagram
that I absolutely love, it's called KIMLOOKBOOK, and it shows you all the latest trends. I
definitely like the way she dresses, I like her style, I like her security. When she wears
an outfit she wears it well. Yeah, I definitely do like.
THALIA: So I love this dress because obviously
it shows my small waist and my hips and my big butt. I love the way red looks on me.
THALIA: This piece right here was $650. This
one right here I wore to my best friends wedding. Oh my God I like freak out for this outfit.
This one was $700.
COMM: In total Thalia has spent over $100,000
to achieve her look, and on the streets of her native New York, she's rarely short of
attention. For Thalia though, sharing a likeness with one of the world's most recognisable
people can have it's downside.
THALIA: Sometimes I'm just not in the mood,
and sometimes when guys just want to talk to me because I look like Kim without getting
to know me, that annoys me sometimes.
THALIA: I had this guy that dated me only
because he had his obsession with Kim, and he thought that y'know I look like Kim, and
it was like almost a fantasy.
COMM: But newly single Thalia is now on the
hunt for a man.
THALIA: Me and my ex just broke up, I don't
have a boyfriend, so I'm definitely looking for one. My own Kanye? That's so funny! I am into black
guys so I probably want to find another Kanye.
COMM: And she hopes to capitalise on her newfound
celebrity, by getting work as a professional lookalike.
THALIA: A lot of people ask me if I want to
be a professional lookalike for Kim Kardashian. Honestly when the first person told me I should
start doing this, I thought to myself does that even exist? Yeah I'd like to do it, it
would be fun, it would be a new experience, and you never know where everything leads to.