A MODEL and singer who dressed up as Princess Jasmine for Halloween has amazed admirers with her physical similarity to the “Aladdin” character. Olayinka Mia Noel, 23, wore a blue-and-gold two-piece to imitate the Disney figure and even recreated her hairstyle. The social media star, who is Guyanese and lives in New York, even treated her fans to a rendition of “A Whole New World” on Instagram. Accompanied by her boyfriend Sheldon Strickland, who was dressed as Aladdin, she sung a small segment from the famous duet. Sharing a picture of herself in full costume, which has been liked nearly 80,000 times, she wrote: “Guess who?” After being bombarded with compliments and comments about her similarity to Jasmine, she shared a picture of herself side-by-side with the character, writing: “Starting to freak myself out foreal [sic].” In the video, watched 174,000 times, she danced and sang with the Aladdin-costumed man, attracting compliments for her voice. But some viewers were less impressed by Aladdin’s talents. “Hollywood really do need to cast her she got the look and voice .. yall can find a better Aladdin tho lol [sic],” wrote “kenrickelodeon.” Olayinka, who is in band XSO, admitted that her Aladdin took some persuading to sing the song with her, joking that she “kinda forced him [sic].” She said it has been her dream to dress as Jasmine since she was a young girl, adding, “She has always been my favorite Disney princess.” Over the years, she has been compared to Jasmine “a few times” but she did not see the resemblance until she tried on the costume, which she bought for less than US$10 online. She said, “We went to Six Flags Over Georgia for fright fest on Halloween night and it was so much fun. “That was when I started to realize how much I looked like Princess Jasmine. Some people asked to record us and thought we worked at the park.” (SD-Agencies) |