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This Marilyn Monroe doppelganger has people doing a double take!
Social media influencer Jasmine Chiswell (29), who was born in Scotland but now lives in Los Angeles, has gone viral on TikTok for being a dead ringer for late American screen legend Marilyn Monroe.
The 29-year-old, who has more than 15 million followers on TikTok, frequently dresses in vintage clothes and poses like the iconic actress, who would’ve been 96 years old now.
“I always loved Marilyn Monroe when I was young,” Jasmine told Yahoo News. “And then I started dressing vintage. It was around five years ago.
“She had amazing style but the one thing is definitely the pencil dresses and pencil skirts. I was just like, okay, I really want to dress and wear those every day.”
Although Jasmine has fully embraced her inner Marilyn, it was a struggle at first to leave her home wearing vintage clothing.
“It took me some time to build the confidence to dress vintage outside of my house. And then I was like, do you know what? This is the way I want to dress.
“I have to build my confidence up and just do it. Just walk out and act as if I’m dressing normally, like everybody else,” she says.
Jasmine and her husband, Maverick McNeilly, a music producer, even moved into Marilyn’s Mediterranean-style mansion near the Hollywood Hills, where she lived with husband Joe DiMaggio in the 1950s. Maverick found the house for sale online.
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“We fell in love with it immediately. Not just because it was Marilyn’s house, but it also reminded me of Scotland in a really bizarre way,” Jasmine told the New York Post, adding that they bought it for $2,73 million (about R42 million).
The mom of one now regularly posts videos and pictures of her home, which has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, showing off the glamorous interior and breathtaking views of the canyons.
Jasmine has also found traces of Marilyn in the house, including her signature below one of the lightbulbs.
"We found this incinerator and found two magazines inside.
“This one is from 1953, one of the years she lived here. And it had some circled areas around some different branding articles.
“We also uncovered these stairs while lifting up some old carpet.
“And, of course you guys, I found her signature while changing lightbulbs one day in the kitchen,” she says.
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Although she thoroughly enjoys her glamorous mansion, Jasmine, who recently welcomed a baby boy, says she’s had quite a few creepy experiences while living there, including hearing footsteps and voices.
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“My husband and I have tried to debunk the things we hear, but so many people have experienced things we just can’t explain.
“People feel like they’re getting hugged. We’ve heard some weird voice, and we hear footsteps every single night. It happens all the time,” she says.
Sources: Daily Mail, New York Post, Yahoo News, Lad Bible
