Olivia Fano says she is regularly stopped for selfies by stunned strangers while on nights out in Manchester
09:45, 22 Jul 2025Updated 09:45, 22 Jul 2025
Olivia Fano says it is an ‘amazing’ compliment to be likened to the singer(Image: Kennedy News and Media)
A retail worker looks so much like Sabrina Carpenter that starstruck men mob her on nights out, demanding selfies and buying her drinks.
Olivia Fano says stunned strangers regularly stop her for selfies thinking she is the Espresso singer.
The 20-year-old from Southport, Lancashire, admits it’s an ‘amazing’ compliment to be likened to the pint-sized singer, claiming ‘a lot more’ guys have asked her out in the last year.
Olivia, who is currently single, insists she already rocked the vintage-inspired hairstyle and make-up before Sabrina burst onto the scene with her major breakthrough.
Olivia Fano is regularly mistaken for Sabrina Carpenter(Image: Kennedy News and Media)
Olivia said: “I do see the resemblance, I noticed it two years ago and my sister mentioned it, and I thought ‘I kind of do look like her.’
“Since then it’s been constant, especially over the last year. I’ve had it in club bathrooms, supermarkets, coffee shops, pretty much everywhere.
“People automatically think I did the hair to look like her, I’ve had this hairstyle for years. I think that’s the first thing people notice. We have quite similar facial features, the eyes, the eyebrows, the nose, and the way I do my make-up. I do a blush lip-liner look.”
She says her likeness to the performer attracts attention on nights out from lusty blokes who buy her drinks and beg for selfies.
The 20-year-old says she’s mobbed by men who think she’s Sabrina(Image: Kennedy News and Media)
Olivia said: “I was at a club in Manchester and this boy really thought I was her. He kept buying me drinks and was telling everyone so then everyone else started buying me drinks. I had to give some of the drinks to my friends because it was too much.
“When I was in Prague this guy turned around and gasped really loud because he thought I was her. I was in this yellow babydoll dress so it was very her style.
“I get a lot of people stop me in the street, just to say ‘oh my God’. I do notice people looking at me and then they have to explain themselves.
“I’ve had quite a few people ask me for photos, when I went to Leeds last year I got a lot of photos then. I don’t mind it, it’s an amazing compliment.”
5ft 6in Olivia is regularly mistaken for the 5ft singer(Image: Kennedy News and Media)
The resemblance to Sabrina has boosted Olivia’s confidence and even improved her dating life.
Olivia said: “It’s the first thing [men] bring up. It’s almost like the perfect pick-up line, because they just come up and say it.
“A lot more boys have asked me out in the last year and when I go on dates it’s the first thing they say.
“I did date a guy and one of the first things he said to me was, ‘has anyone told you look like Sabrina Carpenter?’.”
She added: “People are automatically nice because they have a compliment to say first thing. I always meet really nice people.
“They feel like they know me. People call me Sabrina and I just answer to it now.”