ARE YOU Zendaya? This is the question Whitney gets daily because of her uncanny resemblance to the Hollywood star. "I never thought that I looked like Zendaya," the 19-year-old from Indiana said. "But sometimes I can see it in the eyes. I have to force myself to see it." After posting some videos on TikTok in 2022, Whitney has quickly amassed over 600,000 followers on the platform, with many of them becoming her biggest fans who are willing to support her financially. Once, Whitney received $1,000 from a stranger because she needed a new phone. To Whitney, the overnight fame can be overwhelming. "People usually say that I'll never be her. She actually has talent and that I'm just doing nothing and clout chasing," Whitney added. "I'm not clout chasing, but I'm not just going to not take advantage of the fact that everyone's giving me this attention for her face."
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00:00 Ever since elementary school,
00:01 people have said that I look like Zendaya.
00:03 I have over 600,000 followers on TikTok.
00:06 I started out doing just random trends,
00:10 and I got 2.1 million likes
00:12 just for standing next to a cardboard cutout.
00:15 I was like, "Oh, I'm blowing up."
00:18 I get some really mean comments.
00:20 An uglier Zendaya, Walmart Zendaya, Dollar Tree Zendaya.
00:25 A makeup artist is gonna be coming
00:28 and doing a Zendaya-inspired makeover.
00:31 - Oh my gosh.
00:35 - Hey, I'm Zendaya.
00:37 Just kidding.
00:37 My name's Whitney Brown.
00:40 I'm 19 years old.
00:42 I went viral for being Zendaya's doppelganger.
00:45 Ever since elementary school,
00:46 people have said that I look like Zendaya.
00:49 I never thought that I looked like Zendaya,
00:51 but sometimes I can see it in the eyes.
00:55 I have to force myself to see it.
00:58 I think she's pretty,
01:00 but I always think that I'm the lesser-than version of her.
01:04 I grew up in a small town in Indiana.
01:07 I always had friends,
01:09 but I never felt like people liked me.
01:11 I was definitely a weird kid.
01:14 People said I had poofy hair a lot.
01:17 I like being a Zendaya lookalike.
01:19 I like the attention from it,
01:21 but there's definitely a lot of downsides,
01:25 like the bullying.
01:27 Sometimes it's just too much attention.
01:29 People stare all the time.
01:31 I'm a very insecure person,
01:33 and I always forget about the lookalike thing,
01:36 so I'm always getting scared that they're judging me.
01:39 Now I try to keep up with Zendaya
01:42 just so that I can kind of play off of it
01:45 with my social media.
01:46 I started out doing just random trends
01:50 or, like, little events on TikTok
01:52 where I didn't think I was ever gonna blow up.
01:54 They just saw my face,
01:55 and they thought I looked like Zendaya,
01:57 so I got a bunch of comments about that.
02:00 I was like, "Oh, I'm blowing up."
02:03 Hey, guys.
02:04 I'm doing an interview and a makeover today
02:07 for "Hooked on the Look."
02:09 I'm really excited to look pretty.
02:11 I might post this later.
02:13 Excited for you all to see it.
02:15 I have over 600,000 followers on TikTok.
02:19 I mostly post just random filters
02:21 or whatever's trending.
02:23 And I got 2.1 million likes
02:25 just for standing next to a cardboard cutout.
02:29 If Tom and Zendaya had a daughter...
02:31 Okay, Zendaya, quit playing.
02:33 I know it's you.
02:34 I want to be your boyfriend.
02:36 I have a big, fat crush on you.
02:39 Can I just eat your face 'cause you're so pretty?
02:43 All these people that DM me,
02:45 like, everyone feels like an NPC to me.
02:48 Like, I just feel like these are all bots,
02:50 even though they're real.
02:52 I get some really mean comments.
02:55 It's always like an uglier Zendaya,
02:58 Walmart Zendaya, Dollar Tree Zendaya.
03:01 People will usually say, like,
03:04 that I'll never be her,
03:05 that she actually has talent,
03:07 and that I'm just doing nothing and clout chasing.
03:11 I'm not clout chasing,
03:13 but I'm not just gonna, like,
03:15 not take advantage of the fact
03:17 that everyone's giving me this attention for her face.
03:21 Sometimes I'll turn my head more to the side
03:26 just 'cause people will say
03:28 that our side profiles are more similar.
03:32 I have some fans that'll send me money sometimes.
03:35 The largest I ever got was, like, 1,000,
03:39 and this guy sent it to me 'cause I needed a new phone.
03:43 I love it.
03:44 It is my favorite part about all of it.
03:48 [laughs]
03:49 No, I can't say that.
03:51 Do you have an O.F.?
03:53 I do not.
03:55 I'm definitely not going to start an OnlyFans.
03:58 I think it would be so easy for me to make money on there.
04:03 That would be the very last resort for me.
04:06 I would really like to model,
04:08 like, be a big-time model.
04:11 In case there's ever a chance of me
04:14 actually becoming famous somehow.
04:17 I don't want that to be the reputation that follows me.
04:21 A makeup artist is gonna be coming
04:25 and doing a Zendaya-inspired makeover.
04:28 Hey, Whitney, how are you?
04:30 Hi, I'm good.
04:31 Good, oh, you're so beautiful.
04:33 Thank you.
04:34 Are you ready to get started?
04:35 Yeah, I'm really excited for the makeover.
04:38 I really wanna see how close I can look like her,
04:40 and I just like looking pretty.
04:44 You have a slit in your eyebrow,
04:45 but we can cover that up.
04:47 She has a hooded eye.
04:48 Sometimes a hooded eye can be a little more tricky
04:50 than your typical eyelid, but we can work with that.
04:54 This look that we're gonna do with her,
04:55 it can be an everyday look.
04:57 I will put a little more extra concealer
04:59 on her cheekbones right here,
05:00 just to get rid of the redness,
05:01 and then I'll put it back in,
05:02 but I want to naturally put it back in with the makeup.
05:05 I'm excited to see the end result.
05:08 I'm gonna look pretty.
05:10 There's not too much to it.
05:11 She's already got the look.
05:12 I'm just adding a little bedazzle.
05:15 I think you're all done.
05:19 This is beautiful.
05:20 Mission accomplished.
05:21 My boyfriend's name is Skylar.
05:25 We've been together for over a year.
05:27 So have you ever seen her all dressed up into the nines?
05:29 I took her out on a date once, really dressed up.
05:32 It's the only time.
05:33 I'm super excited.
05:34 Oh my gosh.
05:39 You look incredible.
05:41 We met at Pizza Hut.
05:43 It was like my first day working there.
05:46 A friend introduced us, and he said,
05:48 "Does she look like anyone?"
05:50 And he said that I looked like a childhood friend.
05:54 This is cute.
05:55 It's a cute fit.
05:57 Yeah.
05:58 No, I think she looks better.
06:03 That was definitely the first green flag,
06:06 'cause I knew right off the bat
06:07 that he didn't think that I looked like Zendaya.
06:10 The first time I met her, I was instantly interested.
06:12 Who wouldn't be?
06:13 I thought he was cute.
06:15 I was just trying to act cool around him, though.
06:17 She said she was crushing on me.
06:19 Yeah.
06:20 Trying to act cool.
06:21 And I was crushing on her, trying to act cool, too.
06:24 I think Skylar gets a little jealous,
06:26 especially from the men who send me money.
06:29 I'll use that money to get him gifts sometimes,
06:32 but he does think it's a little weird,
06:34 and I think he gets a little insecure sometimes.
06:36 Thinks I'm doing bad things, but I'm not.
06:39 Does anyone ever tell you that you look like Tom Holland?
06:43 Tom Finland, maybe.
06:44 Off-brand Tom Holland.
06:46 Sometimes Elon Musk, like a fatter version, I guess.
06:50 She wants to continue growing her TikTok
06:52 and one day get into modeling,
06:54 and I wanna get big on YouTube,
06:56 just be financially free and travel the globe.
07:00 Zendaya has never reached out to me,
07:02 and I feel like she's had to have seen some of my stuff,
07:05 but as far as I know, she hasn't.
07:07 I would love to meet Zendaya.
07:09 That would be so cool.
07:11 If I were to do anything too different with my looks,
07:16 like if I wanted to dye my hair
07:18 or get a tattoo or get a piercing,
07:20 I feel like people would kinda lose interest in me.
07:24 I want people to know that I'm just trying to get by.
07:28 I'm trying to do bigger things, but I don't really know how.
07:33 My goal is to eventually be known for just me.
07:37 I wanna game and post funny stuff,
07:41 and people like it for me
07:43 and not just constantly compare me to Zendaya.
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