Elias Figueroa – The Man-donna
Looks kind of…… weird……
Elias Figueroa, 28, from Chile, became obsessed with the singer from an early age and decided to devote his life to imitating her.
“I was still a schoolboy,” said Mr Figueroa. “I heard ‘Like a Virgin’ and it totally blew me away.
Now he earns $12,000 a year as a Madonna impersonator, three times the national salary in Chile, and the equivalent of around £50,000 in the UK.
“I live the life of a superstar,” he said. “Strangers flock to me, tell me they love me.
“I’m so good at playing Madonna, some people can’t tell the difference between me and the real thing they don’t even realise I’m a man.”
The first time he performed as Madonna to an audience was in 1996 when, at the age of 15, he gave a karaoke style performance at a friend’s birthday party.
“My friend’s didn’t know how much I had been practicing so when they saw me they thought it was totally amazing,” he said.
