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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Pagnelli

Meet the trans woman who found a new lease of life as a Britney impersonator

A transgender woman who struggled with anxiety and depression in her teens after being “trapped in the wrong body” says she finally feels confident and comfortable with herself after transitioning and becoming a Britney Spears impersonator.

Pavie Valsa, 27, says she was “living in pain” until she moved to London in 2016 and was handed a lifeline in the form of a residency at cocktail bar Tonight Josephine in Waterloo, in the city’s south east in May 2021, where she performs as It’s Britney Brunch four days a week.

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