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'People stop me in the street to tell me I look like Kim Kardashian'

A mum has told how she gets stopped in the street and told she looks just like Kim Kardashian - but she draws the line when they try and ogle her.

Aisha Ali was first compared to the reality star in her early 20s after moving to London from Pakistan, but initially had no idea who people were talking about, so ignored the comparisons.

After dozens of comments, Aisha, now 36, decided to look Kim up online - and saw the resemblance. Now she's learned to embrace the similarity and says she finds the comparison "flattering" but doesn't like it when people look at her bum due to her upbringing.

Kim Kardashian is one of the most famous women in the world (Getty Images for ULTA Beauty / KKW Beauty)

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Aisha, from Kingston, southwest London, said: "I've had people say to me, 'Oh my God, I thought you were Kim'.

"I'm quite introverted and would have people coming up asking if I'd ever been told that I look like her – people would walk around me and even say we had the same bum.

"It's quite flattering but the way I've been bought up in conservative Asian culture, to have someone walk around. It's just invasive and embarrassing.

"I think people can get embarrassed saying they thought I was Kim, but people have said they've done double takes."

Aisha initially had no idea who Kim was (SWNS)

Aisha was born in the UK before moving to Pakistan during her teens, before returning to London in 2008.

It was then that people started comparing her to Kim, who was then a fledgling socialite.

Initially, mum-of-two Aisha didn't see the resemblance.

But when Kim posted a series of childhood pictures online, she was taken aback by the similarity between them.

Despite the six-year age gap, young Kim and Aisha are almost impossible to tell apart – even down to details like hair clips and face paint.

Now she's embraced the similarity (SWNS)
Is this Kim K, or Aisha A? (Kim Kardashian/Instagram)

Her friends said they couldn't tell the two apart – and even her dad thought that Kim looked like her twin.

Aisha said: "I was born in London and when I was 13 my dad took me to Pakistan.

"I'm originally from there and lived there through my teens before coming back to the UK in my early 20s.

"When I came back, people started telling me how much I looked like her but I didn't know who she was as we didn't have that media in Pakistan.

Aisha now takes the comments as a compliment (SWNS)
This one is Kim K, we think... (Getty Images)

"I was like 'who is this' but it was when I'd been told 10-12 times, I Googled her in around 2008.

"She's big now but then she was up and coming and it was only if you were into reality TV that you would know about her.

"I have the exact same height as her, we're both born in October and our personalities are very similar.

"She uploaded some childhood pictures and I never once actually thought I look like her more than a slight resemblance, but when she started uploading the pictures, I showed my dad and he said 'that's your twin'.

Aisha is the same age and height as Kim (SWNS)

"It was so weird and strange – when you put the pictures together, the reason they look so similar is characteristics and personality.

"My friend made a video asking if you can see the difference [between us] and all the friends that have seen it are actually shocked, they can't tell who's who.

"We're older now, it depends so much on weight and I’ve never tried to look like her – my style and her style is different.

"In terms of makeup we both like to experiment but in terms of clothes, I'm from a very conservative background and we dress in a modest way – I don't wear a headscarf but I would still say our dressing is very different.

"People have asked me if I'm Armenian – a lot of people, when they think of her, think of Armenian people and they think anyone with that hair and skin colour are from that country.

"I haven't had any surgery so my resemblance is closer to the old Kim, she changed herself a little bit but not an excessive amount of surgery on her face.

"I know there's a lot of people out there getting surgery done to look like her, but up until our late 20s you can see the strong resemblance."

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