The Internet Thinks I’m a Dude
Published July 18, 2011 | Uncovering my celebrity doppelgangers is a current obsession pastime of mine and I recently checked out a nifty little website that allows you to upload a picture of yourself and, using facial recognition technology, determine which famous person you most resemble.
I immediately took a picture of myself and uploaded it to the genius website. Who would be my celebrity twin? Angelina? Reese? Julia? Umm, try Hardly, As If and Not In This Lifetime. In fact my Hollywood dream was more of a Freudian nightmare.
My shrieks brought the Serb running. He’d already proclaimed the site bullsh*t after Barack Obama was deemed his brother from another mother. My results were just as wonky, but infinitely more terrifying:
It should be noted that this photo was taken early on Sunday morning, after a hard-fought, booze-soaked night of Cranium at our friends’ house. In other words, I wasn’t looking my best (sadly, this also isn’t my worst). But telling me that I only looked 54% female? That’s just rude.
Based on my fug photo, the Serb thought the results were pretty accurate. I suspected the smarty-pants website was malfunctioning, so I uploaded a photo of Halle Berry to see if she would match herself. I figured that with such short hair she was bound to get a fella or two in her results.
You see? Busted website! Halle Berry wasn’t even her own first choice! The Serb pointed out that at least all of her choices were female and went back to giggling at me and John Candy (once again, I’m a big fan, but come on…).
I wasn’t about to let the Serb stupid website win. It was time to pull out the big (photoshopped) guns. I uploaded a professional portrait that was taken years ago. Soft lighting, professional make-up and copious amounts of airbrushing ensured that all blemishes, wrinkles, pores and any other unsightly signs of being human were absent in the resulting photo:
This is a clear example of being careful what you wish for because I’ve always thought Jessica Biel looks like a drag queen. Between her, the two ladies of another race and the dude from Twin Peaks, there is only one possible conclusion: my Internet is broken.
Make me feel better – upload your own picture on myheritage.com and tell me who you look like. Unless all of your matches are supermodels, in which case you suck.
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That was so much fun
I found a picture from like 3 years ago and uploaded it, it did not come out so badly actually. I also got Jessica Biel 
and Lucu Liu 
haha
These are my results:
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Thank you Lori
I also had some ladies of Asian heritage…we must be twins;-)
Hmmm…. I guess I cannot post my results
It did not come out or I broke something (more likely)
My husband fogs windows whenever he sees a picture of Jessica Biel. He’s particularly fond of her pica from when she was in the movie Stealth. I have a feeling loads of straight guys think she’s really hot.
Michael Moore would really annoy me. I mean the guy has made a fortune in his documentaries but he always looks like he just got out of bed after sleeping in his clothes all night. He also looks like he never bathes or Amy other grooming.
I strongly suggest you not EVER do this again when you’ve been up all night. I’m 64. I don’t look at pictures of myself until they have been Photoshopped to death. (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) lol. I think I’m going to skip doing this. I’d probably come up with looking like Boris Karloff.
Don’t worry – no pics make it into my photo album unless I’ve done some editing if required…thank your husband for me
Did you notice that Halle Berry also got Christy Turlington???
Therefore, by one degree of separation, you look like Halle Berry.
I’d take that. Especially if this comparison included her breasts.
(also the guy from Twin Peaks is pretty. so.)
This cracked me up. I am going to try it if I can manage the technology…
Are you ready?
My closest match was Billy Ocean. 73%.
No. joke.
That. Is. Awesome. You will always be my Caribbean Queen…
Hilarious. Really.
I just did it. I think I’ll turn it into a blog post. I’ll give you some linky love. I know you like that.
I can’t wait to read it!
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Kyle McLaughlin? I am DYING.
I am also afraid to upload my own photo, because my internet is also probably broken and I don’t need this to push me over the edge into Inferiorityville.
PS YOU are stunning!
Honey – another photo of me came up with Kim Jong-il and Larry King, so I will gladly take your praise while encouraging you to try it out because, let’s face it, you can’t do worse than me
Oh man… You don’t even want to know what I got. … Okay, I will tell you. 80% brittany spears… How is that possible?? I definitely DO NOT look like her. Although… I was happy-ish with my results. lol
As long as it wasn’t strung out, shaved head Britney, I consider that a HUGE win for you!
I got all women! And from an unretouched picture with bedhead and daylight, no less. Yes, one of them was Liza Minelli, but she is the correct sex and I cannot deny a slight resemblance.
HA! That is awesome.
I am NOT going to post the pictures that turned up for me….my lookalikes were all men except for one woman (and she looked like a man!). Now, I’m pretty positive that I am a woman so I’m not sure what’s up with the results I received. Maybe it’s time for extensions in my hair!
Our internet sucks!
This looked like too much fun, I had to try it for myself. http://www.fromtracie.com/2011/07/do-i-look-like-celebrity.html
Jessica Biel isn’t too bad, and that Woranuch Wongsawan chick is pretty (not that I actually know who she is!) But both of them are definitely a step up from Michael Moore!
That is one super-hot celebrity family!!!