Taylor Swift’s Doppelgänger Is Using Her Internet Fame To Help Women With Body Issues

Quick quiz: Is this multizillion-dollar recording artist and all-time greatest squad-haver Taylor Swift?

How about this?

OK, how about this girl and her kangaroo?

OK, SO THE ANSWERS:

The girl in the first two photos is ~actually~ Keitra Jane. She’s a junior at the University of Utah and a dead ringer for Taylor Swift.

That's her cat Marissa Cooper, btw.

The psychology major says she’s stopped all the time and asked for autographs. “My favorite was at Disney World. I took pictures with a lot of younger children and parents asked me not to reveal that I wasn’t Taylor,”

"Even today at a doctor's appointment a nurse asked to take a picture with me."

The 21-year-old’s gained thousands and thousands of Instagram followers — but she’s actually doing something worthwhile with all of her Swift-related fame.

“My goal is to work in the medical field with people who struggle with body dysmorphia and the behaviors that come with it,”

"As somebody that has struggled significantly with body dysmorphia, I love that I have a platform to spread hope and awareness of this problem."

She’s definitely not above having a little fun with her T. Swift resemblance, though. Like crashing a wedding: “I just got a message on Instagram from somebody who asked me to be in their wedding because their boyfriend loves Taylor Swift!”

But ultimately, says Jane, "I just want to help others. I recognize that I need to focus and get a good education if I want to be of the best help possible. Combined with my personal experience with disordered eating I think that I could be a powerful voice and it's nice to have a platform right now to do that!"

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