Justin Trudeau lookalike found in Afghan talent show

[snoop1130]

Justin Trudeau lookalike found in Afghan talent show

 

Abdul Salam Maftoon said the resemblace to Justin Trudeau has boosted his chances of winning the music contest Afghan Star. Photograph: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty

 

An Afghan talent show contestant’s striking resemblance to Justin Trudeauhas turned him into an unlikely celebrity in the war-torn country.

 

Abdul Salam Maftoon, a wedding singer from a village in the remote and impoverished northeastern province of Badakhshan, had never even heard of his more famous doppelganger until a judge on the popular television music contest Afghan Star pointed out the uncanny likeness.

 

Slightly built with a long face and dark brown hair and eyes, Maftoon, 29, hopes the flattering comparison to the politician widely rated as one of the sexiest leaders in the world will bring him more votes on Afghanistan’s version of American Idol.

 

“People have forgotten my name and now they just call me ‘Justin Trudeau’,” Maftoon told AFP. “I didn’t know anything about Justin Trudeau until I saw the photos on social media.

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/14/afghanistan-talent-show-justin-trudeau-lookalike

[anterian]

Fix his teeth, buy a decent razor and trim his eyebrows.

[Bang Bang]

A PC airhead from Afghanistan? Mebbe, I dunno.

[ukrules]

Looking like Trudeau is not a talent, it's a liability.

 

Also, I suspect Trudeau looked like that long ago when he still had his own eyebrows ????