“I’m a Female Elvis Impersonator - I’m So Good People Can’t Tell I’m a Woman”
- 7 months ago
Credit: SWNS
Meet the woman who has travelled the world as an Elvis impersonator -
and says her voice is so similar people can't tell she's female.
Jan Waite, 53, has been hooked on impersonating the King of Rock and Roll since she debuted her tribute act at a holiday camp aged three.
The mum-of-one, from Knebworth, Herts, dubs herself the UK’s original female Elvis impersonator as she believes she was the first in the UK.
But she said being a female Elvis means she has faced discrimination.
At a recent competition she claims organisers told her she potentially couldn't perform - because she was a woman.
But she ignored them, and began her act from behind a curtain - and brought the house down.
And she says a judge later told her they couldn't tell the different between her voice and a male impersonator's voice.
Meet the woman who has travelled the world as an Elvis impersonator -
and says her voice is so similar people can't tell she's female.
Jan Waite, 53, has been hooked on impersonating the King of Rock and Roll since she debuted her tribute act at a holiday camp aged three.
The mum-of-one, from Knebworth, Herts, dubs herself the UK’s original female Elvis impersonator as she believes she was the first in the UK.
But she said being a female Elvis means she has faced discrimination.
At a recent competition she claims organisers told her she potentially couldn't perform - because she was a woman.
But she ignored them, and began her act from behind a curtain - and brought the house down.
And she says a judge later told her they couldn't tell the different between her voice and a male impersonator's voice.