This Uncanny Selena Gomez Doppelgänger Didn’t Even Know Who She Was

Whether you’re a dead ringer Channing Tatum or a semi-seeable look-alike for Hailey Baldwin, celebrity doppelgängers tend to at least somewhat know who the celebrity is that they look like. However, not for Erika Montantes, a 23-year-old woman from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, who literally drew a blank the first time someone mistook her for Selena Gomez.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Montantes revealed that the first time she heard comparisons to Gomez was when she was 15 and a high school classmate kept pointing out similarities between the women’s appearance.s ‘When I was in high school, a friend told me “hey! You look like Selena Gomez” and I was like, ‘Who?'” And he kept saying it, so I searched her, and I was like ‘OK we do look a little bit alike,'” Montates said.

Since then, Montantes has grown to look up to Gomez and even consider her a “role model.” “People have been telling me I look like her since I was fifteen, so I started to follow her at that age and she has since became my role model,” she said. “I feel flattered, I think she’s so beautiful and an incredible human being. I love her.”

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Given their near-identical features, such as their round cheeks, plump lips, doe-ish eyes, and chocolate-brown hair, Montantes admits that she looks up to Gomez for fashion and beauty inspiration. “Sometimes I look at her outfits or her hairstyle and I get inspired by her style myself, because I think “If Selena looks good using that, maybe I’ll look good too.'”

And though Montantes has impersonated Gomez once in a video for Instagram, for the most part, she tells fans that she isn’t the “Good for You” singer. But that doesn’t stop them from wanting to take a picture with her. “It’s funny because some of them look surprised when they ask me if I’m Selena and I say no; they either just walk away or take pictures with me,” she said.

The comparisons only escalated when Gomez’s fame rose. Montates recalled a visit to San Diego, California where people wouldn’t stop asking if she was the “Fetish” singer. “She soon became more famous and more people started to tell me that we look alike – even when I went to San Diego, California, people kept staring at me and some of them asked me if I was her—that was crazy,” Montates said.

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However, being a celebrity look-alike isn’t all fun. Montantes reveals that she does have her fair share of haters who think that she’s trying to impersonate Gomez. To cope, she’s learned to ignore the hate and let it roll off her shoulders.

“Some haters think I want to be Selena or that I try to look like her, which is wrong. I don’t try to look like her or act like her because I know that she is Selena and I’m Erika—different people, you know?” she said. “I’d like to say that no matter how rude people are, just ignore them and keep going.”

Though Montates is far from Gomez’s twin (in some pictures, she looks like a cross between Gomez, Camila Mendes, and Becky G), it’s undeniable that they look alike. See her most uncanny pictures below and determine her look-alike potential for yourself.

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The Spring Shoe Edit: 25 Spring Shoes to Buy

It’s officially the middle of spring, and we’re currently daydreaming about open-toe heels, pastel sneakers, and, of course, sandals. As much as we love clothes, a perfect pair of kicks really capture our hearts. They’re the easiest way to accessorize and can completely transform a look. Add a bright shoe to a neutral outfit and you’re suddenly irreverent. Or go monochromatic, matching a statement shoe to your ensemble. Whatever your preferred shoe philosophy is, a new season is the perfect time to splurge to upgrade your collection.

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This season, there’s no shortage of chic shoes to shop from, and we have you covered, from casual weekend brunch to a fancy wedding. Click ahead to shop our top shoe selects of the season.

Rihanna Claps Back at Impatient Fans Who Demand That She Make More Music

With an award-winning makeup brand, a fashion line with Puma, and a lingerie collection in the pipeline, it’s no secret that Rihanna has taken a teensy break from music to concentrate on other business ventures. But for the love of God, you don’t have to keep reminding her. The 30-year-old made that loud and clear recently when she shut down two impatient fans who slipped into her comments demanding that she make more music.

On Thursday, the “Diamonds” singer took to her Instagram to post another teaser from her upcoming lingerie collection with Savage. The teaser, which featured a loading bar over Rih’s face, comes two weeks before Savage x Fenty’s official drop date on May 11. But not everyone is excited about Rihanna-branded lingerie.

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After the teaser went live, Rihanna, whose last album came out in 2016, was badgered by swarms of fans for taking the time out to design a lingerie collection, but not make more music. Though hundreds of fans commented on her Instagram, Rihanna only replied to two, assuring them that her career as a singer isn’t going anywhere.

When one fan asked Rih if she forgot about her music career, the singer seemed genuinely hurt, letting the fan know that the Navy Army would never forgive her if she quit as a singer. “HOW! Y’all would never let me Lolol,” she responded. In response to a fan who demanded that she make music instead of Fenty lingerie, Rihanna assured her that new songs are coming. “she coming sis!” Rihanna wrote back.

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You happy? Rihanna confirmed it. She’s making new music. Now, can we let the woman live and make her coins in peace? As much as we love her music, she has other passions too. We’ll just enjoy her lingerie and makeup until the next round of bops come.

My Phone Ruined My Relationship

In November 2011, an iPhone 4 fell into my hot little hands. Back then, this mysterious, magical piece of smart technology seemed like the gateway to only fun and positive things: Words with Friends, a star chart app and an archaic version of Instagram, at the time designed for nothing more than applying cool filters to your low-res camera phone photos.

Fast-forward six years and five iPhones later, and like so many others, I had become horribly, toxically, inextricably chained to a smartphone universe. And recent reports reveal that I’m not alone. According to a 2017 study by Flurry, the average American spends five hours a day on smart devices and about 2.5 of those hours are spent in social, messaging, media and entertainment applications.

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It’s hard to decipher when, during the span of these past seven years, the love and joy I felt for my iPhone turned into a crippling dependency. But now, I fall asleep to my phone every night and wake to it each morning. I check the Weather app every morning before I choose how to dress for the day. I rely on Google Maps to help me navigate a city I should know well enough on my own. I update my inbox every time I pick my phone up (which is so frequent, it’s embarrassing). Hell, the second I’m not near my television, I even have the capability to stream cable, HBO and Netflix. The smart device that once acted as a useful tool and a creative outlet slowly became an addiction.

Just like with any addiction, my phone dependency began to impact the more personal areas of my life. In fact, my iPhone began to take the place of my interpersonal relationships. While spending time with family, I’d stare into a small screen on my lap instead of engaging at a level I would have a mere few years back. At work, my productivity levels dropped dramatically due to the constant distraction my phone provided. It was only a matter of time before it came after my romantic relationship too.

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My rock bottom, the point at which I realized just how addicted to my phone I was, happened when my four-year relationship came to an end. I won’t sit here and say my phone was the sole reason for my breakup, but it played a significant role. There were warning signs that I had ignored. Months before my breakup, my partner expressed feeling increasingly sad and concerned that I spent all my time and energy talking to everyone but him. Because if it wasn’t texting, it was Facebook Messenger, IG Direct Messaging, or other superfluous programs like WhatsApp and Marco Polo. I was so preoccupied with flinging every last ounce of my mental space into the corners of the technological universe, I had nothing left for him. This created intimacy issues, insecurity, jealousy and distrust—which at times were perhaps a byproduct of his personal struggles, but many other times were fully and undoubtedly brought on by my addiction.

Eventually, the problems in our relationship came to a head and we called it quits. In the aftermath, I was left with years of memories and a smartphone that couldn’t provide enjoyable company across a dinner table, share in the joys of experiencing a concert or kiss me goodnight before bed—all these things I had previously taken for granted simply because I was too preoccupied looking for fulfillment from a screen.

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Now, I move through life with more purpose and intention. I’ve cut back on carelessly giving away my limited time and attention to my phone. Instead, I focus my mental efforts toward being as present as possible in the moment. Or at least trying to. Truly training the mind to stay present is a long, challenging road, but it’s important to start somewhere. In a small span of time following my newfound state of single, I’ve honed in on what actually feels important to me versus what’s distracting, shallow or generally lacking in substance. I no longer want my phone to get in the way of fostering meaningful relationships.

I hope you will take a deep look at your own phone habits and reevaluate how important a role you are letting it have in your life. Whether or not you’ve reached a place in your life where your screen time feels problematic, there’s no harm in mindfully giving your current practices some thought. Take a moment to assess whether, perhaps, you’re also giving too much of yourself away to a screen.

Originally posted on SheKnows.

Halsey Is Freezing Her Eggs at 23 After Suffering an On-Stage Miscarriage

Halsey might be 23, but she isn’t taking any chances when it comes to her future. The singer—who was diagnosed with endometriosis, a uterus condition affecting fertility, in 2015—recently opened up about her surprising decision to freeze her eggs at such as young age and how suffering an on-stage miscarriage has given her a new perspective on her future.

On Thursday’s episode of “The Doctors,” Halsey revealed that she recently froze her eggs as a preemptive measure to “protect” her fertility. The “Closer” singer also acknowledged her privilege in being able to afford to harvest, freeze, and store her eggs—a process that can cost women tens of thousands of dollars.

“I’m 23 years old, and I’m going to freeze my eggs. And when I tell people that, they’re like, ‘You’re 23, why do you need to do that? Why do you need to freeze your eggs?’ Doing an ovarian reserve is important to me because I’m fortunate enough to have that as an option, but I need to be aggressive about protecting my fertility, about protecting myself,” Halsey said.

The singer’s decision to freeze her egg was motivated by her years-long battle with endometriosis, which Halsey initially mistook as standard period pains. “The thing with endometriosis is that it comes down to that doctors can tend to minimize the female experience when it comes to dealing with it,” Halsey said. “My whole life, my mother had always told me, ‘Women in our family just have really bad periods.’ It was just something she thought she was cursed to deal with and I was cursed to deal with, and that was just a part of my life.”

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It wasn’t until she collapsed on tour and went to the doctor that she discovered that her pain wasn’t caused by dehydration or stress, but by endometriosis, a condition in which abnormal tissue grows outside the uterus lining. “My tour manager had to take me to a hospital. And the whole time I was there no one knew what to tell me,” she said. “Dehydration, stress, anxiety and I was saying, ‘What about my pain?’ A lot of the time they can make you think it’s in your head. It was so bittersweet, because it was the relief of knowing that I wasn’t making it up, and I wasn’t being sensitive, and it wasn’t all in my head, but it also kind of sucked to know that I was going to be living with this forever.”

A few months after her diagnosis, while she was singing to a crowd of a few hundred teenagers, Halsey experienced a miscarriage on stage. The miscarriage, which happened not too long after she discovered that she was pregnant, motivated Halsey to take her endometriosis more seriously and consider precautions to protect her future.

“I was on tour, and I found out I was pregnant. And before I could really figure out what that meant to me and what that meant for my future, for my career, for my life, for my relationship, the next thing I knew I was on stage miscarrying in the middle of my concert,” Halsey said. “And the sensation of looking a couple hundred teenagers in the face while you’re bleeding through your clothes and still having to do the show, and realizing in that moment that I never want to make that choice ever again of doing what I love or not being able to because of this disease.”

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Now, almost three years after her miscarriage,  Halsey is ready to open up about her decision to freeze her eggs and why she isn’t letting her endometriosis stop her from having a family or hinder a future. “Reproductive illness is so frustrating because it can really make you feel like less of a woman,” Halsey said. “There’s a lot of times when you’re sitting at home and you just feel so terrible about yourself. You’re sick, you don’t feel sexy, you don’t feel proud, you don’t feel like there’s much hope. And so taking these measures, so that hopefully I can have a bright future and achieve the things that I want to achieve by doing the ovarian reserve is really important.”

Endometriosis affects nearly 176 million people across the world, including celebrities like Julianne Hough and Jaime King. Props to Halsey for destigmatizing the condition and bravely opening up about her decision to freeze her eggs.

Stunning Instagram Inspo for Your Wedding Hairstyle Search

Weddings are a common source of anxiety. Even if you’ve split planning duties with someone else, there’s still an innumerable amount of things to keep track of. And if you’re the bride, that includes your head-to-toe look. Sure, finding a dress can take eons, and hiring a trustworthy makeup artist is nerve-wracking, but what. about. the. hair?!

As far as we’re concerned, the hair often makes or breaks an outfit, which means finding a style that will not only satisfy your personal aesthetic but remain intact throughout the day is a pretty big deal. This small but important part of the planning journey may take some time, but gathering inspiration is always an ideal place to start. If Instagram is already overwhelming you, we’ve gathered hairstyle ideas for every length and texture below. Take a deep breath and keep scrolling.

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For Textured Hair:

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Wild and free.

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Natural up-do.

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Wispy and heat-styled.

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In full bloom.

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Low bun and side bang.

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Side bun with braided headband.

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Teased-out bun.

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For Medium to Long Hair

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Classic waves.

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Braid crown.

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Floral braids.

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Rapunzel braid.

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Soft waves and fishtail braid.

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Braided bun.

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Rose gold roses.

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For Short Hair: 

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Soft waves and shaved side.

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Half-up, half-down.

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Low bun.

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Flower crown over a pixie.

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Pinned back with flowers.

What Is Squirting? 5 Things You Didn’t Know About It—But Should

Here’s a fact that might surprise you: All women have the physical ability to squirt—a.k.a. ejaculate, just like men—it’s just a matter of pushing the right “buttons” to make it happen. “Female ejaculation is normal,” says Marissa Nelson, LMFT, certified sex therapist. “Some women already ejaculate, some haven’t learned how, and some hold back to prevent themselves from doing it.”

That’s right—if you haven’t squirted before, it could be because you’ve never tried, or never tried to lose enough inhibitions to let it happen. If you or are your partner are curious about how to make the famous squirt happen, here are a few more helpful facts to know.

It’s Not Pee…

Contrary to what you may have heard, the fluid that women release when they ejaculate is not urine. “Female ejaculate is a watery liquid, either clear or milky, that comes from the female prostate glands and is released through the urethra, the same hole you pee out of,” says Nelson. “But it doesn’t smell or look like urine at all.” 

…But You Might Pee at the Same Time.

While squirting itself is entirely different than urinating, it’s not unheard of for a woman who squirts to pee—or at least feel like she has to pee—at the same time. “The sensation to pee during G-spot stimulation is very normal, since the tissue around your urethra is flooded with blood and the tissue contracts and presses against your bladder,” says Nelson. “If you’d rather not urinate—or if you want to be able to tell the difference between peeing and squirting—take a quick pee break and then continue. If you still have the strong urge to pee in the first couple of minutes after you emptied your bladder, you can be sure that it’s ejaculate, not urine, that’s going to come out.”

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It Happens When You Stimulate Your G-Spot.

If you want to up your odds of squirting, there’s a specific area down there that you should focus on: Your G-spot. “Most women who ejaculate do so as a result of touching there,” says Nelson. “The G-spot swells when aroused, so it’s best to try to go to work on it when you’re already aroused from foreplay or clitoral stimulation.” Refresher course: Your G-spot is located two to three inches into the vagina, close to the front of the vaginal wall, and feels like a spongy, raised bump or ridge.

You Might be Accidentally Sabotaging Your Ability to Squirt.

Because some women associate the feeling before ejaculation with urinating, or because they might be worried about what’s going to come out, they may be hindering their capacity to squirt—even unconsciously. Pro tip: Pee before having sex, and after that, just focus on orgasm, no matter what kind of pressure you feel in your abdomen. “For most women who ejaculate, orgasm and ejaculation happen at the same time,” says Nelson. “Some women can ejaculate before or after orgasm, or even ejaculate without having an orgasm—and, of course, lots of women orgasm without ejaculating—so it really varies from woman to woman, and in the end, it’s all normal.” And if you’re worried about how much is going to come out of you, there’s no real way to predict it. It can be anything from a few drops to a cup or two of liquid, says Nelson, so if you’re really serious about making it happen, you might want to have a towel or tissues handy (or do it on laundry day).

Anyone Can Make You Squirt—Including You.

You don’t need a partner to make your squirting fantasy come true. You just need to know how to touch the G-spot right, says Nelson. “Stimulate the G-spot using a come-hither finger motion with one or two fingers,” she says. “When you feel that telltale urge to pee, take whatever you’re using to touch yourself out so that the ejaculate can flow out when you squirt.” As for the most effective things to make that happen: “The G-spot can best be reached by direct stimulation from a penis or a partner’s finger, fingering yourself, or using a toy designed for G-spot access.” 

A version of this article originally appeared in November 2016.