Can you tell the real supermo del from her doppelganger?
WORDS: ARIANA LONGSON. PHOTOS: CATERS NEWS AGENCY, GETTY
Fans were stunned last December when pictures emerged of supermodel Kate Moss – who is said to be worth £55 million – shopping in Aldi. But all wasn’t what it seemed, as it wasn’t actually the famous Kate browsing the bargain aisles after all. Enter Fake Moss!
Doppelganger Denise Ohnona hit headlines last year when she duped the nation into thinking they’d spotted the star in unlikely locations. Since then the 43-year-old mum, who is seven years younger than Kate, has become a star in her own right – and now boasts 78,000 Instagram followers.
Recently, she even modelled at Paris Fashion Week, taking to the runway for the Marine Serre Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-25 show, and has also appeared on This Morning. Here, Denise reveals how she fooled the world.
A mum-of-two from Lancashire, Denise didn’t set out for the spotlight. ‘I’m quite a shy person,’ she admits. ‘When I first started to get papped, I got very shy and felt like a fraud. But as time went on I started to enjoy it and now find it very flattering – who wouldn’t want to get mistaken for Kate Moss? She’s one of the most incredibly iconic women ever.’
Finding fame
Discussing her debut at Paris Fashion Week, Denise said, ‘My agent, he was the famous David Beckham lookalike, he asked me if I could do a job in Paris and I was so scared but they talked me into it.
‘I was flown over to Paris and went straight to the fitting and did a little walk. I ended up in a show and I didn’t release how big it was. I was like a little girl who got to play dress-up. I’m so glad I did it – if it scares you, do it anyway.’ Despite being the spitting image of a world-famous model, Denise never thought she was pretty growing up. Even more surprising, Denise admits that at first, she didn’t know who her lookalike was.
‘I think from the age of 14 was when I was first told I looked like Kate, but I didn’t really think much of it because I didn’t know who Kate Moss was at the time,’ Denise explained. ‘It wasn’t until later on I found out who she was and when I first saw her I was like, “Oh my gosh, she’s gorgeous, I am nothing like Kate.”’
However, after her marriage broke down, Denise decided to cash in on her celebrity looks. ‘When I split up with my
