‘People think we’re twins’

Being mistaken for your daughter’s sister is the ultimate compliment – and for one duo, a daily occurrence. Georgie Smedley, 42, and daughter Jazz, 19, have become accustomed to incessant comparisons and confusion from strangers, colleagues and even family who often mistaken them not only for sisters, but for twins.

And with both women sporting matching fiery hair, measuring in at nearly the same height, weight, and shoe size – as well as sounding alike – it’s not hard to see why. Standing at 5ft 3in, with natural strawberry- blonde hair and a slim size 8 figure, Jazz’s resemblance to her mother – with her cherry-red locks and 5ft 2in measurements – is uncanny.

Speaking to FEMAIL about their resemblance, Georgie admits: ‘We get told we look like sisters all the time – to the point where I get embarrassed. ‘It’s nice for me, but because it happens so often, it must get a bit annoying for Jazz.’ Adding to the confusion, Georgie, who is the director of beauty brand Nail Harmony HQ, even works in the same building as her daughter. But the pair have revealed that the constant comparisons have only been a recent development. Back in 2012, mother-of-two Georgie underwent gastric bypass surgery, and it’s the resulting weight loss that they attribute to the similarities in appearance.

The 42-year-old used to be a size 14 and due to the surgery, shed a staggering four and a half stone, dropping down to her daughter’s lithe size 8 frame. ‘In my mind, a lot of the resemblance comes from the weight I lost back in 2012, due to having a gastric bypass in 2012,’ Georgie said.

‘I shrunk so much that I had to completely change my wardrobe, and Jazz helped me pick out new things.’ Jazz agrees, adding: ‘I’ve always thought I look like her facially, but when she lost all the weight, you could really see the resemblance. ‘She felt more confident with the weight loss so she was dressing better.

She went from wearing baggy clothes all the time to basically sharing my wardrobe!Every time we go to the airport, we get asked if we’re sisters, and we have even been asked if we’re twins, once or twice.’ After the surgery, it even became difficult for Georgie’s husband and Jazz’s father, Jason, to immediately distinguish between the pair. Jazz explains: ‘Dad says that we look alike a lot actually. When she first had the surgery, he said “I cant tell you apart!”, and we also sound quite similar, which doesn’t help.’

Courtesy: Daily Mail.