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26th Sep 2017

Woman stopped at passport control for looking too young for her age

You'd never think she was 41.

Jade Hayden

If you can think of a better back-handed compliment we’d love to hear it.

Natalia Dzenkiv is a singer from Ukraine.

She also looks insanely good for her age to the point of being detained at passport control because officials think she’s using someone else’s passport.

No, really.

The Star reports that Natalia was travelling home from Turkey when airport officials stopped her and asked whether she was really the woman in the photograph.

Apparently, they thought she looked far too young to be 41-years-old.

Which is a fair enough assumption actually, because Natalia doesn’t look a day over 25.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZF_eM-jpG_/?hl=en&taken-by=nataliadzenkiv

Like, how…?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXc-n70j1Mg/?hl=en&taken-by=nataliadzenkiv

No, really.

Tell us your secrets, Natalia.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQlOcy4gS_-/?hl=en&taken-by=nataliadzenkiv

Natalia, better known as her stage name Lama, said that the whole situation made her laugh.

“When I found out the reason for my arrest, I even started laughing as it was (the) age in my passport.

I am already used to compliments about the way I look, but I couldn’t have imagined that it might be a reason for detaining me.”

We can imagine it Natalia, because you look young af.

The singer was eventually allowed through passport control when she was approached by fans who confirmed her identity.

They say that the reason their idol looks so young is because she’s a vegetarian who only eats fruits and vegetables.

Fair enough.