McCann fury at 'Maddie' for hire

THE boss of a lookalike agency who hopes to make a fortune out of a little Madeleine McCann double said last night: “It’s not sinister – it’s entertainment.”

Shona Adams reckons three-year-old Kelsey Lynn Kudla’s similarity to missing Maddie could earn her £9MILLION for starring in a proposed feature film about the vanished tot.

And Adams is ready to take a 20 per cent cut. The 41-year-old, who runs London’s Juliet Adams Model Agency, said: “If the film about Madeleine is ever made, then the world is Kelsey’s oyster.

“If someone like Steven Spielberg made it, she could make £9million easily – of which I’d take 20 per cent. She will become a name in her own right and make it as a child model or actress because she’s got her foot in the door.


Agency boss ... Shona Adams holds snap of Maddie and lookalike

“And from there, her earning potential is limitless. It’s not sinister. And if the McCanns are upset, there’s nothing they can do because it’s a democracy.


“I wouldn’t back away from it because, if a film is being made, then it’s entertainment.”

Parents Kate and Gerry McCann, both 39-year-old doctors from Rothley, Leics, have denied reports that a movie is to be put into production about their daughter, who would now be four.

But their spokesman Clarence Mitchell has refused to rule it out – and admits money is needed to continue their privately funded search for Maddie, who vanished on holiday in Portugal last May.

Adams became aware of Kelsey’s resemblance to Maddie after the innocent girl’s mum contacted her website from her US home.

Kris Pfister said she had heard of the movie plan – and that shoppers had stopped her daughter seven times in one day to point out her likeness to Maddie.

Incredibly Adams says a staggering 120 potential doubles have been sent to her from wannabe Maddie lookalikes worldwide.

She said outside her messy two-bed flat in a high-rise block in South London: “I thought Kelsey was a great lookalike, that’s why I took her on. We’d like her to do a Crimewatch reconstruction.

“She’d probably only get the minimum rate but it would get her exposure and have potential to launch her into bigger things.”


Divorced mum-of-one Adams also claimed Kelsey would HELP the McCanns – by showing how Maddie would develop with age.

Asked how she felt about profiting from a girl who may already be dead, Adams said: “Let’s hope she’s not. Let’s find Maddie.”

And asked how Kate McCann might feel about her plans, she admitted: “It’s sad.” But she added: “If a film is going out, it can go out with or without their blessing – that’s how it has to be.


The fake Maddie - Kelsey Lynn Kudla

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