<section class="article__headline-section">BACKHANDED COMPLIMENT[h=1]Singer, 41, baffled after being stopped and quizzed at passport control – because she looked too young for her age[/h]</section>Officials could not believe Natalia Dzenkiv was 41 and thought she must be using someone else's passport
A SINGER was left baffled after passport control officials stopped and quizzed her because she looked too young for her age.
Officials could not believe Natalia Dzenkiv, of pop/rock band Lama, was 41 and thought she must be using someone else's passport.
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<figcaption class="article__media-caption"> A singer was baffled after she was stopped by officers who thought she was using someone else's passport</figcaption></figure> <figure class="article__media">
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<figcaption class="article__media-caption"> Turkish passport control thought singer Natalia Dzenkiv, 41, was 20 years younger than her documents showed her to be</figcaption></figure> Natalia's youthful looks convinced staff she was 20 years younger, creating the frustrating but flattering delay as she travelled home from Turkey.
The Ukranian star said: "When I found out the reason for my arrest, I even started laughing as it was [the] age in my passport.
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"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."
Luckily Natalia's fans were on hand to convince officials she was who she claimed and she allowed to pass through - after signing some autographs.
Lama won the Best Ukranian Act award at the MTV Europe Muisic Awards 2007.
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<figcaption class="article__media-caption"> The Ukrainian brunette said: "When I found out the reason for my arrest, I even started laughing as it was [the] age in my passport."</figcaption></figure> <figure class="article__media">
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<figcaption class="article__media-caption"> The airport officials thought Natalia must have been using an older woman's passport but the situation was reportedly resolved when fans started asking for her autographs and selfies</figcaption></figure>