‘My name is Taylor Swift - It’s impossible for me to get a job with my real name’

A 19-year-old Scottish woman with the same name as international superstar Taylor Swift says she has struggled to get a job as employers do not take her seriously.

Miss Swift’s parents Mairi Rice and Peter Swift named their daughter before Taylor Swift became the huge star she is today.

Miss Swift, from Lanarkshire, says she is constantly quizzed about her name and has been forced to carry her passport around with her to prove she is not trying to impersonate the singer.

She said: “When applying for jobs, I think I don’t get any news back because they’re looking at my name and they think it’s a fake application or something.”