A Bradford artist - who created pictures of what she believes Madeleine McCann would look like now - says the missing girl looks like her sister who was recently pictured for the first time.
Simone Malik, 42, unveiled the first of her portraits in 2021 with the hopes of tracking down the missing child.
Madeleine's younger sister, Amelie, now 18, was pictured for the first time since being a toddler in May this year, when she attended a vigil for the 16th anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance.
Now, Simone says she is even more certain that her artist's impressions of Madeleine are accurate.
Simone - who calls herself a 'super recogniser' - has created the image to help find the missing child and believes Madeleine and Amelie have a similar mouth.
The former NHS worker also thinks the siblings have the same eyebrow and eye area and the same square chin.
Simone said: "Madeleine has the same eyebrow and eye area like her sister, the same prominent lines on her neck too - which were evident in her childhood photos.
"Madeleine and Amelie also share the same square chin feature.
"Madeleine's jaw line is more angular and a bit more chiselled compared to her sisters.
"She also possibly has dimples at the bottom half of her cheeks, which Amelie, does not have.
"Madeleine McCann has a similar mouth to Amelie McCann, however Madeleine's upper lip is thinner and the gap from between her nose and lip is also longer."
Simone, whose sketch of a child murderer and rapist in Pakistan successfully led to his capture, added that the facial features between the sisters are 'shocking.'
She said: "The facial features between Madeleine and sister Amelie, are shocking.
"Amelie's recent and very first media appearance this year, definitely confirm my theory of Madeleine's features."
Madeleine, who now would be 20, was just three-years-old when she vanished from a Portuguese holiday resort on May 3, 2007.
Simone created a similar portrait when Madeleine turned 18-years-old and said she looked like her aunt, Philomena.
The artist has now shared renewed pictures of Madeleine to help track down the missing child and urged for anyone 'who sees a face like' Madeleine's to come forward.
Simone said: "I strongly believe, I have cracked the mystery of Madeleine McCann's face, as she would look today.
"We are basically looking for a look alike of Amelie McCann.
"I would urge anyone who sees a face like this or who believes they could be Madeleine McCann - to please come forward."
Speaking in 2021, Mike Neville, retired Detective Chief Inspector with Scotland Yard and current CEO at Super Recognisers International and managing director of Neville Forensic Recognition, said the sketch was a remarkable image of what Madeleine is likely to look like now.
"Simone has done a super job. I think the family resemblance is very good," he said.
"Now it's a case of getting the image out there to the public. We have to continue believing that Madeleine is still alive until we learn anything different. We do not know where Madeleine is so have to remain open-minded and hopeful."
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