Love Island 2019: Anna Vakili claims she is ‘representing the curvy girls’ in the villa… after the show came under fire for ‘lack of body diversity’
Love Island recently came under fire for their alleged lack of body diversity on the show.
However, Anna Vakili has claimed she will ‘representing the curvy girls’ in the villa during an interview with MailOnline ahead of her arrival on the show which kicks off on Monday.
The 28-year-old pharmacist revealed that her Middle Eastern roots and voluptuous frame will ensure that she stands out from the other girls in the opening line up of the programme.
On a mission: Anna Vakili has claimed she will ‘representing the curvy girls’ in the villa during an interview with MailOnline
She said: ‘I don’t think they’ve never had a Middle Eastern girl before, so I’ve got that bit of Middle Eastern spice. I’m a bit curvier as well than some of the girls that have been on before, so I’m repping it for the curvy girls too.
‘And because I’m a pharmacist, I’m very different… Dr Alex was like a proper doctor, whereas I feel you don’t have to be a medical professional and still be really serious and formal – you can have both worlds.
She added that she thinks she offers both sides: ‘You can be smart and professional, but at the same time have fun. And you can wear what you want too’.
Voluptuous: The 28-year-old pharmacist revealed that her Middle Eastern roots and voluptuous frame will ensure that she stands out from the other girls in the opening line up of the programme
Anna revealed that her decision to study pharmacy was highly encouraged by her family, however, they also support her decision to pursue a career in reality TV.
She recalled the moment she told them she had applied for the show, saying: ‘I wouldn’t say they were over the moon, “woo, we forced her to do pharmacy and now she’s going on reality TV”, but they’re not against it either.
‘They’re like we forced her to do that and if she wants to take her route, we have to let her spread her wings. They just want to make sure I’m doing the right thing.’
She said: ‘I don’t think they’ve never had a Middle Eastern girl before, so I’ve got that bit of Middle Eastern spice. I’m a bit curvier as well than some of the girls that have been on before, so I’m repping it for the curvy girls too’
She also divulged that although her dad won’t admit it, he is secretly ‘a little bit excited’ for her appearance on the show and has even left little messages in her suitcase.
Anna revealed: ‘You won’t believe it, but he wrote me little notes and stuck it in my suitcase. I opened it up and it’s like political stuff saying ‘Anna, you have to mention that women have been oppressed by men’ and I don’t think he understands what it’s about.’
When it comes to knowing that her father and the rest of her family will be watching her more intimate on-screen moments, Anna said that she will just have to ‘block it out’.
Standing out: ‘And because I’m a pharmacist, I’m very different… Dr Alex was like a proper doctor, whereas I feel you don’t have to be a medical professional and still be really serious and formal – you can have both worlds’
She said: ‘I think that’s the same with everyone really, no-one really wants to be kissing guys in front of their parents. So I have to block it out and be myself.’
Anna confessed that she didn’t hesitate to say yes when she was approached on Instagram to be on this year’s series of the hit ITV2 show.
She added that as well as it being a good experience, it may also be an opportunity to meet someone, as she joked ‘because everything else hasn’t worked so far and I’m 28’.
When quizzed over why she may have caught the casting agents eye, Anna said: ‘Maybe because I’m just a poser and out there constantly taking photos.
Best of both worlds: She added that she thinks she offers both sides: ‘You can be smart and professional, but at the same time have fun. And you can wear what you want too’
‘In the end, it did something good. All my ex-boyfriends would be like, ‘why are you always on the ‘gram taking pictures?’ but I was waiting for that moment and it happened, so in their face!’
If she was in the villa during last year’s season, Anna revealed she would have opted for winner Jack Fincham, who split with his girlfriend Dani Dyer eight months after the show.
She said: ‘I liked Jack Fincham. For me, it’s not looks that are important. It’s a bonus, and if I was to go for looks, it would be a darker look, dark hair, dark eyes, tall because I’m small, and I’ve got to feel like I’m a bit of a girl, you know.’
Bye! Anna has left her job as a pharmacist, but said: ‘Coming from a Middle Eastern background, they’re quite strict on education and you have to do pharmacy, medicine or dentistry’
Anna candidly joked that she doesn’t want a man who hops from girl to girl: ‘And I like a guy that’s a bit fussy and he wouldn’t just go for any vagina.
Some guys are just like that – it didn’t work out with this vagina, so I’ll just move on to this vagina.’
If her man does jump ship and starts chatting up another girl, Anna admitted that she would be reasonable about it unless they had put an official title on their relationship.
Different path: Anna revealed that her decision to study pharmacy was highly encouraged by her family, however, they also support her decision to pursue a career in reality TV
She said: ‘Because I know the concept of the show, if it was a guy I was coupled up with at the beginning, I wouldn’t mind because that’s what we’re there for – to find someone.
‘But if it was my boyfriend and it was an official thing, oh my god, I might get kicked out, so let’s not talk about that.’
Discussing her exit from the show, Anna revealed she was ‘born ready’ for the level of fame she is inevitably going to encounter upon her return to reality.
‘I’ll block it out’: When it comes to knowing that her father and the rest of her family will be watching her more intimate on-screen moments, Anna said that she will just have to ‘block it out’
She admitted she ‘doesn’t really’ want to go back to the pharmacy: ‘It was five years of training, so long, but I think I knew throughout the whole time it wasn’t for me.
‘Coming from a Middle Eastern background, they’re quite strict on education and you have to do pharmacy, medicine or dentistry.
‘What I hope to see is to open a business, beauty related probably.’
Born ready: Discussing her exit from the show, Anna revealed she was ‘born ready’ for the level of fame she is inevitably going to encounter upon her return to reality
LOVE ISLAND 2019: MEET THE CONTESTANTS
Strictly speaking: Curtis is AJ Pritchard’s kid brother
Name: Curtis Pritchard
Age: 23
Occupation: Latin and Ballroom Pro
Location: Shropshire
Claim To Fame: Curtis is a pro dancer on Dancing With The Stars in Ireland, and is the younger brother of Strictly Come Dancing’s AJ Pritchard
Thoughts On Dating: ‘I’ve probably been on less than ten dates, maybe five. I’ve never used a dating app. All of this meeting people on social media and apps is fake,’ he says
Ever Cheated? ‘I have cheated before. I will always be loyal from now on’
Exotic: Anna boasts a Middle-Eastern heritage
Name: Anna Vakili
Age: 28
Occupation: Pharmacist
Location: London
Claim To Fame: ‘I ended up on the Iranian News earlier this year when my sister and I were away in Qatar with two Iranian footballers who have a huge following. Suddenly my followers went up by 20,000 and I started being tagged in fan pages!’ she recalls
Marks Out Of 10? ‘I would rate myself an eight. My best feature is my eyes, I get compliments on my eyes a lot. I wish I had a penny for every time I’ve had a compliment on my eyes’
She blinded me with science: Yewande has been unlucky in love
Name: Yewande Biala
Age: 23
Occupation: Scientist
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Thoughts On Love: Yewande says: ‘I don’t think there is a science to finding love and if there is then I have clearly been reading the wrong books’
Celebrity Crush: Anthony Joshua
In It To Win It? ‘I am a terrible flirt but I’m such a girly girl and I can’t imagine stealing someone’s man in there. I don’t think I’d be that type but never say never,’ she says
Too fast, too fury-ous: Tommy’s a boxer… like his brother
Name: Tommy Fury
Age: 20
Occupation: Boxer
Location: Manchester
Looking For? ‘Blonde hair, blue eyes, good tan, gym girl… Ariana Grande. That girl is fire!’
Claim To Fame: ‘It’s probably my brother, Tyson, but I’m my own man and I’ve said it throughout my whole boxing career. I don’t want to be labelled as his little brother, I’m my own man and I’m doing the best that I can do in life and that’s all I’m setting out to achieve,’ Tommy says
Hot stuff: Fireman Michael wants to be ‘someone’s personal hero’
Name: Michael Griffiths
Age: 27
Occupation: Firefighter
Location: Liverpool
Marks Out Of Ten? ‘I get complimented on my smile a lot. People seem to be obsessed with my lips. I’d rate myself ten out of ten, I would have said nine but I’m a hero so it bumps it up,’ is Michael’s modest answer
Ever Cheated? ‘Once. It was a revenge cheat’
Up and away: Welsh Callum works in aviation
Name: Callum Macleod
Age: 28
Occupation: Aircraft Engineer
Location: South Wales
Disastrous Dating Story: ‘I went to the cinema with a girl and she sat on a piece of chocolate that melted onto her leather trousers,’ Callum recalls. ‘She shot off to the toilet to clean them and didn’t come back for ages. I watched the majority of the film on my own. I later found her fretting in the toilets because she couldn’t get her trousers back on’
Cocky? Amber rates herself 10/10
Name: Amber Gill
Age: 21
Occupation: Beauty Therapist
Location: Newcastle
Disastrous Dating Story: ‘I was speaking to this guy and he lived in Manchester and I got the train down to see him,’ Amber recounts. ‘I was nervous because he was really good looking and a bit older than me. I had five Cosmopolitans in a can and I drank them on the train. When the train got to Manchester I got up and I was drunk! He was waiting for me at the train station and when I got off I fell through the gap between the train and platform. What an icebreaker though!’
Got talent? Amy has a crush on David Walliams and Simon Cowell
Name: Amy Hart
Age: 26
Occupation: Cabin Crew
Location: Worthing, Sussex
Celebrity Crushes: Liam Hemsworth, Ashley Banjo, David Walliams and Simon Cowell. ‘You’d never go there obviously but there is something about them,’ Amy says
Claim To Fame: Amy once met Liam Payne and had a photo with him. When she posted it online she was bombarded with hate mail from One Directioners, who thought she was his new squeeze
Food of love: Sherif is a dab-hand in the kitchen
Name: Sherif Lanre
Age: 20
Occupation: Chef and Semi-pro Rugby Player
Location: London
Worst traits: ‘Number one would be that I’m pretty outrageous, that can also translate to the bad side,’ Sherif says. ‘On top of that, I laugh at everything which sometimes gets me into trouble. I can’t really take anything seriously. My actual laugh, my hysterical laugh is pretty ugly’
Fitness first: Anton wants a girl who likes working out
Name: Anton Danyluk
Age: 24
Occupation: Gym Owner
Location: Airdrie, Scotland
Worst Date: ‘I bought myself a Porsche when I was 21, as you do! I picked a girl up in that and she started taking pictures when she was in the car and sending it to her friends. It shouldn’t matter what I was driving whether that be a Corsa or a Porsche so I finished the date right there’
Clumsy: Jack says he’s a total klutz
Name: Joe Garratt
Age: 22
Occupation: Catering Company Owner
Location: London
Marks Out Of 10? ‘Today, I reckon about an 8.5! In the mornings I’m probably like a low 8. I consistently stay around the 8s to 9s in my opinion. Maybe some days I go past the 9, when it’s a really good day…. a suit day. My best feature is my chat. I’m cheeky and a bit of a charmer. Looks wise, I’d say my best features are my teeth or curly hair’
Name: Lucie Donlan
Age: 21
Occupation: Surfer
Location: Newquay
Famous exes? ‘The last guy I was with was Charlie [Frederick] from last year’s Love Island. We got together a few weeks after he came out of the villa. I’ve spoken to Joey Essex on and off because I love his personality, it’s so funny. Lookswise I like Jay Alvarrez. He surfs, skydives and he’s got amazing hair. I would marry him!’
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