From her style to her make-up skills, Love Island babe and influencer Mary Bedford is gorgeous and has become one of the most popular contestants of the season after arriving in Casa Amor.
Outside of the show, Mary, 22, works as a model (for BooHoo, no less) and is an influencer, boasting a HUGE Instagram following even before she set foot in the Love Island villa. She’s a pretty big deal, so it’s no surprise that fans have uncovered snaps from her early modelling days, with some wondering whether she has had any work done.
Mary has previously opened up about her cosmetic procedures (we love an honest reality star) in a YouTube video where she revealed that she has had a boob job when she was 21, Invisalign and composite bonding on her teeth, a brow lift, Botox procedure and lip filler.
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1 of 16Chloe Burrows
Chloe may have caught all the boys' attentions as evidenced in a recent explosive episode, but you can see she's always been a stunner from this uni halls pic taken way back in 2015.
2 of 16Faye Winter
Faye has certainly nailed this classic Instapose in this snap from 2019 - the hair, tan and Adidas bodysuit are all on point and a sign of things to come.
3 of 16Brad McClellan
A quick glance over Brad's insta and it's clear he uses it primarily to document his fitness journey. This snap from 2017 is from before it all began.
4 of 16Kaz Kamwi
Kaz was already a fashion blogger before she entered the Love Island villa, and so her first photo is appropriately professional looking (boo).
5 of 16Jake Cornish
Finally, a properly old photo! You can tell that Jake was already going to the gym when this photo was taken with a mate back in 2013.
6 of 16love-island-contestants-first-instagrams
PS. Enjoy this bonus pic of baby Jake with none other than footballer Wayne Rooney.
7 of 16Hugo Hammond
When he was a teenager, Hugo played Cricket for England's Physical Disability team.
8 of 16Hugo Hammond
PS. Baby Hugo for your viewing pleasure x
9 of 16Aaron Francis
Like Kaz, Aaron was already trying his hand as an influencer before he signed up to Love Island and so most of his photos are pretty glossy, but scroll down far enough and we found this photo of him seemingly winning an arm wrestle against Somoan Rugby Union player Many Tuilangi.
10 of 16Toby Aromolaran
Toby's not giving anything away with this sultry selfie from 2018, other than perhaps that he's heading off on his holidays, judging by his passport and boarding pass. He doesn't look that excited about it though, does he?
11 of 16Sharon Gaffka
In case you missed it, Sharon used to compete in beauty pageants and was Miss UK 2018. Here she is from the Galaxy pageant that same year.
12 of 16Liberty Poole
It looks like Liberty has always been a big fan of the finer things in life - as well as a blonde hair extension or two - judging from this snap with a pal from 2019.
13 of 16Liam Reardon
Viewers couldn't believe that Liam was only 21 when he entered the villa, but here's proof that Liam looked 30 way back in 2018 (regular teenaged boy for reference).
14 of 16Rachel Finni
This photo of Rach taken on a night out was posted in 2017 but captioned, "2 Years Ago ud83dude2b#CanILookLikeThisAgainPlease", so we can assume it's from way back in 2015.
15 of 16Millie Court
Proving she's always been a fan of posing up a storm in a bikini, we're majorly jeal of Millie's 2018 holiday to Cannes. Ahh, holidays - remember those?
16 of 16Lucinda Strafford
Right, we can't actually believe this 2018 photo of bombshell Lucinda - have Love Island checked her I.D.? Is she old enough to be on the show?
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“This is something I’ve never spoken about on Instagram," she explained.
"I just haven’t felt comfortable speaking about it. It was an insecurity of mine and I had it done a year ago now. Obviously I am very young, I’m not promoting getting it done young but for me, modelling and seeing myself everyday. I was so skinny at the time and I just had no boobs and I knew that I would never get them naturally."
Mary then admitted that the modelling industry made her realise how common cosmetic surgery is, "It’s not something to be ashamed of, so many people have it done. It doesn’t have to be a big secret, it was the best decision I ever made, it brought my confidence in bikinis up, in everything really.
"My two insecurities were my boobs and my teeth and I saved up and did my research."
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As well as being pretty used to influence life, Mary also previously dated Love Island royalty Chris Hughes in 2020.
Fresh from Chris' split from former Little Mix babe Jesy Nelson, he was spotted looking Mary on a date in London in August 2020.
“Chris and Mary went out for a slap-up dinner and looked really close,” a source told The Sun at the time.
“They were kissing and cuddling and were all over each other when they headed out at the end of the evening. They headed off in a cab to the train station together and looked really sweet together. He even tied her shoelaces for her.”
However, it's clear that things didn't work out, as Mary is now flirting up a storm with Aaron Simpson in the iconic Spanish villa...