Love Island’s Olivia Bowen; her age, Instagram and fall out with Cara Delahoyde-Massey

She was a runner-up on Love Island 2016

Olivia Bowen

by Emily Vierke |
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You're a real fan if you remember all the way back to the first few seasons of Love Island.

Once upon a time, the romance reality TV show was about finding love and there have been fair few success stories from the series; particularly from the first four seasons.

Dom Lever and Jessica Shears met on Love Island 2017 and are still loved up with two children, dogs and a cozy AF house in the south west and everything.

Not forgetting Nathan Massey and Cara Delahoyde-Massey who won the show a year prior in 2016 and are still going strong.

Nathan and Cara aren't the only couple from series two who made their romance last once they were out of the villa, as the runner-ups were Olivia Bowen (neé Buckland) and Alex Bowen who are very much still an item.

Alex and Olivia
Alex and Olivia back in 2017 ©getty

Since she left the villa EIGHT YEARS AGO, feel old yet? Olivia has made a name for herself in the world of showbiz and boasts over three million followers on Instagram, countless fashions deals and her own TV show.

Honestly, the winter series contestants could never.

Olivia
Olivia ©getty

Who is Olivia Bowen?

An OG Islander from series two, Olivia Bowen, who some may know as Olivia Buckland came second in the dating show alongside her now husband, Alex.

How old is Olivia Bowen?

Born 3 January 1994, Olivia is 30 years old. She was just 22 years old when she took part in Love Island.

Where is Olivia Bowen from?

She's an Essex girlie from Chelmsford.

liv and Alex
liv and Alex are still together ©getty

What does Olivia Bowen do?

Prior to life on Love Island, Olivia was a sales exec. Nowadays she is all about the influencer lifestyle and has worked with brands such as utan, Love Honey, Miss Pap and Missy Empire. She also has a fashion line with Quiz and runs three Instagram accounts; one is personal, one focuses on the Bowen home and the third centres around her horse-riding.

Olivia has also dabbled in the world of presenting; she covered for TOWIE star, Ferne McCann on This Morning during her maternity leave as well as Rylan Clark's showbiz spot every Friday during the summer time.

When was Olivia Bowen on Love Island?

Once more with feeling: the year was 2016 and the season was number two.

During her time in the villa she originally coupled up with Daniel before jumping ship to Rykand Jenkins who she soon became besties (and the rest) with.

Olivia and Alex
Olivia and Alex at the NTAs ©getty

Adam Maxted was the next fella Olivia picked but when Alex strolled into the villa it was game over for the any of the other lads. They coupled up on day 20 and stayed together all the way to the final where they cam ins second place, behind Cara and Nathan.

Who is Olivia Bowen dating?

Well she is married to Alex, who she met on the show. They tied the knot in 2018 and even had their now TV show, 'Olivia and Alex said Yes.'

Does Olivia Bowen have children?

She sure does, she has a son called Abel with Alex.

What happened between Olivia Bowen and Cara Delahoyde-Massey?

They were villa besties but once the show ended the friendship fizzled out.

Olivia previously opened up about the fall out and told OK! that her and Cara had "drifted apart," revealing, "[Cara] missed a few things and I didn’t see her for weeks and months on end, to the point where, when it came down to it, logistically it was impossible to get her dress fitted."

Olivia also added, "It’s just life, priorities change and people come and go."

liv, cara, alex
Olivia with cara and Alex ©getty

What happened between Olivia Bowen and Rykard Jenkins?

WELL, it truly was the talk of the villa.

They duo were BFFs's who, at one stage, were in a 'friendship couple,' but anyone who is a Love Island fan knows that those camera miss nothing. Including when you hook up with your best mate which is essentially what Olivia and Rykard did.

They tried to keep it their own little secret by Rykard ended up spilling the beans to villa mate, Tom Powell. When the welsh gym bro asked Rykard, "You slept with each other?”

Rykard replied, "Oh yeah,” before adding, “Please keep it, please, please, please…”, as in "please don't tell anyone," as if he isn't on a TV SHOW.

What is Olivia Bowen Instagram?

You can follow and the other 3 million followers at @oliviadbowen.

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