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Love Island’s first winter contestant confirmed as biomedical student Tanya Manhenga-Stella Akinwumi-Entertainment – Metro

We have our first star!

Love Island’s first winter contestant confirmed as biomedical student Tanya Manhenga-Stella Akinwumi-Entertainment – Metro

We have our first star! (Picture: Tanya Manhenga/Instagram)

Love Island have officially confirmed the first singleton for the winter series.

This time next week, host Maya Jama – who took over from Laura Whitmore – will introduce our next batch of stars to their new South Africa villa.

Ahead of the winter debut, the network revealed that biomedical student Tanya as the first contestant for the 2023 series.

Sharing the news on Twitter, the official account wrote: ‘Biomedical science student Tanya is bringing brains, beauty and big vibes to the villa.’

Biomedical science student Tanya is bringing brains, beauty and big vibes to the villa 🫶 #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/51liWgDi5H

— Love Island (@LoveIsland) January 9, 2023

More to come…

Love Island returns on Monday January 16 at 9pm on ITV2.

Love Island is back for 2023

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