Love Island signs up award-winning supermodel Ella Thomas for new summer series
LOVE Island bosses will be expecting model behaviour from its singles this year, after casting catwalk pro Ella Thomas.
The stunning Glaswegian, 23, is such a supermodel that she bagged a prestigious fashion award for her work on camera.
Ella leads the ITV2 show’s most glamorous cast yet as the villa in Majorca prepares to welcome a whole new batch of buff boys and girls.
A show source said: “Ella is breathtaking to look at – it’s not hard to see why she’s a top model in her field.
“Bosses have swayed towards more regular girl and boy next door hotties in recent years but casting Ella marks a step change.
“Even better, though, she has the chat to match.
“Bosses are really confident Scottish firecracker Ella is going to make a splash this series.”
Ella was named female model of the year at a Scottish media awards last October.
She’ll have a fellow clotheshorse in the villa, too, as The Sun earlier revealed French model Mehdi Edno, 26, has also joined the cast.
Euro hunk Mehdi, who is 6ft 2in, jets around the world on jobs, bragging on his Instagram: “Always on holiday.”
And yesterday The Sun revealed two more of the hopefuls who will be looking for love in the villa, joining panto performer Molly Marsh and business owner Andre Furtardo on the starting line-up.
Semi-pro footballer Tyrique Hyde, 23, plays for Dartford FC and is son of Premier League star Micah so is sure to know how to score.
We also revealed blonde bombshell Jess Harding, who runs her own cosmetics beauty clinic will star.
This year’s series, which will be hosted by Maya Jama for the second time, will begin next Monday.
