THEY became famous at Love Island Villa.
And these former contestants have managed to cash in on their reality TV success through lucrative fashion deals, lewd shots, and performances.
Molly-Mae Haig, 23, added £2m to her bank account during the pandemic and topped the Love Island rich list with a mind-blowing net worth of £4.5m.
Meanwhile, her boxer boyfriend Tommy Fury, 23, close friend Maura Higgins, 31, and fellow 2019 contestant Amber Gill, 24, are in the top five, proving that Molly-Mae’s success has clearly been brushed aside.
1 Molly-Mae Haig: £4.5 million
The business-savvy blonde has netted a £1.2m profit from her company MMH Group Holdings and £848,000 from her self-tanning brand Filter, according to Kristen Bell Tattoos.
With 6.3 million followers on Instagram, she also landed a six-figure deal with fast fashion chain Pretty Little Thing in 2019 to become their creative director, and her £20 book Becoming Molly-Mae will be released on June 9th.
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2. Dani Dyer: £3.1 million
Dani, 25, the daughter of EastEnders actor Danny Dyer, became a “momfluencer” after having son Santiago with her jailed ex Sammy Kimmens last January.
The 2018 winner starred in a laundry ad with the slogan “Perf with Surf”, as well as an InTheStyle fashion collaboration and a podcast with her father called Sorted with the Dyers.
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3 Maura Higgins: £2.5 million
Maura has amassed 3.4 million Instagram followers since leaving the villa in 2019, and her sexy snaps have caught the attention of Elite Model Agency.
The Irish-born beauty signed with an all-star agency in 2019, which has stars like Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford on its roster.
Maura, 31, a former grid girl, has reportedly received £500,000 from both clothing brand boohoo and lingerie giant Ann Summers.
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4. Tommy Fury: £2.4 million
Tommy, 23, finished second on Love Island in 2019 alongside his multi-millionaire girlfriend Molly-Mae, and the couple moved into their £4 million mansion in Cheshire earlier this year.
The athlete and younger brother of 33-year-old heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has an unbeaten boxing record and has reportedly signed a six-figure contract to become the face of boohooMAN after his time at the villa.
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5. Amber Gill: £2 million
In 2019, the 24-year-old beat Molly-Mae and Tommy to win the Love Island Trophy and received a share of the £50,000 prize pool along with her ex Greg O’Shea.
Amber became the face of fashion firm MissPap just six weeks after she left the villa, but has recently taken to writing Mills and Boone’s romance novel, which will be released in July.
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6. Megan Barton-Hanson: £2 million
The 28-year-old 2018 Love Island star capitalized on her modeling experience by selling highly lewd snaps on her OnlyFans account.
Meghan made over a million dollars in her last fiscal year and is also believed to have made her fortune selling sexy lingerie.
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7. Liberty Pool: £1.7 million
Liberty, 22, didn’t manage to find romance in the villa, but she managed to get plenty of brand deals.
The Birmingham beauty is the face of Harrods’ Lola’s Lashes and has worked with Skinny Tan and lingerie brand Boux Avenue.
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8. Amber Davis: £1.7 million
Welsh beauty Amber has returned to her acting roots after leaving the villa and landed her dream role in the West End musical Dolly Parton 9 to 5.
Meanwhile, 25-year-old Amber, who has amassed 1.4 million followers, landed a £500,000 deal with fashion brand Motel Rocks after winning the 2017 series with Kem Çetinaj.
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9. Kem Cetinai: £1.4 million
The Essex-based barber recently signed a seven-figure contract with Primark to become a cutting-edge grooming range that includes blow dryers, clippers and CBD.
Kem, 25, who also owns Essex’s chic restaurant Array, also had a hand in the presentations and was the backstage host of Dancing on Ice along with the Love Island podcast The Morning After.
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10. Chris Hughes: £1.4 million
Chris found love with Olivia Attwood on an ITV show. But while their romance didn’t stand the test of time, after their reality show Chris & Olivia Hacking, his hosting skills got stronger and stronger.
The 29-year-old Gloucestershire native has made a name for himself as a regular presenter on ITV Racing and has amassed 2.2 million followers on Instagram.
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