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Sandra Mallon

Maura Higgins could earn up to £10K per post on Instagram after her success on Love Island

Maura Higgins could earn up to E10K per Instagram post following her success on Love Island.

The Longford beauty has been voted the second-best bombshell to enter the villa.

Reboot SEO Company analysed the 135 bombshells that have entered since the series first began in 2015.

By delving into each individual's Instagram follower count and estimated earnings per post through Influencer Marketing Hub, the most popular bombshells of all time have been revealed.

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With 3.5M followers, Higgins could be set to earn an estimated £9,557.10 per post on the social media site.

Since leaving the villa, Maura has signed a variety of successful deals with brands such as Boohoo and Ann-Summers and went on to launch her own makeup line with Inglot.

Her pal, Molly-Mae Hague is crowned as the most popular bombshell to ever enter the Love Island villa. With over 6.4 million followers, it is reported that she could earn up to £17,428 per Instagram post! Molly-Mae has more recently been associated with her role as Creative Director for Pretty Little Thing and the launch of her new book which has now been crowned as Sunday Times Bestseller.

Chris Hughes is the third most popular bombshell, with a following of 2.2 million on Instagram. Hughes is best known for presenting horse racing on ITV and with various other television commitments. When he isn’t on TV, Chris could earn up to £6,062 per Instagram post.

Following closely behind within the top 10 are Millie Court (1,900,000 followers), Ovie Soko (1,700,000 followers), Alex Bowen (1,600,000), Megan Barton-Hanson (1,600,000), Georgia Steel (1,600,000), Zara McDermott (1,600,000) and Ellie Brown (1,300,000). From sports presenting to modelling, to pricey house renovations and DJ careers, the top 10 most in demand bombshells of all time have definitely utilised their fame fully.

It is also reported that series 4 was the series with the most successful bombshells, with the likes of Megan Barton Hanson, Georgia Steel, Zara McDermott, Josh Denzel, Kazimir Crossley, Alexandra Cane, Jack Fowler and Ellie Brown ALL placing within the top 20 out of all 135 bombshells analysed who have entered since the show began.

It comes after ITV announced two series of Love Island will air in 2023.

It has been confirmed that Love Island will return in the new year with a fresh batch of islanders heading to South Africa to find love.

The show will also run in the summer of 2023 as usual, with contestants spending eight weeks in a villa in Majorca.

ITV previously aired a winter series of the show in January 2020, which saw islanders live in a villa in Cape Town, South Africa

Paige Turley and Finley Tapp won the series, scooping the £50,000 (€58,000) prize money.

Speaking about the plan for two series in 2023, director of reality commissioning and controller for ITV2 Paul Mortimer said: “Love Island has once again proved itself to be the nation’s favourite talking point across the summer, and we’re always blown away by the show’s ongoing impact and talkability amongst our younger audience.

“So, rather than just serving up a summer of love, we thought we’d make 2023 the year of love with two full series of the show.”

The show is currently hosted by Laura Whitmore and narrated by her husband, Iain Stirling.

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