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Charlotte Everett & Sophie Finnegan

Plus-sized model turns off 'toxic' Love Island due to its 'lack of body diversity'

A plus-sized model has switched off Love Island this year calling it "toxic" due to the lack of body diversity.

Felicity Hayward slammed the latest line-up of the hit ITV series which hoped to be the most diverse yet. But the model has slammed the lack of body diversity and thinks that reality TV still has some way to go to catch up, the Mirror reports.

Although some fast fashion brands are expanding their range of sizes, Felicity said diverse bodies should be more "normalised". The Sun reported that she said: "I feel that Love Island is pushing the narrative that only one type of body is desirable. And I do think that is incredibly toxic.

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