Maura Higgins Shares Bikini Photo From "Love Island"

Reality star Maura Higgins reportedly split from professional dancer and Strictly Come Dancing star, Giovanni Pernice, but she’s not letting it get her down. Higgins posted a new photo on Instagram of herself sunbathing in a green bikini, showing off her petite body. She kept her caption simple, just writing, “Mood.” Read on to see 5 ways Maura Higgins stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Gets Outside A Lot

Higgins is a big fan of going outside, and documents a lot of her trips on social media. Higgins is often seen on Instagram enjoying the beach and going on hikes in parks.

2. She Is No Longer Obsessing Over Her Weight

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In an interview with the DailyMail, Higgins revealed that she lost a dangerous amount of weight from extreme exercise and dieting during lockdown. "With the exercise, it's very easy to get obsessed with it. It got to a stage where it was actually affecting my periods; I lost my period for four months,” she reveals. Higgins says that she is working on embracing her body and is “feeling so much better” now.

3. She Has A Great Support System

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Higgins tells the DailyMail that her family and friends are extremely supportive, and helped her get through her period of insecurity. "It's good to have people around you that are not afraid to say these things to you. It's so important. I'm feeling so much better."

4. She Embraces Her Grey Hair

Higgins is embracing her body, which includes her grey hair. She tells the DailyMail, “I put on Instagram a picture of my grey hairs and honestly the amount of messages I got from younger girls, girls in their early 20s saying "oh my God, thank you so much for this, I've never shown anyone my grey hair, I keep it a secret but now I feel like I'm going to embrace it and not be afraid." Higgins also says that this has been an insecurity she’s had for a while, and is something that she’s recently starting to embrace. “My hair went grey when I was 18. I'm so used to it now, 18 feels like a long time ago. I don't know why it happened, maybe I'm old on the inside! I just said to mammy ‘Why has this happened? Why do I get the bad genes?’ She said to me ‘Well it's not from me because I didn't have grey hair at 18!’”

5. She Learned To Ice Skate

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After her successful stint on Love Island, Higgins was asked to participate in the British competition series, Dancing on Ice. The show is like Strictly Come Dancing, but with ice skating instead of ballroom dancing. Higgins was partnered with skater Alexander Demetriou, and the pari lasted six weeks on the series.

Maura Higgins, the Love Island and Dancing On Ice star, influencer, and YouTuber, loves the spotlight. As if to prove it, Higgins is enjoying a beach day and made sure to get some stunning photos for Instagram. In them, she enjoyed a plate of sushi in a beach cabana. Higgins wore a gorgeous black bathing suit, and captioned the post, “Favourite Fridays.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Maura Higgins stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Sticks Up For Herself

Higgins doesn’t let anyone push her around. She tells the Irish Tatler that her parents always taught her to defend herself. “When I was growing up, my parents always told me to stand up for myself no matter what. In school, I had a hard time but I still never backed down. For me, I just think it’s the most important thing for women to stand up and speak your mind, don’t be afraid.

2. She’s True To Herself

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Higgins is unapologetically herself, and has been on each of her TV appearances. She advises others to do the same in her Irish Tatler interview. “Everyone is their own person, be yourself. Don’t try and please people, that’s the best I can say about that.

3. She Believes In Balance

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When it comes to her diet, Higgins says that she tries to eat healthy, but also tries not to limit herself. She tells MailOnline that she believes in eating a balanced diet. “At the weekends I eat what I want, and during the week I obviously try my best to eat healthier foods,” she says. “It’s all about balance.”

4. She Has A Lot Of Support

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Higgins unfortunately went through a health scare in recent years, where she over exercised and obsessed over her body. She tells MailOnline that her loved ones helped and supported her through this, and it helped her recover. “It's good to have people around you that are not afraid to say these things to you. It's so important. I'm feeling so much better.”

5. She Gets Her Confidence From Glamour

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One of the secrets to Higgins’ confidence? Her glamorous fashion and makeup. She tells Grazia Daily, “We all just feel amazing when we’re glam. Even a bit of lipstick makes you feel a thousand times better. For me lipstick boosts my mood and it doesn’t even necessarily have to be a bright colour, even a nude shade. I very rarely wear a bright lipstick or a classic red. A nude lipstick ups my confidence.”

Jess Harding is gifting her followers some swimsuit snaps on her birthday. In one of her latest social media posts, the Love Island winner shows off her famous curves in a bathing suit on her special day, wowwing her fans. “Wowwww,” commented one. “Stunner,” added another. How does the Brit reality star maintain her body and beauty? Here are some of her secrets.

1. She Gets Botox

Jess is the owner of Candy Aesthetics, which offers fat dissolving treatments including fillers, Botox and Brazilian butt lifts. “Considering it’s my job I don’t actually have a lot done,” she told OK. “I think a lot of practitioners do have their whole face jabbed, but I do stick to the natural look. “I’ve had a little bit of Botox,” she admitted.

2. She Gained Weight at the Villa

In an Instagram Q&A Jess was asked if she lost weight while on the show. "No, I put weight on when I was in the villa,” she said. "We were just eating and not moving around, just sitting in the sun."

3. She’s Gotten a Non-Surgical Tummy Tucks

On TikTOk Jess revealed that she had undergone a non surgical tummy tuck, sharing a video of a belt and machine wrapped around her stomach. She also shared before and after photos.

4. She Gets Cheek, Chin, and Lip Filler

Jess also copped to having “just a bit of cheek and chin filler and lips,” during the Q&A. “I had my lips done, since I was 18 I had such little lips, but it started off getting a little bit in my cheeks, just because it gives off that nice contour, it just gives a structure to the face.”

5. She Celebrates Body Confidence

Jess is body confident. She recently launched a size inclusive clothing collection, In The Style X Jess Harding. “I literally can’t even tell you how much this means to me, not just because it’s an amazing opportunity but because it’s a dream to be able to create a collection that all you girls can look beautiful in no matter what shape or size,” she wrote in a post.

Love Island star Maura Higgins is loving...an island! “Wish all Monday’s looked like this,” she captioned a photo of herself in a bathing suit in Sun Siyam Iru Veli, Maldives. The resort was the perfect location to show off her toned figure. How does the star of Glow Up Ireland stay so fit while keeping so busy? Read on to see 5 ways Maura Higgins stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Drinks Coffee

“While past studies hinted that coffee might have a dark side, newer research suggests that it may actually have health benefits. Why the reversal? It's hard to look at just one aspect of diet and connect it to a health condition because so many other factors that could play a role. For example, early research on coffee didn't always take into account that heavy coffee drinkers also tended to use tobacco and be sedentary,” says the Mayo Clinic. “When newer studies adjusted for such factors, they found a possible association between coffee and decreased mortality. Coffee may offer some protection against:

• Parkinson's disease
• Type 2 diabetes
• Liver disease, including liver cancer
• Heart attack and stroke”

2. She Tries Not to Lose Too Much Weight, After an Obsession With Exercise

“When you have good people around you, mammy as well, she noticed, she said ‘you’ve got too thin' or whatever and I was like ‘yeah, yeah, yeah I know, I’m trying to sort it out,’” she told the MailOnline. She added: “I’m not working out as much as I was, I ended up losing too much weight.” And: “I’m not doing it as much, once, twice a week max, and to be honest I’m just really good with my diet at the moment. It’s all about balance.” And: “I eased off the exercise and upped my calories and stuff. It’s good to have people around you that are not afraid to say these things to you. It’s so important. I’m feeling so much better.”

3. She is Not Afraid of a Few Grey Hairs

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“I put on Instagram a picture of my grey hairs and honestly the amount of messages I got from younger girls, girls in their early 20s saying ‘oh my God, thank you so much for this, I've never shown anyone my grey hair, I keep it a secret but now I feel like I'm going to embrace it and not be afraid,'” she told MailOnline. “My hair went grey when I was 18. I'm so used to it now, 18 feels like a long time ago. I don't know why it happened, maybe I'm old on the inside! I just said to mammy "why has this happened? Why do I get the bad genes?" She said to me ‘well it's not from me because I didn't have grey hair at 18!’”

4. She Learned How to Take a Break

After a particularly stressful shoot, “It was Michael Barrymore who gave me the advice” to just chill out and not be go, go, go. “I was training for Dancing On Ice and he is a really, really lovely man. He knew by me that I was going through a bit of a time of it….I remember him saying to me, ‘You need to take a break because if these brands and everyone really do want you then they will wait for you.’ So I took his advice and it’s the best thing I ever did. And I would give the same advice to all the new Love Islanders….I didn’t take all the jobs and I didn’t just think of all the cash,” she told the Independent.

5. She Once Showed Off Her “Food Baby”

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After a Christmas meal, Higgins showed a bulging tummy and asked fans if she had a “baby” or “food baby.” For her followers, it was an important admission: that eating is OK. Said some followers: “Thank you so much for showing us this” and “keeping it real for us all.” And: “This made me feel a bit better. You’re beautiful,” “I needed this, thank you”’ and “This has really helped me today, thank you xx hope you had a lovely xmas.”

Maura Higgins is white hot! The Love Island star flaunts her famously fit figure in her latest Instagram post, posing on a boat in a white swimsuit. “Oh I sea,” she captioned the two snaps shared to her social media. How does the reality star and fitness enthusiast stay in shape? Read on to see 5 ways Maura Higgins stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Got “Too Thin” During the Pandemic

During the pandemic, Maura got too obsessed with fitness. “'It got to a stage where it was actually affecting my periods; I lost my period for four months. Especially at my age, it's obviously not good. I want to have kids someday so I know that's just not a good thing to happen,” she told the Daily Mail. Luckily, her loved ones helped her get back on track. “When you have good people around you, mammy as well, she noticed, she said ‘you've got too thin’ or whatever and I was like ‘yeah, yeah, yeah I know, I'm trying to sort it out.’”

2. She Started Eating More and Working Out Less

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To get healthy again she made some major changes. “I eased off the exercise and upped my calories and stuff. It's good to have people around you that are not afraid to say these things to you. It's so important. I'm feeling so much better,” she told Daily Mail. “I'm not working out as much as I was, I ended up losing too much weight.'I'm not doing it as much, once, twice a week max.”

3. She Focuses on Eating a Balanced Diet

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“To be honest I'm just really good with my diet at the moment. It's all about balance,” she told Daily Mail. “At the weekends I eat what I want and during the week I obviously try my best to eat healthier foods.”

4. She Embraces Her Grey Hair

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Maura is an open book. “I put on Instagram a picture of my grey hairs and honestly the amount of messages I got from younger girls, girls in their early 20s saying "oh my God, thank you so much for this, I've never shown anyone my grey hair, I keep it a secret but now I feel like I'm going to embrace it and not be afraid,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “My hair went grey when I was 18. I'm so used to it now, 18 feels like a long time ago. I don't know why it happened, maybe I'm old on the inside! I just said to mammy ‘why has this happened? Why do I get the bad genes?’ She said to me ‘well it's not from me because I didn't have grey hair at 18!’”

5. She Eats Clean

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Maura eats clean…most of the time. "I'm not a nutritionalist or anything like that but I do have a good enough diet and stay as clean as possible, but then I still have whatever I want,” she revealed during an Instagram Q&A.