Maura Higgins

Higgins was born in Ballymahon, County Longford to Sharon and Seamus Higgins. She has two sisters and a brother.[7] A former pupil of Forgney N.S. She went to Ballymahon Vocational school. She studied to become a hairdresser and worked in a salon in Ballymahon for some time. Higgins also worked for Monster Energy. At the end of 2017, as a Monster girl, she travelled to Abu Dhabi for formula 1 finale and in 2018, she went viral with a video of her drifting a car for Monster Energy in Abu Dhabi to inspire women there to drive.[8][9]

Prior to appearing on Love Island, she worked as a ring girl for several professional boxers, including Anthony Joshua.[10] Higgins also appeared in the visuals of the 2017 hit song Get Low by Liam Payne.[11]

In 2019, Higgins entered the Love Island villa for its fifth series.[12] She entered the villa on Day 10, reaching the final alongside Curtis Pritchard and finishing in fourth place.[13] The same year she launched a makeup collection with makeup brand Inglot and began appearing regularly on This Morning, presenting an agony aunt segment.[3][14] In 2020, Higgins appeared on the twelfth series of Dancing on Ice partnered with Alexander Demetriou.[15] She was eliminated in week 7 after losing the skate-off to Libby Clegg.[5]

She has appeared on celebrity game shows including Supermarket Sweep, Celebrity Juice, I'll Get This and The Wheel.[16][17] In September 2021, it was announced that Higgins would be presenting the Irish version of Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star.[6][18]

Higgins was previously in a relationship with Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice.[19][20]