LOVE Island bosses have signed the show’s first deaf contestant.
Dancer Natasha Ghouri, 23, enters the villa next week for the eighth series.
A source on the ITV2 show said: “Everyone is very excited. It’s something really positive for youngsters to see.
“Natasha looks amazing in a bikini and has a bubbly personality.”
Londoner Natasha, who was born deaf, showed her cochlear implant in an earring advert for clothing firm ASOS last year.
The campaign went viral and Natasha said: “No matter what disability you’ve got, you can do it.”
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Deaf EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis, 27, won last year’s Strictly.
Annie Harris, at the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, said: “We are really pleased that another major TV show is featuring a deaf contestant.
“Representation matters.”
Love Island is keeping coy with a spokesman saying: “Rumours around the cast are speculation.”
