It’s well-established by now that Love Island can be a ticket to fame and fortune, with the likes of Molly-Mae Hague, Wes Nelson and Dani Dyer all going on to HUGE careers after appearing on the ITV2 dating show. But while there are many Islanders who make the most of the post-villa opportunities they get offered, there are some who choose to turn their back on a showbiz career.
A few weeks on from the end of series seven, Georgia Townend has done exactly that as she’s revealed she’s gone back to her day job.
The 28-year-old marketing executive went back to work for the first time since leaving to enter the villa as a bombshell and joked that she might have got the sack.
Filming herself in the car as she arrived at the office, Georgia said, “Will my pass let me in? Or have I been sacked?
“Yaaay, it's let me in. Made it to work, but can I make it through the day, that's the real question."
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1 of 12Kaz Kamwi - fashion influencer
Before heading into the villa, Kaz was already an influencer (with 71k followers) and could have been earning up to £1,000 per post. So annually she could have been making £57,200.
2 of 12Teddy Soares - senior financial consultant
Teddy already had a pretty stable career before his time in the villa. He was a senior financial consultant in Manchester means he could have been earning around £42k a year.
3 of 12Jake Cornish - water engineer
OG Islander Jake was a water engineer in Weston-super-Mare before going into the villa which means he could have been making £38k a year.
4 of 12Chloe Burrows - marketing executive in financial services
Chloe, the most iconic bombshell from Love Island 2021, was a marketing executive in financial services before going into the villa. She could have been earning £36,700 a year.
5 of 12Abigail Rawlings - tattoo artist
Abigail was a tattoo artist in Bournemouth before her stint on Love Island and she could have been earning £35k a year.
6 of 12Tyler Cruickshank - estate agent
Bombshell Tyler was an estate agent in Croydon before going on the ITV show. Who knows whether he'll return to his job but he could have been earning around £29k a year.
7 of 12Millie Court - fashion buyer assistant
Millie is arguably the best dressed in the Love Island 2021 villa and that may be because of her job as a fashion buyer assistant for ASOS. At her old job in London, Millie could have been earning £26k a year.
8 of 12Hugo Hammond - trainee PE teacher
Because Hugo only completed part of his teacher training, he wasn't actually a full-time PE teacher but nevertheless he could have still be earning £25,750 a year.
9 of 12Faye Winter - lettings manager
Faye was a lettings manager in Devon and she could have been earning around £25k a year.
10 of 12Liam Reardon - bricklayer
As a bricklayer in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Liam may have been earning £22,800 a year.
11 of 12Toby Aromolaran - semi professional footballer
Toby is a semi professional footballer, who plays for Hashtag United, and he could have been earning £18k.
12 of 12Liberty Poole - Nando's waitress and marketing student
As a waitress at Nando's Liberty could be earning around £18k a year.
After being inundated with questions from her followers, Georgia later explained what she did for a living.
She said, “My degree was in food and nutrition so that is my passion project, that’s always been my area of expertise. During my degree, I did a placement year and I worked in food manufacturing, which I really enjoyed, but I knew when I graduated I wanted to move retail side because for me, the joy comes out of bringing end product to customer.
“I joined Lidl on the graduate scheme about six years ago. Obviously, I’m not on the graduate scheme anymore, I’m a fully-fledged employee and my role is in a marketing function.”
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Still, if she ever fancies a career change, we reckon Georgia’s got the chops for interviewing celebs after she managed to get fellow Islander Hugo Hammond to spill ALL the tea on his feud with former flames Amy Day and AJ Bunker at Liberty Poole’s 22nd birthday party.
When Georgia asked him whether there could be friendship between himself, Amy and AJ, Hugo replied, “For me it’s just a massive shame because I genuinely don’t have a bad word to say about the girls and it’s just a shame that they keep bringing me up in the press and what not.
“It’s just sad that it’s got this far now. I don’t have a problem with them and I wish them all the best.”