She sure had one hell of a Love Island journey on series 12 of the dating show, but in the end, OG Shakira Khan finally found her happy ending – we hope so anyway. A heads up to all who read this fateful article; many spoilers lie ahead as the Love Island 2025 final has officially been and gone.
After making it to the top four alongside Harry Cooksley, Shakira was declared runner up with her villa bestie Toni Laites being crowned the winner on the arm of Cach Mirjah Mercer.
Yasmin Pettet, who completes Love Island's answer to Charlie's Angels (alongside Shakira and Toni, obv) came in third place with her bae Jamie Rhodes. Bombshell's Angel Swift and Ty Isherwood came in fourth.
Who is Shakira Khan?
Shakira is one of the OGs from Love Island 2025.
How old is Shakira Khan?
She is 22 years old and her birthday is in December, making her a Sagittarius.
Where is Shakira Khan from?
She is reportedly Manchester-based, however, before her villa stint her Instagram stated her location as Sydney. She is originally from Burnley.
What does Shakira Khan do for a living?
Shakira is a marketing engineer during the week and a children's entertainer on the weekends and by children's entertainer we means she dresses up as princesses. So cute.
Who has Shakira Khan been coupled up with in the Love Island 2025 villa?
During her villa stint, she coupled up with Ben Holbrough, Harry, Conor Philipps and Ty.
What happened when Shakira Khan was on Love Island?
Grab a coffee, sit down and get comfortable as we have a LOT to cover.
Shakira first coupled up with Ben but when bombshell Toni came in and chose him, Shakira was left single and had 24 hours to find a connection with someone else. She chose Harry, which meant Sophie Lee was dumped from the villa.
Over the next few days Shakira found herself up against Helena Ford who had an 'undeniable connection' with Harry. The footballer spent half of his time whispering sweet nothings in Shakira's ear whilst flirting with Helena behind her back.
Shakira found herself back in couple with Ben and things went from bad to worse when she was in the bottom three girls alongside her villa bestie Toni and Megan Forte-Clarke. As she didn't receive the fewest number of votes Shakira was safe and Megan was sent packing after being voted the 'least popular' by viewers.
On day 19, Harry decided to couple up with Shakira again but despite claiming he was all for her, he still made eyes at Helena and was even caught whispering spicy things in her ear during the heart rate challenge. Shakira found out the next day when Alima Gagigo told her (who found out from Conor, who was told by pretty much everyone else who wasn't Shakira, Toni or Yas).
Shakira confronted Harry and decided to take a step back from the relationship, the same day newcomer Ryan Bannister invited her out on a date. Although it was pleasant enough date she chose not to couple up with her and Ryan was dumped.
She ended up back in a couple with Ben although there was little romantic connection between the two and soon enough Casa Amor hit. Shakira struck up a connection with Ty and chose to bring him back to the main villa. A few days later they were picked, by the viewers, as 'the most compatible' couple.
Despite this, Shakira realised she had a better connection with Conor and told Ty that she wanted to get to know the Irish Islander.
At the next recoupling, Shakira chose to match with Conor, but we'll be honest, it was a short-lived romance as she still felt like there was unfinished between her and Harry. Around this time, Harry had just decided to go 'exclusive' with Helena, however, when Shakira admitted her feelings for him hadn't completely disappeared, the footballer confessed he felt the same.
They decided to give the relationship another go; Harry dumped Helena and chose Shakira. By now, it was day 46 and the final was just a week away.
Miraculously, the duo came in second place with Shakira's BFF, Toni, taking the crown alongside Cach.
Outside of her love life, Shakira found BFFs in the from of Yas and Toni. Since leaving the villa she has opened up about her connection with the bombshells.
'The best romance of the series for me is Toni and Yas,' she confessed, 'absolute weapons. I love those girls to bits. They will be bridesmaids at my wedding and godmothers of my children.'
She was also close to Conor; despite their failed romance they remained good friends.
Shakira was a key component in the villa divide, she often found herself going head to head with Emily Moran, Helena and Meg Moore, especially during challenges as well as at Movie Night and The Grafties.
In the outside world, Shakira divided opinion with many people believing the producers had a vendetta against the Islander and deliberately sabotaged her villa experience.
Social media was constantly battling about whether or not she was a 'mean girl' and the majority of viewers either took the side of Toni, Yas and Shakira or Helena, Meg and at times Emily, Megan and Angel.
Wait, what happened between Shakira Khan and Callum Jones?
It seems that every year at least one Love Island star has a link to a past contestant and during her pre-villa chat, Shakira admitted to coming into contact with a fair few former Islanders around Manchester.
One of those former Islanders is apparently none other than All Stars finalist, Callum Jones.
'No, but I mean, if Callum Jones was single, I would have that a little, a little try thing,' she admitted and who can blame her?
'I knew he had a girlfriend, so we stayed clear,' she added, 'I did get a little wink, though.'
Does Shakira Khan have Instagram?
Yup, it's @shakirakhan16.
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Emily Vierke is a digital writer who has dabbled in the world of celeb, beauty and fashion. She enjoys stalking Love Island girlies Indiyah Polack and Matilda Draper for outfit inspo nearly as much as she enjoys rewatching the clip of Maura Higgins confronting Tom Walker for gossiping about her to the Love Island lads.