Love Island star Tasha Ghouri has fast become a favourite to win the new series of the dating programme, after making her villa debut this week.
However, she was already a familiar face to fans thanks to her modelling and dancing work – but how much has the star earnt before appearing on the show?
Although Tasha Ghouri’s net worth has not been publicly revealed, it could be quite sizable thanks to her dancing career and modelling work with huge brands including ASOS.
Like past islanders, she could also be set to make a fortune after leaving the villa – and also if she scoops the grand prize of £50,000, if her and her partner win the series.
Here, Daily Star takes a closer look at Tasha’s career – including how much she could be set to make from her Love Island stint.
Dancing passion
Before Tasha became an islander, the star already had over 18.6k followers on Instagram, thanks to her work as a model and a dancer.
After training to be a dancer at college, Tasha has since shared amazing videos of her working in the studio on social media – as well as appearing in music videos with some huge names – including a Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK star.
Tasha has also made reference to her dancing career ahead of her Love Island debut too, jokingly referencing her talents in a social media post saying: “AHHH! The cats out the bag and this cat is on Love Island searching for the one! @loveisland!
“Will our Tasha find her dance partner or will they have two left feet? Only one way to find out!”
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That’s not all, as the star is also Instagram friends with another dancing star – Strictly’s Rose Ayling-Ellis – who made history after becoming the first deaf contestant in the show’s history.
Tasha, who was born deaf and is Love Island’s first deaf contestant, told The Sun that she hopes to meet Rose after leaving the villa, saying: “I think Rose is such an amazing role model.
“I love Strictly as well because I’m a dancer. It’s amazing to see what she did, so beautiful and sent a powerful message and she’s also representing me as well as the deaf community as well.”
Music video cameo
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In 2020, Tasha made her music video debut after appearing in MNEK’s track with Sleepwalkrs – More Than Words.
Speaking about the cameo, Tasha told Capital FM ahead of her Love Island debut: “That was my first major music video. Surprisingly enough it was about him celebrating the deaf community.
“It was such a great, exciting opportunity.”
Eagle eyed viewers may also have spotted that MNEK also recently appeared as a guest judge on Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK too.
Modelling career
Not only is Tasha a talented dancer, but the blonde beauty has also been praised for her modelling work with huge fashion houses including ASOS.
In 2021, the star went viral as the first model to be pictured wearing a cochlear implant.
She later reflected on the moment on Twitter, calling it: “The biggest achievement I’ve done! Proving out there that no matter what disability you’ve got…you can do it.”
Her modelling snaps for ASOS were widely praised on social media, with one user saying: “It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a model with a hearing impairment, let alone an earring model and it’s so refreshing to see this kind of representation for people like me.”
Sense charity CEO Richard Kramer also tweeted: “Well done @ASOS for their positive decision to include Natasha, a model with a cochlear implant, on their website.
“We still have a long way to go but great to see such refreshing & empowering representation & embracing a positive inclusion agenda.”
Along with her modelling work for ASOS, which has including stunning swimwear snaps, Tasha has also worked for fashion houses including Missguided and Pretty Little Thing – ran by influencer Molly Mae Hague.
Post Love Island work
Along with ASOS and Pretty Little Thing, blonde bombshell Tasha has also modelled for Boux Avenue – a brand that many former islanders including Maura Higgins and Liberty Poole have collaborated with since leaving the villa.
Could a potential post Love Island lingerie collaboration be on the cards for Tasha Ghouri?
If so, she could be set to make a huge fortune if past islander’s net worths are anything to go by.
Love Island star Maura Higgins has become one of the most successful stars to have left the villa, racking up a huge estimated net worth of £1million from her lingerie deals alone with brands including Ann Summers.
Meanwhile, Liberty Poole has also racked up a gigantic estimated net worth of £1m from her lingerie brand deals with companies including Boux Avenue.
Page 3 model and Love Island 2021 star Shannon Singh also snapped up a sexy lingerie deal as soon as she left the villa, landing a six-figure deal within 48-hours of leaving the show, with brand Boux Avenue.
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