Who is Maura Higgins and how long has the I’m a Celeb contestant been dating Strictly star Pete Wicks?

MAURA Higgins has made a sanction for herself arsenic 1 of Love Island's astir iconic stars.

The Irish quality has present go a palmy lingerie exemplary and is present portion of the I'm A Celebrity 2024 line-up.

Maura Higgins is simply a exemplary and TV presenter from County Longford, Ireland.

She studied to go a hairdresser and worked successful a salon successful Ballymahon.

Maura besides worked for Monster Energy and astatine the extremity of 2017, she travelled to Abu Dhabi for the look 1 finale.

Prior to appearing connected Love Island, she worked arsenic a ringing miss for nonrecreational boxers.

She besides appeared successful the video for the deed opus Get Low by the late Liam Payne.

Becoming a Love Island star

Maura finished successful 4th place connected the 5th bid of Love Island 2019.

She said earlier entering the villa: “My worst trait would beryllium that I speech implicit people… a lot! I adjacent announcement myself doing it.”

Maura besides said she was looking for an honorable and assured feline who tin marque her laugh, and it appeared Curtis Pritchard did conscionable that successful the villa arsenic helium impressed her with his italic ballroom moves.

The brace weren’t primitively paired up, but sparks flew aft Curtis broke up with Amy Hart successful the villa.

After finishing 4th spot and heading backmost to England together, these 2 looked arsenic though their narration was going from spot to strength.

But astatine the opening of 2020, the brace decided to divided owed to Curtis being accused of cheating - thing which helium powerfully denies.

TV fame

After appearing connected Love Island Maura went connected to regularly look connected This Morning, presenting an agony aunt segment.

In 2020, she appeared connected the twelfth bid of Dancing On Ice with nonrecreational creation spouse Alexander Demetriou.  She was eliminated successful week seven.

Maura has besides appeared connected personage crippled shows including Celebrity Juice, I'll Get This and The Wheel.

In September 2021, it was announced that she would beryllium presenting the Irish mentation of Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star.

Since 2022, Maura has been portion of the Love Island USA presenting team.

In November 2024, The Sun exclusively revealed however Maura had been snapped up for I'm A Celebrity 2024.

A Jungle insider said: "With Tommy Fury pulling retired it gave amusement bosses the accidental to look astatine different Love Island stars and Maura stood retired arsenic the cleanable candidate.

"She'll bringing a spot of glamour to the jungle and marque a superb campmate due to the fact that she's got a large consciousness of humour and is bound to get connected with everyone."

Dating life

Following her divided from Curtis, Maura confirmed that she was dating chap islander Chris Taylor successful November 2020.

However, conscionable a fewer months aboriginal they announced they had split.

Things got beauteous superior betwixt Maura and Strictly Come Dancing’s heartthrob Giovanni Pernice a twelvemonth aboriginal with reports of them readying connected moving successful together.

But sadly, news broke that they’d split successful October of the aforesaid year.

In 2022, Maura was seen kissing Towie and Love Island prima Joey Essex astatine the Pride of Britain Awards.

The snaps of their intimate infinitesimal instantly made waves online, but Maura has casually dismissed the narration rumours and wrote: "It's however I greet people".

After this, the TV prima was successful a twelvemonth agelong narration with stuntman Bobby Holland Hanton, but the mates split successful March 2024.

In August 2024, Maura was spotted getting cosy with Pete Wicks starring to speculation they are dating.

The brace were spotted kissing passionately astatine a edifice successful Soho.

The couple person been inseparable ever since.