Love Island 2021: Photos of Sharon Gaffka competing in Welsh pageant ...

Love Island 2021: Photos of Sharon Gaffka competing in Welsh pageant ...
Love Island 2021: Photos of Sharon Gaffka competing in Welsh beauty pageant ...

She's one of the new singletons heading into the Love Island villa next week.

And images of beauty queen Sharon Gaffka prove she is a star in the making, as she modelled a bikini and range of dresses at a pageant in 2014.

The unearthed snaps show the Love Island 2021 contestant, 25, at a beauty competition she completed and won aged just 18 in Mold, north Wales.

Beauty queen: Images of beauty queen Sharon Gaffka prove she is a star in the making, as she modelled a bikini and range of dresses at a pageant in 2014

Beauty queen: Images of beauty queen Sharon Gaffka prove she is a star in the making, as she modelled a bikini and range of dresses at a pageant in 2014

Sharon was crowned the winner of the Crown & Glory European Pageant seven years ago, which took place at the Beaufort Park Hotel in the Flintshire town.

Pictures even show her in the bikini round during the competition, wearing a daring bright blue bikini in front of crowds.

In the old snaps Sharon looks noticibly different to her social media and Love Island promo images.

The budding reality personality has switched her long raven locks for a cropped ligher hair do, while also opting for a softer pallet of make-up 

However, instead of just a few hundred people watching, this summer up to four million viewers will be watching Sharon loungue around in her swimwear.

Star in the making! The unearthed images show the Love Island 2021 contestant, 25, at a beauty competition she completed and won aged just 18 in Mold, north Wales

Star in the making! The unearthed images show the Love Island 2021 contestant, 25, at a beauty competition she completed and won aged just 18 in Mold, north Wales

Then: Sharon looks words away from her beauty queen days

Now: Sharon has a noticably different image in recent snaps as she sports short light brown hair

Then: Sharon looks words away from her beauty queen days

Winner! Sharon was crowned the winner of the Crown & Glory European Pageant seven years ago, which took place at the Beaufort Park Hotel in the Flintshire town

Winner! Sharon was crowned the winner of the Crown & Glory European Pageant seven years ago, which took place at the Beaufort Park Hotel in the Flintshire town

Reality stardom: However, instead of just a few hundred people watching, this summer up to four million viewers will be watching Sharon loungue around in her swimwear

Reality stardom: However, instead of just a few hundred people watching, this summer up to four million viewers will be watching Sharon loungue around in her swimwear

Pageant organiser Hannah Tordoff - whose event has raised £130,000 for charity in the nine years since it was set up - says Sharon had star quality right from the off.

She also says she is convinced she could win the popular show because she doesn't have a bad bone in her body and viewers will love her.

Hannah said: 'Sharon won her first UK title with Crown & Glory European Pageants in 2014. She was a part of the event, raising £11,000 for the Dean Puplett Appeal, which fights against neuroblastoma cancer.

Sparkle: Pageant organiser Hannah Tordoff - whose event has raised £130,000 for charity in the nine years since it was set up - says Sharon had star quality right from the off

Sparkle: Pageant organiser Hannah Tordoff - whose event has raised £130,000 for charity in the nine years since it was set up - says Sharon had star quality right from the off

Sparkle: Pageant organiser Hannah Tordoff - whose event has raised £130,000 for charity in the nine years since it was set up - says Sharon had star quality right from the off

Good natured: She also says she is convinced she could win the popular show because she doesn't have a bad bone in her body and viewers will love her

Good natured: She also says she is convinced she could win the popular show because she doesn't have a bad bone in her body and viewers will love her

'Sharon is lovely, we've kept in touch since 2014, just as lots of pageant girls do. We will always support her new adventures as once a queen with us, always a queen.

'She's always been professional, sweet, friendly and is easy to approach. She is genuinely a really nice person.'

Sharon held her title for one year before handing over to her successor in 2015.

She went on to take part in other competitions, including Miss International UK in 2018.

Hannah said: 'Sharon won her first UK title with Crown & Glory European Pageants in 2014. She was a part of the event, raising £11,000 for the Dean Puplett Appeal, which fights against neuroblastoma cancer'

Hannah said: 'Sharon won her first UK title with Crown & Glory European Pageants in 2014. She was a part of the event, raising £11,000 for the Dean Puplett Appeal, which fights against neuroblastoma cancer'

Always a queen! 'Sharon is lovely, we've kept in touch since 2014, just as lots of pageant girls do. We will always support her new adventures as once a queen with us, always a queen'

A real pro: 'She's always been professional, sweet, friendly and is easy to approach. She is genuinely a really nice person'

Always a queen! 'Sharon is lovely, we've kept in touch since 2014, just as lots of pageant girls do. We will always support her new adventures as once a queen with us, always a queen'

Emotional: Sharon held her title for one year before handing over to her successor in 2015

Emotional: Sharon held her title for one year before handing over to her successor in 2015

She is also understood to have met previous Love Island runner-up Molly-Mae Hague on the beauty contest circuit.

However it appears Sharon wasn't always as confident.

Photographer Colin Grist - who took the images of her in Mold - said he didn't have as many pictures of Sharon as some of the other girls and thought she may have been 'a little shy.'

Rise to success: She went on to take part in other competitions, including Miss International UK in 2018

Rise to success: She went on to take part in other competitions, including Miss International UK in 2018

Rise to success: She went on to take part in other competitions, including Miss International UK in 2018

Famous friends: She is also understood to have met previous Love Island runner-up Molly-Mae Hague on the beauty contest circuit

Famous friends: She is also understood to have met previous Love Island runner-up Molly-Mae Hague on the beauty contest circuit

Confident: Photographer Colin Grist - who took the images of her - said he didn't have as many pictures of Sharon as some of the other girls and thought she may have been 'a little shy'

Confident: Photographer Colin Grist - who took the images of her - said he didn't have as many pictures of Sharon as some of the other girls and thought she may have been 'a little shy' 

Dazzling: Wearing a stunning crystal encrusted gown with tulle bottom, Sharon poses at the end of the catwalk

Dazzling: Wearing a stunning crystal encrusted gown with tulle bottom, Sharon poses at the end of the catwalk

Dazzling: Wearing a stunning crystal encrusted gown with tulle bottom, Sharon poses at the end of the catwalk

From the snaps it's easy to see how overwhelmed Sharon was with her moment in the limelight at such a young age.

She is clearly crying in some of the images as she is handed the crown from the outgoing queen.

Wearing a stunning crystal encrusted gown with tulle bottom, Sharon poses at the end of the catwalk.

Seven years later, it appears she may have grown up, with insiders saying she is keen to appear on telly to push her political agenda, with women's equality high on her list.

Crowned: Seven years later, it appears she may have grown up, with insiders saying she is keen to appear on telly to push her political agenda, with women's equality high on her list

Crowned: Seven years later, it appears she may have grown up, with insiders saying she is keen to appear on telly to push her political

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