Love Island 2019 is about to get another bombshell cast member as Maura Higgins enters the villa of the ITV2 series. Maura Higgins was a model and grid girl before becoming a Love Island cast member, with an Instagram with over 40,000 followers. ITV has also released an interview with Maura that tells you everything you need to know about the new arrival. Related articles Love Island 2019 cast: Who are the Love Island contestants? Love Island 2019 recoupling: Who are the couples after recoupling? Who is Maura Higgins? Maura Higgins is a 28-year-old model and grid girl from County Longford in Ireland. Her Instagram account can be found @maurahiggins, where Love Island fans can see her adventures across the world as well as her job as part of the Monster Energy Girls. Speaking about her work as a grid girl at motocross events with the Monster Girls, she said: “Some of my best Friends are Monster Girls and I get to travel with them. “The Monster Girls really are a family along with the extended team of our athletes and crew.” WILL SHERIF LANRE BE REPLACED ON LOVE ISLAND? Maura Higgins is the new arrival on Love Island 2019 tonight (Image: ITV) Speaking to ITV, Maura revealed that unlike some of the Love Island 2019 cast members she has never dated anyone from social media. She said: “I’ve never been on a dating app. I haven’t really been single much but I would probably meet someone on a night out. “I don’t really meet people over social media. I’ve had people slides into my DMs but I just ignore it!” Speaking about her dating history before Love Island, she said: “I’m a relationship type of girl. WHEN IS THE NEXT RECOUPLING ON LOVE ISLAND? Related articles Love Island 2019 cast: Who is Sherif Lanre? How old is he? Love Island 2019: What happened on Love Island last night? Maura Higgins on Love Island 2019 is @maurahiggins on Instagram (Image: INSTAGRAM) Love Island cast 2019 (Image: EXPRESS.CO.UK) “I hate being single. I was in a nine-year relationship that finished a few years ago. “Then I was with another guy, we broke up last year sometime, then we got back together but the trust was gone and it’s not going to come back. “It ended quite recently. As the trust is just gone, for me, there is no going back.” Prior to working as a grid girl, Maura was employed as a ring girl at a number of high-profile boxing matches. HOW TO FIND THE LOVE ISLAND CONTESTANTS ON INSTAGRAM Maura Higgins from Love Island 2019 was formerly a grid girl and model (Image: ITV) Among other fights, she was a ring girl at the fight between Dereck Chisora and Dillian Whyte and between Antony Joshua and Carlos Takam. According to Maura, on Love Island she will be looking for personality over looks. She said: “I would definitely look for someone who is really honest and a very confident guy, but not arrogant and definitely someone who makes me laugh.” She told ITV actor Chris Hemsworth is her dream date, so it remains to be seen which Love Island cast member will catch her eye. Love Island 2019 airs nightly at 9pm on ITV2.All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility