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30.05.2022 / 13:41
Tasha Ghouri is Love Island's first ever deaf contestant
Love Island, we're often teased about potential contestants that could be part of the starting line-up. Sure, sometimes we never see them again, but sometimes certain contestants get leaked waaaaay before the series starts.Turns out some of the rumoured this year were in fact true, as dancer and model Tasha Ghouri has now been confirmed as one of the contestants in the Love Island 2022 OG line-up.Over the weekend, Natasha hit the headlines as she was rumoured to be joining the show, making her the first ever deaf contestant to take part.Recently, Natasha, who was born deaf, modelled for ASOS showing off her cochlear implant, “That’s me! Also just for confusion - this is a cochlear implant which is more advanced than hearing aids.”She said that she was proud to prove that “no matter what disability you’ve got, you can do it”.She will join Welsh paramedic Paige Thorne, microbiologist Dami Hope, waitress Indiyah Polack and student Liam Llewellyn.She is 23 years old.Tasha is from Thirsk, a town in Yorkshire.She's a model and dancer and has modelled for ASOS.