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Lucy Needham

Axed Love Island star Malia Arkian welcomes baby girl with footballer fiancé

Love Island star Malia Arkian has welcomed a baby daughter with her footballer fiancé Hope Akan.

Malia, who found fame with a brief stint in the villa in 2016, broke the news on her Instagram page with a string of pictures featuring her newborn.

The mum was seen dressed in customised pink silk pyjamas as she cradled her baby, who she revealed has been named Halo.

In the caption, Malia gushed: "Welcome To The World Baby Halo, dreams do come true, we are eternally grateful!

Malia looked smitten as she cuddled her newborn daughter (Hope Akpan/Instagram)
The former reality star shared multiple snaps of baby Halo (Hope Akpan/Instagram)

"Thank you God, born 25th October 12:45pm weighing 7.7 pounds.

"Still speechless and overwhelmed with love."

In a separate post, Malia praised her partner Hope for being a 'hands on, loving' daddy.

The Bradford City star also shared his own social media post of him enjoying a cuddle with his baby girl who was wrapped in a pink blanket.

Footballer Hope enjoyed cuddles with his daughter (Hope Akpan/Instagram)
Adorable Halo is already wearing her own customised clothing (Hope Akpan/Instagram)
Malia and Hope became engaged shortly after they announced they were expecting a baby together this year (Hope Akpan/Instagram)

"My greatest and latest inspiration.

"Born 25th October weighing 7.7 pounds. Thank you God for a safe delivery, her and mum did amazing.

"Welcome to the world my precious Halo. Divine aura of light," he wrote.

Malia entered the Love Island villa in 2016 where she got into a spat with Kady McDermott (Twitter)
A row kicked off between the two women in the garden (Twitter)
Malia Arkian REMOVED from Love Island after physical altercation with Kady over wine

Malia found fame in the 2016 series of Love Island when she became the first contestant to be ejected by producers.

She arrived in the villa as a bombshell late arrival and just hours after appearing on camera had to be removed from the show following a spat with Kady McDermott .

Malia shouting at Zara Holland during the explosive fight (ITV)
Kady said she suffered a nose bleed but Malia called her a liar (Instagram)

Malia accused Kady of spilling wine down her which led to a scuffle.

Speaking about the incident on Twitter this year, Kady said she suffered a nose bleed in the row.

Malia hit back to call her a 'compulsive liar.'

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