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Sam Roberts

Irish Love Island star Maura Higgins soars past 1 million Instagram followers

Irish Love Island star Maura Higgins has soared past 1 million followers on Instagram.

Meanwhile all three Irish Islanders to appear on this year's show have hit a staggering combined follower count of more than 2 million.

The Longford lass has caused a stir from the moment she entered the villa, and she leads the Irish contingent with 1.1 million followers.

Next up is Yewande Biala who was booted out of the competition last month, but she can still boast a total of 742,000 followers.

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And rugby pro Greg O'Shea may have only just entered the villa, but he has already amassed an impressive 180,000 followers.

It comes as Maura is reportedly being lined up for some huge roles when she exits the villa.

The grid girl is apparently being looked at for a number of big presenting jobs on ITV after her performance on this year's show.

An ITV source told Extra.ie: "Maura has literally moved the dial when it comes to Love Island numbers in England and Ireland.

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"She has done everything, she has gone viral, and she has been brought up by charities as a poster girl for the modern woman.

"Even Piers Morgan has been giving out about her so you know that she is doing something right.

"ITV will be screen testing her when she gets out of the villa that is for sure and who knows what could happen."

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