Maura Higgins
Irish television personality (born 1990)
Maura Higgins is an Irish television personality, presenter and model. She rose to prominence in 2019, when she was a finalist on the fifth series of ITV2 reality series Love Island. Since then, Higgins has collaborated with numerous fashion and makeup brands and went on to present the Irish version of the reality television competition Glow Up. She has also appeared as a contestant on Dancing on Ice (2020), Cooking with the Stars (2022) I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2024), as well as The Traitors US and Dancing with the Stars (2026). She was the social media presenter for Love Island USA and Love Island Games (2023), before going on to present Love Island USA: Aftersun and Love Island Games: Aftersun (2025).
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