Love Island USA knows how to introduce a head-turning bombshell, and one of season 8‘s most buzzworthy contestants is Melanie Moreno. Since entering the Villa, the reality TV star has garnered a fan base, but one aspect of her life outside the show became a new topic of discussion: her past plus-sized modeling career.
Upon discovering her work as a stunning catwalk queen, fans criticized Love Island USA for seemingly failing to embrace different body shapes and sizes, since Melanie looks different than when she was a model.
“Is it just me or is Love Island a lil fat phobic because where tf are all the plus-sized baddies?!!” one person commented under an Instagram video of Melanie’s modeling days. Another chimed in, “Wish she had came on the show thicker [sic]. We don’t get enough thick representation.”
Despite the disappointment in the show’s evident body size preference, fans praised Melanie’s beauty from her past to the present.
Here, News47.us has gathered all the details we know so far about Melanie’s background before joining season 8 of Love Island USA.
Melanie is a Philadelphia native who now resides in Los Angeles. “I’m a Philly girl — we’re so real, we’re so blunt,” Melanie said in her Love Island USA intro. “But we’re so fun. We’re fun as f**k.”
Melanie is 24 years old.
