Maura Higgins lookalike and Brit beauty with celeb pals will go head to head in explosive new season of Love Island
IRISH brunette Megan Clarke will have Love Island fans seeing double — as she has the same head-turning looks as show favourite Maura Higgins.
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Helena Ford will lead the pack into the Love Island villa when the series begins on Monday
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She will rival Irish brunette Megan Clarke
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Brainy Alima Gagigo is also on the new cast
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Piers Morgan's son Spencer is among Helena's celeb pals
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But she will have to go head to head with rivals including blonde
Well-connected Helena counts Gary Lineker's son Angus and Piers Morgan's son Spencer among pals.
And her Instagram followers include ex-Love Islander
Megan and Helena will lead the pack into host
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They will be joined by two footballers — Dejon Noel-Williams, who has played for Grenada's national side, and Farnham Town's Harry Cooksley.
Other contestants are Kyle Ashman, Ben Holborough, Tommy Bradley and Blu Chegini, plus travel junkie Megan Moore and brainy Scot Alima Gagigo, a keen traveller with a degree in international business.
They join two beauties already revealed by The Sun — curvy
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Well-connected Helena also counts Gary Lineker's son Angus as a friend
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Blu Chegini is new on the scene
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Love Island newbie Dejon Noel-Williams, who has played for Grenada's national side
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Megan Clarke has the same head-turning looks as show favourite Maura Higgins
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