I was one of the first to know Alima was going on Love Island – and the surprise reason she almost said no, reveals pal
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LOVE Island star Alima Gagigo has brains as well as beauty, her skincare guru has revealed.
The Scots stunner, 23, is swapping Glasgow for sun-soaked Majorca this summer as she looks to find romance inside telly's most famous villa.
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Alima Gagigo is set to turn heads in the villa
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The Scots stunner, 23, is swapping Glasgow for sun-soaked Majorca
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She has a degree in business from GCU.
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Vanda has tipped Alima to become a firm favourite with fans.
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But the sexy singleton wasn't instantly won over by finding fame and fortune on the dating series - as she loved her job as a personal banker with Barclays.
Pal Vanda Barbosa had a candid chat whilst giving the International Business graduate a facial treatment when she was signed up for the show.
She said: 'Alima is stunning. I would definitely say she's one of the most beautiful people I have ever met.
'And she's such an intelligent girl, even when she was presented with the offer to go to Love Island she was still thinking about her job that she would have to give up.
'She's such a kind, caring and funny girl. We got on really well and bonded because both of us lived in Portugal before and speak Portuguese.'
Alima is originally from Guinea Bissau and regularly enjoys exotic holidays abroad.
Now she is set to follow in the footsteps of her fellow Scots and female Love Island success stories like Camilla Thurlow, Laura Anderson and Paige Turley.
Speaking after she was announced, Alima said: "I'm a good flirt. I always ask guys on a night out to guess which country I'm originally from.
'If they get it right, they can get my number. But they never guess correctly so it works really well if you don't want to give a guy your number.'
On what she's looking for, Alima added: 'A tall man with a handsome face.
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'You know when you just look at a guy and they have that Disney prince look to them? That's it.'
She also dropped a bombshell in her early snippets by revealing she helped to deliver her baby sister with a shoelace after her mum's unexpected labour.
Her mum went into labour while Alima was writing an essay for university and she had to help with the umbilical cord.
She joked: 'I told my lecturer what happened because I couldn't submit my essay and he thought I was lying. He said there were easier ways to get an extension."
Her friend Vanda reckons Alima has plenty of stories to tell that will keep viewers entertained.
But she also believes she will think carefully before falling into the arms of one the show's bachelors.
The esthetician, who runs Skin By Vanda, said: 'She's always been single since I met her. I would like her to find a genuinely nice good guy, someone kind and thoughtful who treats her the way she deserves.
'She's such a beautiful soul, inside and out and I truly believe she deserves the absolute best.'
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