Meet Love Island Scot Alima Gagigo who is hoping for romance in the Majorcan villa this summer
Love Island is back for its 12th season next week and one Scottish singleton is hoping to find love in the sun this summer
Scotland's very own Alima Gagigo is hoping to find love on this year's season of Love Island. The 23-year-old graduate hails from Glasgow and is swapping the rain for the Majorcan sun this summer as she heads into the world's most famous villa in a bid to find romance.
The lineup for the 2025 Love Island cast was revealed earlier today (Tuesday), and Alima hopes to follow in the footsteps of the likes of gym boss Anton Danyluk, radio host Laura Anderson and singer Paige Turley, Scots who have all appeared on the ITV show throughout the years and captured the hearts of viewers.
Self-proclaimed flirt Alima will be entering the villa this year in the hopes of finding her very own Prince Charming.
The islander describes herself as a "good flirt" and reveals she has a go-to tactic when chatting up guys in clubs and bars across Glasgow, which she hopes will translate to the villa.
She revealed, showing off her typical Scots sense of humour: "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."
Alima was bred in Glasgow and born in West Africa, as she went on: "I'm originally from Guinea Bissau. If they're close and I really fancy them, I'll give them my number anyway."
The Scottish beauty revealed she likes "a tall man with a handsome face" and said her type on paper tends to be "Disney Prince".
She went on: "You know when you just look at a guy and they have that Disney prince look to them? That's it."
Singleton Alima has brains as well as beauty, as she studied at Glasgow Caledonian University from 2019, graduating with a BA Honours in International Business in July 2023.
When she was studying she worked at Quiz, the high-street fashion retailer which was founded in Glasgow, as a store assistant. Since graduating, she's been working as a wealth management client services executive.
Outside of her professional life, Alima boosts over 6.5k followers on Instagram - a number which will no doubt grow after her stint on the show.
On her Instagram page, she shares snaps from all across the world, having posted photos from holidays in Malta, Lisbon, Mykonos, Paris, Ibiza and Morocco.
She enjoys a glamorous lifestyle and is no stranger to a bikini, living it up on holiday as she has previously posted a photo of herself at Wayne Lineker's famous Ocean Beach Club in Ibiza - as well as other beach clubs in Marbella and Mykonos.
And Alima must have made an impression on the Ibiza club owner, as Wayne also follows her on Instagram.
She will be joining 11 other new singletons hoping to find love this summer. Let's hope Alima will be able to find her Prince Charming in the six boys hoping to make an impression - taxi driver Ben, gardener Tommy, personal trainer Dejon, water operative Kyle, construction project manager Blu and semi-professional footballer Harry.
The five other girls on the OG lineup also include motivational speaker Sophie, payroll specialist Meg, cabin crew Helena, musical theatre performer Megan and marketing executive Shakira. You can take a look at the full lineup here.
Love Island returns to ITV2 on Monday, June 9 at 9pm.
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