Love Island bombshell Gio's incredible body transformation and glow up before villa
FOUR sizzling new bombshells have shaken up the Love Island villa — and one has undergone a jaw-dropping body transformation before entering the ITV2 show.
Single hunk Giorgio Russo has revealed his pre-show glow up and the before and after is unrecognisable.
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Gio, who is the brother of England and Arsenal star forward Alessia Russo, took to TikTok to show off his body transformation.
In one of the app's popular trends, users share their glow ups using before and after pics along to Drake's hit song How Bout Now.
The short clip shows multiple throwback pics of a young Gio sporting braces and looking worlds away from his current self — before cutting to recent snaps revealing his six pack.
The half-Italian hunk has swapped teenage awkwardness for full-blown heartthrob status.
With his sculpted physique and polished new look, it's clear he's been putting in serious graft ahead of villa life.
Captioning the post, he penned: 'Thought I would jump on the TikTok hype #tiktoktraditions #glowup'
The accounts manager from Maidstone is big into his fitness just like his Lioness sis Alessia.
On his social media he shares many fitness related posts with his followers, which include running, surfing and working out.
Gio is now ready to find love in Majorca and has landed in the villa alongside fellow bombshells Will Means, Poppy Harrison and Caprice Alexandra.
Speaking about going on the show, he said: 'I'm excited, it's given me a really good opportunity to look at things from the outside so I know what I'm going in for."
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Mentioning how sister Alessia feels about his upcoming villa stint, he said: 'She's really excited, she watches every year and reckons I can do well so she's excited to see how I get on.'
Continuing, he disclosed what kind of person he's hoping to find the villa.
He said: "My sister plays pro football, so being interested in sport, they don't have to know football or understand it, but if they can show some sort of interest because it is such a prominent thing in our family.
"It would be hard if they hated it.
"Other green flags are having a nice family, I'm sick of being the 7th wheel in my own family!"
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