‘I banned carbs & worked out for more than two hours a day’

She had a super-toned figure on last year’s Love Island, but Montana Brown admits that she pushed herself to extremes to prepare for the spotlight.

The size 6 star says, “I found out I was going on Love Island two months beforehand and went on a health and fitness kick. I’d start the day with fasted cardio, which is spinning or running for an hour before eating breakfast. I’d do hill sprints, too.

“In the evenings, I’d do 90 minutes of weight training. I was also doing around 50 squats a day to get a peachy bum.”

Montana, 22 – who split with Love Island co-star Alex Beattie shortly after leaving the show – also reveals that she overhauled her diet before entering the famous villa so that she could look her best.

She reveals, “I’d have salmon, avocado and eggs for breakfast and maybe some salad with brown rice for lunch. But after lunch, I’d cut out carbs so that my body would burn fat for energy. I gave up my usual crisps and sugary treats and snacked on pumpkin seeds, instead – it was hideous.”

And the model and TV presenter insists that the toned and tiny bikini bodies showcased on the programme are achieved with a lot of hard work.

“No one looks like the girls on Love Island naturally,” she says. “People who are watching the show should remember those bodies aren’t ‘normal’ – there has been a lot of hard work, gruelling fitness regimes and healthy eating put into them.”