Tasha Ghouri’s secret friendship on Love Island with Rose Ayling-Ellis of Strict

Love Island’s first deaf contestant, Tasha Ghouri has been revealed to have a famous friend in EastEnders Rose Ayling-Ellis’ serious come and dance competition winner. The couple love each other’s Instagram shots and both campaign for their conditions

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Love Island’s Tasha Ghouri has a secret friendship with Rose Ayling-Ellis, the favorite of the serious Come Dancing group.

Both TV stars are proud campaigners for the deaf community and have used their huge followings to raise awareness of their respective conditions.

Model and dancer Tasha, 23, was announced as one of the stars of this year’s Love Island lineup.

Tasha wears a cochlear implant and is very open about her hearing, revealing that many people call her an “inspirational person” because she enjoys talking about her disability and raising awareness about her condition.

Obviously no stranger to the cast, it seems Tasha has had a famous friend as Serious star and EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis.

In October 2021, blonde beauty Tasha posted a photo of her looking completely different wearing a black wig.

Rose double-taped the snap and liked the photo – proving the couple have known each other for a while.

And like Rose, Tasha is always working to raise awareness for the deaf.

Back in 2019, Tasha didn’t wear a cochlear implant to raise money and raise awareness for the National Association of Deaf Children.

On Instagram, she wrote: “Hey guys, so I’ll be deaf on Friday March 1, no more cochlear implants. I’ll still attend dance college as usual and will still participate Join Lessons.

“This is going to be the hardest and biggest challenge I’ve ever done! I would be grateful for any donation. Take the time to read about this on my donation page, please share this. around!”

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Tasha will join Liam Llewellyn, Indiyah Polack, Dami Hope and Paige Thorne which have been announced on the show.

When asked why she decided to go to Love Island, and why now, Tasha admits her past dating life has been a “mess” and that she is ready to meet someone and spend her whole life. life to explore the world with them.

“My dating life is a mess. This is my chance to find ‘the one’ and have a great summer at the same time. I’m definitely ready for a relationship. I’m 23 now. I’m 23.” I’m old so I’m ready to get to know someone, go on vacation and travel with them,” she said.

Tasha promised she’d be “wild” on the show – as she describes herself as a “party animal”

* Love Island premieres at 9 p.m. Monday, June 6 on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the next morning on BritBox.

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