Is love island considered the norm for beauty standards in the UK?
Posted by Nervous-Brick-4073@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 313 comments
I’m 29f and I was watching the new episode of this season’s love island UK, and all the people on there look like models, especially the women. I know it’s a tv show and it shouldn’t be taken seriously but I can’t help but think that the standard of beauty required to take part in this show has become ridiculous. You either must look like a model or be some kind of influencer or potential to be an influencer. I can’t help but think that beauty standards not only on this show but in general have become totally unrealistic. So many young people watch this show and I don’t think it sends a very good message, it tells them that they need to look aesthetically perfect in order to find a partner.
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
They all kind of look the same to me, the women have the same body, the same face shape and the men are all pretty similar too, in love island here and love island in America, regardless of skin tone. I'm sure if I passed one on the street I'd not recognise them.
But I've noticed that a certain type of people do - with the help of plastic surgery - all seem to be morphing into that kind of appearance. It's the school mum cliquey types and their children. The husband plays golf and works in an office and their facebook is all holidays and cocktails. They live in a new build and lease an enormous SUV.😂
Ive never watched even one episode mind you, all I've seen are internet hype pics.
They all seem really really bland.
cursed_cucumbers@reddit
Grey crushed velvet sofa. Those huge fabric dining chairs with metal studding and door knockers on the back. Live, laugh, love. French bulldog called Reggie (like the Kray twin). Sliders and Crocs. Stanley cups. Turkey teeth and hair transplant. Tattoo that says "Mum" within a heart.
OrangeChevron@reddit
You're like 10 years out of date with these references
bronsonrider@reddit
Delivery driver here, I get to see inside a lot of homes and this is still how a lot of folk decorate.
Wonderful-Pianist-62@reddit
Deano is eternal.
_1489555458biguy@reddit
All hail Deano!
south_by_southsea@reddit
obligatory SansBeanstalk https://youtu.be/J9n0_5p8XKo?si=177AnR7NvMnIoUnR
jajwhite@reddit
Speaking of which, what is this new trend I'm seeing everywhere where everyone has dyed black hair and flares on? I mean it's interesting but a lot of them look terribly ill.
I see it on the street and watched a TV show about doing up shops the other day, and it's there too!
thanks_akka@reddit
Those references are all pretty current.
Kamila95@reddit
Grey crushed sofas and fabric chairs are not in. Definitely not the aesthetic for the Gen Z Love Island type. They'd have something like a beige bubble sofa.
Forsaken-Ebb5088@reddit
Gen Z love island type don't have a house
Kamila95@reddit
Well yeah but they do have a certain taste in things. Crushed grey velvet or a Live Laugh Love sign are things Gen Z would bully for a Millennial/Gen Xer. They're the opposite of trendy.
TrebleShot@reddit
They are mostly the same tbh. Its all gen z on love island lol, who cares what gen they are its just a stupid label. We are talking about general trends and yes they still like similar things its a chav lifestyle not a generational thing.
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
My area is behind the times then cos they seem to be increasing
chadgalaxy@reddit
Reddit is 10 years out of date with everything. I saw someone talking about the 'current' trend of skinny jeans the other day.
Skinny jeans haven't been in for years, current fashion is all 90's style baggy clothes.
Peas_Are_Real@reddit
Maybe they’ve moved past the baggy trousers and circled back to skinny jeans? I find it hard to keep up.
WillowCreekWanderer@reddit
I haven't seen that happening yet, but I'm sure it's inevitable
PM-me-your-cuppa-tea@reddit
Baggy jeans are on the way out and skinny jeans are coming back as we move out of 00s fashion over the next two years
Peplum tops are already back. Tight trousers must follow. So as it is written, so shall it be done.
cursed_cucumbers@reddit
Enlighten me with your infinite wisdom, what are the interests of modern folk these days then? Christ I'm only in my 20s and I've just been made to feel old! Cheers pal
doesanyonelse@reddit
Grey crushed velvet sofa is replaced with sad beige everything (and herringbone flooring). Mum tattoo is a sleeve. Live, Laugh, Love is outdated lol.
You were close, just need to keep up to date on the references as trends change 🤣
QueenSashimi@reddit
And the baby is called Reggie, not the bulldog.
doesanyonelse@reddit
I know one with a baby called KRAY. Just skipped right past the Ronnie and Reggie lmao
DaveBlerk@reddit
Maybe they love supercomputers?
Aware-Rub2791@reddit
Wait, I love herringbone flooring! Don’t come for that!
DustInTheMachine@reddit
I'm totally out of date with trends but I did read that the new "in" colour for decor for is dark green and green brushed velvet sofas, it's been named "Millennial Green" apparently.
crazysaz@reddit
Sausage dog not frenchie!
OrangeChevron@reddit
Dyson Airwrap waves, oatmeal palette casuals, Range Rover Evoque on hire purchase, love a balloon arch
WarAdventurous5277@reddit
My next door neighbours disagree
digyerownhole@reddit
Eh? Just go take a look though r/spottedonrightmove and you'll see it's alive and well.
OrangeChevron@reddit
It's not that some of the references aren't still true. It's more that it's a ten year old joke to say haha crushed velvet sofas French bulldogs etc
At this point saying someone is Live Laugh Love basic is in itself kind of Live Laugh Love basic
One-Fig-4161@reddit
It’s been around for 10 years, but it’s still here and not going anywhere.
PlateCaptain@reddit
Glass house, white ferrari, live for new years eve!
not-suspicious@reddit
Nah, the tattoo is a lion/ rose/ clock sleeve.
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
Definitely and the grey sofa is something beige or neutral
absolutelysureithink@reddit
I initially read this as cock and imagined either a giant rooster or a phallus, wondering if it was tip up to shoulder or down to wrist
Georgxna@reddit
…. Me reading this eying our grey door knocker chairs. 💀
SnooMacarons9618@reddit
I got a pair a crocs a few years ago just because I needed something for trips in to the garden. To my extreme chagrin they really are fantastic. For context, I'm a 50's guy, grew up with punk and goth music, ride a motorbike, have had a shaved head and beard for decades - I don't think of myself as the target market for crocs. But maybe now I'm old I actually am 😞
_Cridders_@reddit
Mirrored furniture
Blunder_Woman@reddit
https://youtu.be/J9n0_5p8XKo?si=QM92u3KxHOokIobR
eclo@reddit
See also https://youtu.be/j5t5ecAeOW8?si=SY99ZQY2RnEIcW1U
hamstertoybox@reddit
For too long I thought turkey teeth were when people had their teeth coloured like turkey tails.
thanks_akka@reddit
Literally some of the most insufferable ppl too.
thanks_akka@reddit
Drive ice white Range Rovers and live in new build Barratt Homes.
VarangianWRLD@reddit
Deanomania
moremattymattmatt@reddit
They aren’t all the same - you’re forgetting the token black couple.
SpudFire@reddit
I've noticed it too. A lot of people telling OP that it's not the norm in beauty standards but to a lot of young people, it is. They're getting cosmetic surgery to fit the aesthetic seen on Love Island.
Like it or not, that show is responsible for setting a lot of beauty and fashion trends
audigex@reddit
Not sure there was any need to bring “works in an office” into it, many of us are office workers who are perfectly capable of being bland without plastic surgery, thanks to
decidedlyindecisive@reddit
As a bland office worker, I'm outraged.
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
You're on reddit, you are secretly not bland. They only use Facebook💜😂
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
Old skool bland is 2026 being different, and welcomed😂. 2026 bland is the same blonde straight haircut, tattoo floral sleeves, overly white teeth, unnaturally uniform facial skin tone, and a bit too much lips.
angelic_darth@reddit
I haven't seen an episode of it either, and what you have written echos my opinion on it as well.
Even if we are wrong I really wouldn't sit and watch an episode just to check. I can't believe how popular it is and how it's still going.
Character_Savings966@reddit
No normal girls would go on it
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
No normal girls would be accepted on the show as its based on superficiality and aesthetics.
HayWhatsCooking@reddit
It’s ironic because despite all the surgery most the girls aren’t even pretty. I sat watching last year like ‘all that money spent and they couldn’t even make themselves look good?’
FeraMist@reddit
While the diversity of the LI cast has never been great, the earlier seasons definitely have more "regular" looking people on it. I'd say past season 5 is when all the Islanders truly become cookies cutter.
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
Brown women (women of Caribbean/Africa/Indian heritage) always get treated the worst on LI.
Georgxna@reddit
“Normal girls” can fit into their beauty standard and still find the show incredibly cringe and embarrassing.
Not everyone who looks like that is that superficial.
Character_Savings966@reddit
Normal as morals not fame hungry wannabes I live in liverpool half the girls here have work done glam is a priority, there's nothing wrong with wanting to be famous with no talent they have to turn up the the looks
audigex@reddit
I feel like the only actual “reality” TV show was the original Big Brother
Obviously it wasn’t truly representative of the public - the producers picked people they thought would be entertaining, and you had to be a bit whacky to apply… but there seemed to be far less of a “fame chasing” angle (I guess because there wasn’t the same assumption that you could become famous from it) and it felt at least vaguely authentic
After that first season it just became “get famous” types and so did every other reality show after it
Bullet4MyEnemy@reddit
Traitors is the only “reality” TV I watch because until they made the celebrity version it was just normal people, beauty standards were in no way relevant, and not knowing anything about the people on it made gauging their game plan on the fly more interesting.
The celeb version ruined the premise for me because we all have pre-existing expectations of people we already have some passing knowledge of.
audigex@reddit
Traitors is a really interesting showcase of how important it is to be friendly and sociable (or at least to fake it)
It really shows how we're tribal creatures at heart, and how social interactions influence things - so often you see people being pulled along by someone who they get on well with socially, even against their own stated opinions
Final_Tree8386@reddit
Those of us with brains wouldn’t be seen dead on Love Island🤣💪
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
Well that's not factually correct. There's been GPs, Bio medical engineering graduates, social workers and teachers on that show.
userinuk@reddit
This vastly exaggerates the IG level of contestants. The bio engineering graduate held an undergrad, and a basic university degree is not rocket science. Alex was not a qualified GP. I’m pretty sure he was a junior resident. There’s a big difference.
callisstaa@reddit
Nah ‘I’m very smart so I’m very much superior to every hot person’ is a timeless ugger cope.
Final_Tree8386@reddit
That’s not what I meant at all. Anyone who’s watched the show knows that the ‘tasks’ are pretty embarrassing and the show is deliberately edited to show people at their worst. So yeah, most people with a bit of common sense wouldn’t want to be displayed on tv in such a way 🤷♀️
Squeak_Stormborn@reddit
I thought I was smart but I can't work out what a timeless ugger cope is
yearsofpractice@reddit
Holy shit, what a sentence. That’s brilliant!
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
Your comment is vile. Don't refer to people in that way.
Final_Tree8386@reddit
True, true. The teacher was odd and quite a strange fellow though, in a creepy sense. I did like Dr. Alex.
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
But yeah I get your point nobody with brains/common sense should go on it as 90% of the time their career prospects end after appearing on it.
Final_Tree8386@reddit
Well this is the thing! I agree! The paramedic girl wasn’t allowed back to work after her stint. A great career thrown away for a guy who was an absolute bell-end😭 I work for the NHS and couldn’t see myself at a patient’s bedside, knowing that they’ve witnessed me spit milk into another person’s mouth etc on tv😭🫣 I think the teacher had to abandon his profession as well, if I remember correctly?
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
She did what!??? Spat milk into his mouth for what purpose? Which teacher? Are you talking about Kai as he was lovely and returned to work as a teacher.
Final_Tree8386@reddit
No, not Kai. Another guy. I can’t remember his name. He was a PE teacher I think.
PMc1666@reddit
Adam Collard. He’s a fitness instructor. I’ve known him all his life, and was the only reason I watched the show. He’s with Laura Woods now.
Final_Tree8386@reddit
No, that’s not the teacher I’m talking about, although I know who Adam is.
PMc1666@reddit
Ah I see. I remember that challenge and felt physically sick after watching it. Adam did end up in a relationship with a Welsh paramedic after the show ended. So I’m presuming it’s the same girl. She was in a ‘relationship’ in the show and Adam swooped in and stole her from another contestant. I do know he was in twice. So maybe I’m forgetting what season he ended up with her.
Final_Tree8386@reddit
Hugo Hammond
PMc1666@reddit
The girl who was a paramedic cheated on the guy who’s a ‘bell end’ with one of the other contestants.
Final_Tree8386@reddit
The whole show is based on them flipping from one partner to another. Nobody is showered in glory really🤷♀️
PMc1666@reddit
This was after the show had ended. But I agree with your comment.
Final_Tree8386@reddit
Ah I see. Fair comment.
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
Where does the milk come into it? This is very confusing!
PMc1666@reddit
It was one of the challenges. The contestants had to spit milk into each others mouth. Yuck.
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
🤢
Lopsided_Toe867@reddit
The jobs they all have are personal trainer, model, influencer
absolutelysureithink@reddit
Professional* footballer
*for a not recognisable team, often on the bench
emimagique@reddit
I'd love to go on it and just slob around in the background eating crisps and not talking to anyone
Mountainenthusiast2@reddit
I would watch it if contestants were more normal people. Just full of fake people wanting quick fame and money.
Wububadoo@reddit
They ain't picking them for their brains.
loranlily@reddit
No, it’s not the norm. They all look very similar, all have Botox, lip filler, facial filler etc.
daytripperz1@reddit
No one mentions they all have orange umpa lumpa fake tan, or is that too normal now?
Greggybread@reddit
What do you mean "now"? That's been a standard British aesthetic for 30 years...
Ok_Economist7901@reddit
it’s that the norm though nowadays ?
mousepallace@reddit
No. Most people, thankfully, do not look like that, and have no wish to.
BuckfastAndHairballs@reddit
Wouldn't day it's the norm across the UK but go on any night out in a bigger city and a huge proportion of girls have fillers and are going for that kind of look. It's not far fetched to say it is a bit of a norm.
LaSalsiccione@reddit
Depends where you live. Where I live it would be quite unusual to have any noticeable work done on your face
madcheco@reddit
And it definitely would be unusual not to have that where I live, people look so fake around here.
vagueconfusion@reddit
Perhaps for those who enjoy the 'glam' look.
My partner is from Essex (and I'm from Suffolk) and we can't think of anything worse tbh.
And to be fair, we're alternative folks who aren't into many of the mainstream fashions or beauty standards, but obvious lip filler, US Military tombstone veneers and fake tan has my partner (a Sam Ryder lookalike, if Sam Ryder was a metalhead) wanting to run for the hills.
To the point of famously struggling to keep a straight face when he sees God awful lip filler in the wild. (And sends me a WhatsApp message to air his horror, complete with gifs on occasion.)
I think the Love Island men go heavily go into Deanomania territory, and therefore hold no aesthetic interest for me.
But I'm in Essex often enough that I know it's a popular look there. And regularly leaks over the border.
steak_bake_surprise@reddit
I'm a straight guy, and the men are better looking than the women.
Then_Wheel_3561@reddit
Kinda yeah but not really at the same time. Everybody’s chasing the dragon but nobody actually likes how it likes besides a select few
ChillTheFuxkOut@reddit
Absolutely the fuck not.
Significant-Cry-8442@reddit
I feel like it is for uneducated people
Ell2509@reddit
I am a mid 30s man from the UK and looking or acting like anyone from love island is disqualifying, for me. Just not for me at all. I'm certainly not in a small minority there, either.
SmugglersParadise@reddit
Wouldn't say I have many Icks but if someone told me they either had been or would want to go on Love Island (or any reality 'dating' show) that would be a no from me
bananacustardpudding@reddit
I was asked to go on Married at First Sight.
…Nope.
im_just_called_lucy@reddit
What happened (if you’re allowed to say)?
bananacustardpudding@reddit
I received an email from the casting director asking me if I’d be interested in applying for the newest series (the premise was that some of the contestants (not sure what to call them?) from the Australian version would come to the UK and date here). I just thanked them for the offer but said I wasn’t interested, and that was it. They weren’t pushy at all, and were actually really respectful. I do wonder who I’d have been matched with though haha!
OkSun8521@reddit
How does one get into the position where a casting director has your email address and asks you to be on the programme?
alexh242@reddit
For me, I registered interest to be on tattoo fixers, and about a year later I got an email asking if I wanted to apply for naked attraction lol. Made by the same company I guess.
FergingtonVonAwesome@reddit
They have evidence you've already made at least one questionable decision. Why not see if you're interested in making another?
jajwhite@reddit
And no emoji or exclamation mark in sight. A cold-blooded murder.
alexh242@reddit
That... is actually a very good point. Damn.
SpudFire@reddit
"they didn't get their embarrassing tattoo fixed, let's see if they'll whip it out for everybody to see"
Lewis19962010@reddit
Dont think they could pay me enough to even consider going on naked attraction 💀💀
alexh242@reddit
You and me both! Just the idea of anyone I know seeing that makes me want to shrivel up and die 🙃
Slothjitzu@reddit
You’re going too far, most guys just shrivel up.
im_just_called_lucy@reddit
I signed up for Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, the application failed and I got an email about MM: Big Show needing someone willing to have their head shaved for a skit. 😭
bananacustardpudding@reddit
They found me through my social media. I’m not an influencer by any means, but my details are available since I use it for work
WillowCreekWanderer@reddit
Of all the reality show options, I think MAFS would be my absolute last choice
nightwing_87@reddit
This
OdinForce22@reddit
You know those two little arrows on the bottom right of comments..?
Use them.
Eukonidor_Of_Arisia@reddit
I don't call that beauty. I call that wearing your shallowness as an outfit... And by the way, most of them have probably had work done. I see them in the same way we look at those crazy people from the 16th to the 19th centuries who caked their faces in lead, mercury and arsenic.
Their ego is a disease. And far from attractive.
By the time they reach their thirties they will probably all have that weird, deformed look seen on every member of Hollywood Housewives.
vorbika@reddit
Do you think watching that show is the norm?
Ambitious-Elk-3350@reddit
Would you watch models walk down a catwalk and ask the same question?
It's a looks show about looks. Of course they're chosen for looks.
PrivateFrank@reddit
It's important to remember that the kind of people that apply for these shows in the first place are pretty unusual.
The people that pass the auditions and go on TV are the producers' pick of that bunch.
Strafe_Helix@reddit
More like the norm of chavs who don’t wanna work so try their luck on reality tv (love island)
Clintkid@reddit
I dont watch love Island because they're all influencers and in it for the fame etc and tbh a lot of dating shows are like this.
But I would definitely love to watch if they had regular people on there!! Like a cockney builder with a beer belly, A mid sized woman who works an average job, etc. Just to actually see people have a connection through conversation and personality rather than looks.
It's no wonder loads of people are getting botox at age 20, lip fillers, bum implants etc. And I find a lot of 20-30 year olds all kinda have the same look? Same kind of hair, same lips and lip liners, same false eyelashes. All because influencers have this look and they consider it a success and the need to look younger.
Most men I have spoken to actually prefer the natural look but we all just believe what we see on Instagram and socials.
spongey1865@reddit
This is very much from the straight male gaze as I don't know about men.
Its been a while since I've watched but definitely felt like some of the aesthetic choices got more extreme with big lips and lashes.
Where as the type of beautiful people you see as presenters and actors are probably more the standard.
You do get more classicly beautiful people on Love Island occasionally but it did seem to start going towards a specific look.
But I think now more than ever, people find a range of different things attractive and I'm not sure there's one set beauty standard.
Ok-Chance-7686@reddit
Never watched and don’t intend to either
Lower_Condition_196@reddit
I can’t believe it’s still going on, considering the WC is coming in a few weeks, no one will be watching it when it comes, it had its peak about 8-10 years ago now it’s just full of wannabe influencers looking for their 15 mins
callisstaa@reddit
Tbf 2018 had banging World Cho and a banging Love Island.
Lower_Condition_196@reddit
Different time tbf, that was when LI was in its peak
DanielReddit26@reddit
Agreed. I was in Mexico keeping tabs on both and life was at it's peak.
Now, I didnt realise LI was on and I'm struggling to pick out a game or KO time that I'd actually want to watch for the world cup.
budgiebirdman@reddit
I can't believe you think there's people who'd rather watch football than Love Island.
Rich_27-@reddit
I would rather nail my private parts to the back of a bus than watch Love island or Football.
I find both incredibly boring
decentlyfair@reddit
Same here although as a woman the nailing bit might be a tad difficult so I will nail my husband’s instead, I’m sure he won’t mind!
Crafty-Reality-9425@reddit
And I can't believe that there are people that choose to watch Love Island, and find it entertaining. Absolute dross. What purpose does it serve? Is it for people who have nothing going on in their own lives, so they have to watch other 'attractive' people interact in a manipulated environment, trying to get intimate with each other even though they have only just met. Using this formula, and this formula alone ITV manage to drag this programme out for weeks and weeks, and bring it back year after year. No wonder young people have body issues if they think that these bland stereotypical participants of this show are the benchmark of attractiveness.
audigex@reddit
There’s not even generally much fame to be had from it now
There have been 13 seasons and there are about 20 “main” islanders per season (not including the ones that only last a few days or the “Casa Amore” ones who don’t get picked)
That’s about 250 of them, there’s just not enough interest to add many more to that list
It made sense as a path to fame for the first handful of seasons when there were a few dozen total, but at this point you’re only going to get the very occasional one who catches some attention and gets a half arsed bit of fame
“We” (mostly the missus but I get sucked into it too because it’s on) watch it and honestly even having watched it I couldn’t tell you who’s been on in the last couple of seasons. The Tommy Fury/Curtis/Molly/Moira season was probably the last one to create several “famous” people from one season and none of them are exactly A listers
waste-of-ass000@reddit
Also, Molly was a significant influencer before Love Island. So it's not like she started from nothing
userinuk@reddit
I still don’t understand how when she looks like a thumb… but maybe that’s the appeal? A plain Jane who has all this success feels more attainable than a supermodel type?
emiliewarrendahmer@reddit
Completely agree. Also in my opinion the Tommy/molly season was the last good season
pollypocket200@reddit
The WC?
mrs_shrew@reddit
World Cup I'm guessing
pollypocket200@reddit
Haha I feel silly thanks
TolverOneEighty@reddit
Don't worry, I assumed they meant toilet and was really confused
yorkspirate@reddit
Glad it wasn't just me that thought that. Was racking my brain for what it might mean and settled on the meant the show was shit but didnt want to swear
CongealedBeanKingdom@reddit
Water closet
callisstaa@reddit
Wanking cupboard.
TheNorthernMunky@reddit
World Cup
NecessaryBluebird652@reddit
Really? I saw an episode the other day when my wife had it on and I couldn't understand why they were all as unattractive as they were! Maybe my beauty standard hasn't kept up, I am getting old.
-usagi-95@reddit
The answer is no but does it affect how people view beauty? 100%
It also demonstrates how media views beauty and how it wants to portrait it. I'm a dark skin black woman and Love Island always get only 1 black woman with very Eurocentric features and only uses straight wigs. I'm the opposite and unfortunately my dating pool as Lesbian is very little.
So it kind mirrors a little bit.
gpeccadillo@reddit
No.
mimined@reddit
With a bit more nuance, I'd say the answer is "Yes, to their target audience". I see many young people on nights out in clubs looking very similarly to the Love Island participants.
TolverOneEighty@reddit
Adding to this, as someone who has never watched it and never intends to: in my biased, ignorant opinion it's from the 'reality TV' genre, and reality TV is not actually 'reality' on TV. It chooses highly dramatic and often self-absorbed people, gives them a spotlight, and watches them rip each other apart - with glee, because ratings.
It's not a good depiction of most of the UK in ANY aspect, and that includes beauty. I don't fully understand why so many of them look similar, and I'm sure social scientists could have a field day picking apart exactly why.
MaverickMcdoodle@reddit
The origonal big brothers had real looking people on them with real problems.
However it then descended into genuine real drama that people were interested in and real issues like racism. You cant be showing stuff like that. In the later years it was all the same models and boring set up dramas.
ImmediatePiano6690@reddit
Big brother was a victim of its own success, once vain and attention seeking people saw they could get on TV they swarmed to get onto the show, which was perfect for producers as they're the type to fake drama in their real lives as well.
But ultimately, it just turned into people wanting to be on TV.
InternalBumblebee7@reddit
This is why Gogglebox works, the producers don't want people who want to be on telly to be in it.
decentlyfair@reddit
I agree, I never watched it but thought it was a good social experiment in the early days. However, I believe it spawned the proliferation of programmes that recruit self-absorbed wannabe celebrities.
Ok_Victory_2977@reddit
Aye, those first few big brother series were great 😂 it got so damn boring later. It was the same with channel 4's shipwrecked. I loved that to begin with, but then everyone was just selected because they either had model looks, or because they were going to cause some god almighty uproar and clash personalities with a lot of people. It seemed so fake in the later series. 1-8 were great thou
MaverickMcdoodle@reddit
Hard agree, I used to love the early shipwrecked.
BirthdayBoth304@reddit
Tristan Tate was in an early series of that...
TolverOneEighty@reddit
Surely, even if people dislike the Tate brothers, enjoying watching someone be trapped on a desert island doesn't mean liking them?
No-Mark4427@reddit
I've watched a few seasons of Love Island, it was fun at first just watching bimbos and himbos be idiots, but I feel like once you've seen a season or two you've basically seen it all.
The drama is ultra manufactured which lines up with things people have let slip about it behind the scenes. They gossip and tell each other secrets on camera and then they pulled aside and told who they have to leak that info on and so on to eventually cause drama/an argument.
Also the people they bring on generally are all part of a certain scene of wannabe influencers and party animals and often have connections to people on the show. All of them are just part of the modern 'clout chasing' trend wanting to use the show as a springboard to get social media followings and brand deals at any cost.
essexboy1976@reddit
The original reality TV show which I think was called "Castaway" was sooo different. It was. Far more realistic show and the people in it were definitely not chosen for being over dramatic insta models.
ImmediatePiano6690@reddit
That's a blast from the past, pretty sure they had some health and safety issues that forced reality TV to dial down how serious of a situation the people were in.
hypnoticwinter@reddit
Always wondered if any of them got to, or chose to continue living there.. I'm pretty sure an older, grumpy guy was so annoyed at the younger ( mid 30s?) People, he absconded by a passing fishing boat and was never seen again.
b3ta_blocker@reddit
You can google it. No one lives on Taransay but Ben Fogle went on to become Ben Fogle.
hypnoticwinter@reddit
Yeah, i realised it was one and the same :) I'll Google it later, seeing the post brought back the memory of it and just made me wonder :)
Kinda jealous though, wasn't the easiest life by a long shot, but it must have been relatively peaceful! And no bikinis/ orange tans/ duck lips in sight!
b3ta_blocker@reddit
I often feel I would like to be stranded on a desert island. But I was thinking of moving to Liss in Surrey and I decided it was a bit remote. It has its own railway station and a number of highly regarded pubs and restaurants so perhaps being stranded on an island isn't for me.
Ok-Explanation1990@reddit
Haha. Also, Liss is about an hour by train to London. So if that feels remote you, definitely avoid the desert island thing
b3ta_blocker@reddit
I am from godalming originally so I know the stations on the Portsmouth line from the announcements. Liphook, Liss, Petersfield, Havant, Rowlands Castle...
chipscheeseandbeans@reddit
The producers also control and manipulate the narrative, they even sometimes script the dialogue and make them have the same conversations again using these scripts.
danddersson@reddit
Shocked Pikachu face
glitterswirl@reddit
And outfits.
If all the girls are wearing white except one girl wearing red, that’s a decision made by a producer too.
Lopsided_Toe867@reddit
They all look like plastic clones of each other
CapitalAd5339@reddit
Yes - for those who having little going for them besides their looks.
snavej1@reddit
People love to watch beauty, that's all.
Severus_1987@reddit
They are anything but beautiful. I wouldn’t go near any of them
Comfortable-Pace3132@reddit
I don't think I've ever seen someone from Love Island and thought that they were particularly attractive. It's just conventional beauty, which is really boring and superficial to me
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
Sadly, yes, it is. This is mirrored and reflected on dating sites too- unrealistic expectations and beauty standards.
FavouredAntelope@reddit
I wouldn't go as far as this, but I think you are more correct than most of the top comments. Realistically (which, as we know, is basically the opposite of whatever Reddit says), the women on Love Island are considered very attractive. They are the kind of people that receive a lot of attention on dating apps and in real life, and will have opportunities others don't. That doesn't mean they are the "standard" or that everyone else is undesirable though.
In dating terms, most studies show men are attracted to a broad range of women - and that likely includes the Love Island types but lots of others as well. Men also consistently express a preference for curvier women than women imagine so size 6-8 is setting the range much too small. I don't think men have a particularly strong preference for things like hair colour. They discriminate heavily on things like age and whether someone is perceived as "fat", which is undoubtedly horrible but doesn't mean they are only looking for models.
Inside_Union_6594@reddit
you had the right idea until you made it solely about women,i bet you have a very limited pool of men you swipe right on
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
I don't swipe on anyone as I am no longer on dating apps. They destroy self esteem and confidence. Whilst I was on the apps, I would refrain from swiping on profiles with numerous shirtless pics, any mention of money or owning a house, men who describe favourite body part of a woman, or mentions of not taking life seriously. I was most attracted to those who put effort into writing a full profiles. Left leaning/creative/physically active and cultured.
Women have always been affected more by beauty standards as we live in a patriarchal society. Things have obviously improved, but we haven't quite reached equality.
Remarkable-Volume615@reddit
Not in the slightest because the female contestants usually have had some kind of work done.
SuperExstatic@reddit
Absolutely not !
PrestigiousBet1664@reddit
I am going to go the opposite way and agree that they are the beauty standard.
What I have noticed is that in the UK beauty standards tend to be more of a tick box exercise rather then if you are aesthetically pleasing or not.
Do you have the right brands, makeup style, is your hair done in a particular way, lashes, nails etc. I would say its similar for men but a different checklist.
I feel love islanders fit this really well. They on paper have everything. But if you actually look at them, they all look like your average person on the street, just done up to the nines. Like, you could have went to school with any of them. I know some people tout them as being above and beyond regarding looks. But they arent really.
infinitude_@reddit
No lol most of them don’t even look like models no offence, a lot of them look abit weird, a few very attractive and then the rest look like anyone you’d see outside.
They get so much work done it’s crazy - men included.
Technical_Radish_232@reddit
'Especially the women' Where the fuck do you live for them to considered average men lmao.
BrangdonJ@reddit
They aren't the norm, but not because they are physically perfect. I find most of them grotesque. Their boobs and lips are unnatural shapes.
TheBrowsingBrit@reddit
Beauty is subjective.
I dont watch that stuff, but have looked at the lineup following your post. I think there is quite a big difference between someone being "well put together", and "beautiful". That show seems to be focusing more on the side of "well put together", where these people are clearly spending alot of their time, and clearly money, on presenting themselves a certain way, and spending money on cosmetic surgery to change their appearance.
Personally, I think natural beauty is far more attractive than procured and purchased beauty. But each to their own.
hikam1@reddit
Is it fuck as like. If you watch that show you are 1. Vain 2. A horrible human 3. Stupid.
Those shows have caused suicides of contestants and members of the public. It's fucking disgusting and consuming it makes you just as bad as taking part imo. Anyone who watches it is an immediate red flag
MJ-Franklin@reddit
I caught 30 seconds of it last night and wanted to projectile vomit.
the01li3@reddit
Well no. Half the people that you see on shows that arent there for their personality you can chalk up to being there cos they look better than average, or, in your own words "a model" which is not what is standard by definition.
ManicPixiRiotGrrrl@reddit
not to me
Longjumping_Fig2460@reddit
I have never watched it but have seen trailers (and seen it on Gogglebox!) but it often seems to feature "enhanced" bodies. I don't think anyone who watches it thinks that these are normal or aspirational people. The ladies where I work watch it and they all talk about the people in it as figures of fun rather than beautiful standards to aspire to.
ThatNegro98@reddit
I hope not. Personally, I think a lot of people on the show are ugly as fuck.
My point being, beauty is subjective. Dont compare yourself to others. Especially morons on reality TV...
RudePragmatist@reddit
I read the title and my first thought was a succinct 'fuck no'.
They in no way represent what beauty is in the UK. They're just vapid plastic surgery filler addicts and gym bunnies.
Please do not assume that television programme represents anything normal in the UK. :)
Popular_Sir863@reddit
Obviously not lmao.
Weekly_Beautiful_603@reddit
Yes yes, we all look like that.
decentlyfair@reddit
I am so glad I am old and was young at a time before social media and reality tv. I was never model like but I was slim ish and didn’t feeel the pressure to look amazing like the youngster do today. As an older woman I appreciate good looking/pretty/attractive young women but the shit they do to themselves doesn’t look good imo. We were in Norway a few years ago when the filler/fake tan thing was at its height here but we didn’t see any women there who had any of this shite going on, minimal make up and they were invariably attractive without it.
thermalcat@reddit
Love island isn't considered the norm for anything.
Aware-Rub2791@reddit
Amy Poehler said on her podcast she thought all British people were highly educated and cultured people.
And then she watched Love Island.
Georgxna@reddit
No. But as a 23 yr old woman shows like this definitely put pressure on young people.
Although, I personally can’t stand watching love island, they ALL give me the ick. I can’t imagine someone my age wanting to go onto love island.
Sue005@reddit
I would say not at all. They are just copycats of each other. Look at the diversity of people in for example the west end - not only they are so talented but all are beautiful in their own unique and amazing ways !
mk6971@reddit
It's sad you have to ask that question. Shows like this are just for vapid, brainless narcissists.
Ill_Ad_791@reddit
No, and not because they’re models, but because they’re all early 20s and have already had cosmetic surgery
rayoflight110@reddit
No. I think they deliberately choose the mid tier who think they are better looking that they actually are. There are much better looking people all over the UK that wouldn't dream of going on Love Island or have watched a single episode of the show.
Wonderful_Line_9553@reddit
You forget that several of the cast aren't from the UK...
rayoflight110@reddit
And?
BraveAltAccount@reddit
Not my standards...
Ross2503@reddit
Definitely not the standard, but totally agree with you that those shows, along with social media, give completely false expectations to people as to how they need to appear to be attractive to somebody. It's more of a problem for women I feel, but still impacts men too (M, also 29!). Part of the reason I stay off social media is to avoid the curated perspective you get of people's lives compared to when you just speak with them in person or on the phone.
ams3000@reddit
No it’s the beauty standard for TikTok beauty. Tweakments and frozen face and filled lips. Fake lashes and Botox brow. It’s a uniform of Essex beauty that is Love Island pretty. Maya Jama is a real beauty ideal I feel but even she seems to have had a couple of minor tweaks this season.
Fit_General7058@reddit
Lol, good grief, no.
autofill-name@reddit
If it was full of average looking munters, no one would watch it.
Ngumo@reddit
So big brother then. Early big brother but with less expectation of loads of shagging. Just a bit of shagging.
autofill-name@reddit
I remember the first season of big brother and my dismay that the people I once respected were jiggling like idiots in sympathy with Davina over the biggest pile of shite TV ever imagined.
Agitated_Ad_361@reddit
I’d watch it if it just had nice people in it.
Final_Tree8386@reddit
I think it would be much more interesting
xerker@reddit
Love island is a makeup, gym, and ozempic advert disguised as a reality TV format.
The people on there are Barbie and Ken in different outfits.
DrMacAndDog@reddit
Judging from all the girls I work with I think we are moving away from the puffed up look that has been so popular in the last few years and that Love Island characterises.
StrangerOk1831@reddit
"... It tells [young people] that they need to looks aesthetically perfect in order to find a partner." Surely it tells them the opposite? That these 'aesthetically perfect' people struggle so much to find someone to date that they are reduced to using TV matchmakers?
Obvious-Water569@reddit
Absolutely not.
There's absolutely a subset of people in the UK that like and look for that worked-on, Turkey teeth, spray tan look - and fair play to them if they like that - but it's far from the norm.
Wonderful_Line_9553@reddit
Several of the cast are not from the UK, though - Mica, Jasmine and Sean.
4tunabrix@reddit
Have you been outside? How many people do you regularly see in the real world that look even close to this?
xyzsomething@reddit
God no, or at least I hope not, fake tans, fake eyelashes, hair extensions, pumped lips, steroids, everyone looking exactly the same, and awful at it
NobDeRiro@reddit
It’s definitely not the norm for me. From what I’ve seen in the past (I don’t watch it but it’s always plastered on social media) none of the women really do it for me. I like brains, I like quirks and personalities, and they seem to me to have none of those
manicstarlet@reddit
A lot of people are saying no but I think it is, so many girls in everyday life now look the same, the lip filler, Botox. They are all starting to have the same face. I think redditors are more quirky so it’s hard to ask them about norm but yes I would say for standard people my age this is the desired look you should have and what the boys want.
It’s sad and gives uncanny valley vibes.
Aware-Rub2791@reddit
if you see them dancing to music at a party, they are pretending. It’s totally silent. 💃🪩
Due to copyright and also - mainly - editing reasons
Xx4MUSxX@reddit
Honestly, I've seen better looking people doing their weekly shop at Tesco. The Love Island lot are attractive, sure, but some people talk about them like they're the peak of human evolution. Mental
samdaman172@reddit
No they're all absolutely rancid
Beautiful_Hawk548@reddit
No, definitely not. I don't watch it but cultural osmosis lets me see the type of people on there and they're definitely not the "standard" and I don't think I'd go with any of them. They all remind me of the kind of girls who are left hanging around in a nightclub bathroom fighting after the last scraps of a baggie.
Ok_Victory_2977@reddit
But it's ALWAYS been like that... I'm fairly sure everyone knows it's not the norm and young teenagers surely don't watch it anyway do they? And personally I think emaciated K-pop idols are far worse than the love island crew?? Also they're surrounded by filtered/edited/ai images on social media on the daily... A TV program is the last of anyone's worries. But that's just my view 🤷🏻♀️
Cheebifur@reddit
Wait til you see them again in all stars looking nothing like themselves
VictoryAppropriate68@reddit
I’m just waiting for 30-40 years time when all that filler migrates and the Botox looks botched like most older people who started cosmetic surgery young
VarangianWRLD@reddit
People will claim this isn't the case
Create a dating profile for the average bloke in his mid 30s and see what the experience is
The fact that is that if the vast majority of couples over the age of 50 had to use OLD we wouldn't have nearly as many successful relationships as we do
Odinson_69@reddit
They're all the absolute bottom of the barrel for anyone with actual standards for real people. The only thing they have about them is their image, which is generally very underwhelming. All the love island girls of the world have what I refer to as 'dubai face', they all look the same, and it DOES NOT look good.
LargeType1408@reddit
Not sure but I wouldn't shag any of em
SmugDruggler95@reddit
Bollocks
Squeak_Stormborn@reddit
Okay he wouldn't shag any of them twice.
VictoryAppropriate68@reddit
Thing is I bet they’re so worried about what they look like and their performance they are probably the worst shag going
Ngumo@reddit
He would have a go at engaging in conversation but fears they may not share the same life goals
jiggymiggy@reddit
Only for the people who the show appeals to
ArmChairSupporta1892@reddit
I dunno, I think it ropes in the younger generation because they’re a lot more vain, spend a lot more time on social media and like you say want to be “aesthetically perfect”,
my step sister orders some spray from Egypt that you spray up your nose and it changes the pigmentation of your skin to make you darker.
She’s also lied to the NHS to get the ‘fat jabs’, she looks like a skeleton now.
She’s bought weird shit for her teeth, paid thousands for it.
She posts weird half naked pictures on the internet and dodgy older men and photo studios fly her and her tarty mates out all over Europe.
I’d argue TV shows like that manipulate younger audiences into wanting to be ‘perfect’ or a version of ‘perfect’ which really can’t be achieved, we’re all individually perfect in our own way in my opinion, if you want to get healthy just go to the gym, do exercise and eat healthy? Surely it can’t be harder than that, why take potentially deadly short cuts?
Pristine_Winter_5513@reddit
High maintenance = I am highly turned off.
IkeTurn@reddit
No. I also don't get why people would even watch that show. Its a cringefest extreme and the people are hugely unlikable and nasty vain entitled idiots.
Original_Document748@reddit
No its not ! I look nothing like them and im glad I domt . All carbon copies of each other .
pastyMorrisDancers@reddit
No. It’s nonsense.
lotusbiscoffbaby@reddit
I’m 21, and a lot of people around my age group watch it the most. I tried getting into it and only watched it three times (2019, 2021, and 2025). I genuinely don’t see the hype, I find it quite boring tbh. Most of the contestants are shallow and lack humility.
It’s sad that Botox and filler have become the norm because I’ve seen what some of the women looked like before all that work done, and they looked beautiful. The Botox/filler ages them to a T, as in, they’re like 20-22 years old looking 10+ years older.
Tbh, I’ve never taken the show or any of the contestants seriously. If anything, I mostly watched it for comedic relief😂 If I genuinely wanted to find love, I wouldn’t go on a TV show… a reality one at that.
Johnnyfootwrinkle@reddit
Reality tv is fake as f*ck.
On_The_Blindside@reddit
No.
Also not considered for our intelligence standards either.
Lucky-Condition9245@reddit
Ummm no nope not by a long mile they not even remotely normal looks or mentally wise, joke plastic people pretending to be real people
jez_24@reddit
As an immigrant of 10 years I’ve noticed it depends on your class really; lower / working class people covet the overdone page 3 look. Faker is better. Middle class is more bland and muted, they often dress a bit scruffy too in a certain polished way. I’m not too sure about upper classes, I haven’t seen that many of them out in the wild. I think middle and upper might go in for the tweakments but not the teeth, tan lashes thing.
HeWhoHasABeard@reddit
They are what teen and preteens think you need to look like. Most people grow out of it. Those that don’t enter this cycle and end up on love island themselves
Lopsided_Snower@reddit
Peasants used to attend public hangings for kicks, now they watch low-lives film drunk and vulnerable folk in the city centres on YouTube… and love island
Informal-Scientist57@reddit
I would say it is the beauty standard in the sense that being tanned, slim, blond, nice teeth, full lips, nice bone structure is generally what is pushed as the ideal. But the people who go on the show represent a caricature of it, they meet those factors but to the extreme. It’s no secret that people are suffering more and more with body dysmorphia, especially at a time where we’re constantly seeing ourselves and we have the option of filters on all our photos. The effects of this results in being 15 shades darker than what looks natural, overfilled lips, and cheek bones, and being so thin that it’s concerning.
ComfortableSpot6760@reddit
No it’s just ridiculous! Honesty I’ve never watched it apart from snippets when housemates at uni 7 years ago were watching it and even then I thought it was a load of trash. Real life people do not expect other people or aspire to be like that. I think it’s actually quite desperate and it makes me cringe that shows like this exist… if you have to go on a dating show to find ‘love’… it’s just self publicism really. Gosh I actually hate that being an ‘influencer’ is a thing! No wonder why a lot of 16-24 year olds aren’t in employment :(
Broccoli--Enthusiast@reddit
No, most of them aren't even that attractive, especially after they start talking
snoho2@reddit
Do people even still watch Love Island? It feels like that show hit its peak popularly about a decade ago.
detectivebabylegz@reddit
They essentially are models. They are hand picked from social media platforms with fanbases already built in.
Racing_Fox@reddit
Not even close
Available-Nose-5666@reddit
No but I think a lot of people aspire to look like the Love Island contestants. Hence why everyone looks the same lately
BabaYagasDopple@reddit
I really hope not.
AverageThat5267@reddit
No i hope not, reality (trash) programmes on ITV 2 like love island and Housewife's of Cheshire and programmes on MTV like Geordie Shore have done much damage to peoples perception of beuaty standards.
NewtRider@reddit
Fk NO. Absolutely to max level NO. Never ever EVER compare beauty with TV shows
It's always fake with fake like people
You'll do better in life to ignore what you see there.
pingusaysnoot@reddit
The very first couple of seasons, the women on there were what I'd call 'normal' and that's why I enjoyed it so much. They were ordinary looking girls with actual personalities.
Then people (and the producers) realised how far their reach was and they turned it into an influencer breeding ground. It was no longer about having genuine people on there. They go out of their way to recruit influencers and people with big followings to try to get as many people to watch the show as possible.
It's a shame. The early seasons people genuinely wanted to go on a show, meet someone and have fun. I stopped watching as it became clear anyone who goes on now is only looking for fame and will string people along until the money stops.
creani@reddit
Also there are never any fat people on it. The guys all have abs, girls are skinny.
Substantial-Bug-4998@reddit
Its becoming the norm for a lot of gen z/gen alpha.
My 21 year old niece has such a warped view of what beauty is its quite sad.
I went to her 21st birthday party and saw all her mates and they all look like clones.
Slug eyebrows, big blow dried hair, lip filler and big lashes. The only differentiator was blonde/brunette.
They all looked exactly the same.
MichaelScottsHair@reddit
No. I work with much better looking women
smellthecoffeebeans@reddit
Not at all. Look at couples you see out and about. Sure, some will be Very Model-esque and have had work done, but most are just average people.
otxpex@reddit
I’ve watched every single series with full attention and struggle to recognise any of them after it has ended.
Mountainenthusiast2@reddit
Definitely not. The only people who go on it now are people wanting instant fame brand deals and instagram followers. The show peaked years ago when it really was about finding love but now it’s just fake and same old.
insertrudename@reddit
No far from it. Loveisland is a vanity show which shouldn’t be made anymore
Crafty-Reality-9425@reddit
They all look like stereotypical OF models, as opposed to catwalk models. Something else that they all seem to have in common, is the inability to have a conversation other than who they fancy, and who they don't. How this brain-rot drivel has continued to be recommissioned year after year is beyond me, but also it is quite telling of the times we live in. Each to their own, I suppose.
JobAnxious2005@reddit
No
It’s chavvy and grim
Award2110@reddit
No chance. And it's the exact same personalities going on it as well. Insta girls and gym lads. A discussion was had at work and few years ago, I work in a kitchen, and we were all saying the same thing. If everyone who went on had different physiques and personalities and backgrounds. It would probably make the show more entertaining. Instead it's just the same old copy and paste people.
GreenWoodDragon@reddit
There is nothing normal about Love Island.
Anyone who takes their beauty standards from it, or anything like it, is deluded.
LFCRedAnt@reddit
No,not at all. They're obviously really attractive women but I feel like they'd put more effort into themselves rather than me / relationship.
Lopsided_Toe867@reddit
Absolutely not. Please stop watching that trash or if you want to watch it do it with a pinch of salt.
I’m 45f. I don’t have any friends in their 20s but I work with them and they look like normal people. I did see young women doing selfies in front of the mirror at the gym, but I’m not in that gym anymore. It was shallow and awful.
Look around you on the streets. I work in Mcr city centre and everyone looks completely normal.
Gunboat_Diplomat_@reddit
For chavs & basics it is
Tall_Stick5608@reddit
They are the beauty standards that many people aspire to have if they care to attract the mass public. Generally girls who are fit / toned / tanned / early 20s and have the confidence to present themselves in front of a camera / wear a small bikini are those that get a bunch of followers online and yes while they will get a proportion of hate as well often from people who are jealous / misogynistic / have a different moral compass / convertible religious people / parents and so forth the vast majority of people in their age group or slightly younger / older will either aspire to look like that or be very visually attracted to them.
For the guys it’s more complicated I guess - because in my experience as a short / very average looking and slightly overweight guy the women I’ve been involved with or known have chosen their partner emotionally. However there is still no denying in 2026 that if you take one of those guys and put them on a dating app and someone like myself they will surpass my monthly likes in less than a day so whilst many women may choose long term relationships that are not based entirely on looks they will tend to still give their immediate attention online (at least) to these tall attractive guys that are confident enough to show their skin and present themselves in front of a camera.
disgruntledhands@reddit
Love Island the show where three people committed suicide within ~20 months?
It’s a vapid piece of garbage and nobody on that show should be viewed as attractive.
Inside_Union_6594@reddit
yes,beauty is objective. Put a fat short bloke with a receeding hairline and a guy from one of these shows on a dating app - who gets more matches?
hadawayandshite@reddit
They’re evidently attractive (if we go for the usual stuff people find attractive) but all very much of the same type
I’ve known and seen women who were more ‘beautiful’ (if we can argue someone is better looking than another given it’s all subjective) but certainly don’t fit the type you’d see on love island
wrinexel@reddit
The people are good looking, but far from model tier. Model tier looks is in another stratosphere.
But yes, we need to stop denying this. Looks matter more than ever now. Do you think people are spending thousands on cosmetic surgery for the fun of it?
I hate that things are this way, there is more to a person than just their looks, but people (young people especially) are incredibly superficial
Valuable_One_1011@reddit
If you get a chance, take a look at some of the participants without the TV filters. You’ll see bad lip fillers and wonky makeup. Some people are into that…but not many.
glamourise@reddit
it was a hard watch for me tonight when i’m at the most ugliest, obese and lowest i’ve ever been in my life. will start the diet on monday … lol ….
LaSalsiccione@reddit
Why would you put yourself through watching it. What should separate you from people like them is not being vapid enough to consume that junk
Final_Tree8386@reddit
I’m sure you have a far more interesting personality than the dim-wits on that show ❤️
PolarLocalCallingSvc@reddit
No. In fact it's a turn off.
Ok-Inspection-2019@reddit
Less attractive people tend to be alot easier to be around . Most of them had to develop their character in order to attract attention. They also may not have been given free narcissistic personality disorder by their parents as no one was constantly photo graphing them or giving them gifts to shut them up
CarpeCyprinidae@reddit
They aren't even attractive. Ridiculous eyebrows, implausible breasts, too much makeup, too much time spent on hair - nobody serious wants a partner like these people
EitherChannel4874@reddit
Definitely not.
Only people that look like that still apply to be on the show. They're usually desperately seeking attention.
BedGirl5444@reddit
They all look overdone and older
thanks_akka@reddit
"I can’t help but think that beauty standards not only on this show but in general have become totally unrealistic."
I'd wager that beauty standards haven't become like this as in recently, but have been pushed by the media for years now to what's accepted. Remained pretty consistent even before Love Island was around.
Professional-Fig3168@reddit
This!
smaxxy@reddit
What, the caked on makeup, lip filler, botox, fake nails and fake tits? I'm sure most of us would rather literally ANYONE else, so I reckon our beauty standards are actually much higher.
AndrewHinds67@reddit
I'd find any of these types insufferable, vain, and totally fake. No thanks.
Significant_Long5057@reddit
There's so much more to life.
Alive_Comment_2086@reddit
Yes the fake plastic look, fake tan is the UK beauty standard
Edan1990@reddit
Not to any adult above a single digit IQ.
Daft-Count@reddit
If your aspiration is to be prostitute, then yes.
RebeccaCheeseburger@reddit
Well barely any of them find a life long partner (I know there have been success stories) most of them end up being models.
But I don’t think anyone thinks that this is considered the norm, for example when you look at the men, although aesthetically pleasing, do you find that necessarily attractive yourself?
You can’t blame these contestants for working their ass off before being in their swimwear exposed at all angles on tv, a lot have said. They did an unmaintainable fitness regime before entering the villa!
Like when you watch any sport, they’re not judged for being too athletic or expecting you to be that way.
LadyNajaGirl@reddit
Don’t watch it… honestly it’s trash and it doesn’t represent the absolute beauty standard.
Dry_Construction4939@reddit
I don't think it's the norm at all no.
The important thing to understand about quite a lot of reality TV nowadays, is that it's all one big production in "influencer" marketing.
Calliceman@reddit
It definitely appeals to a decent portion of society, especially younger people. I wouldn’t say it’s the norm though.
They definitely only choose people with a certain look. TV has been like that though.
Embarrassed_Put_7892@reddit
I mean… most people I know think they look ridiculous…
PKblaze@reddit
It's the norm if you're into looking like a tangerine but for most of us, not so much.
QuirkyWolfie@reddit
Never watched it but I've seen the ads and the people that go into the show.. they all look like idiots to me. Not a brain between the lot of them and a fuck ton of surgeries.a
yukayuka7@reddit
Why are you watching pure slop
Mavz-Billie-@reddit
Definitely not
Thick_Suggestion_@reddit
I've yet to se a second of that shite. None of my friends have seen it either
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