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Meet Love Island's Brett Staniland: 5 Things You Need To Know About The Bombshell
11 August 2021, 12:52 | Updated: 17 February 2022, 15:52
Brett Staniland entered the Love Island villa as a bombshell in season seven to turn heads - here are five things you need to know about him.
Love Island’s Brett Staniland entered the villa late in the game during the 2021 series of the dating show.
Brett went into his summer of love looking to turn heads, ultimately he coupled up with Priya Gopaldas, with the pair calling it quits when they were voted off.
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Brett Staniland has an impressive job
Brett has a pretty impressive career for a 27-year-old as he works as a model and is also a PhD student!
The 27-year-old studies exercise and health and has even spent the last two years in Madrid for research towards his degree.
Brett Staniland has an identical twin brother
Brett is, in fact, an identical twin - he has a brother named Scott.
Scott also happens to be the person running Brett’s Instagram account while he’s in the villa!
Brett Staniland used to play football
The Love Island bombshell revealed he and his brother both previously have played semi-pro football before being scouted as models.
He explained: “We [him and his brother] played together all the way through. We played some non-league football and semi-professionally for some teams.
"I started my PhD and then we were scouted to work in the fashion industry."
Who Brett Staniland wants to couple up with on Love Island
Brett revealed before he was whisked off to Majorca that he has his eyes on Kaz Kamwi and Mary Bedford.
"They all seem like really lovely people. I’d go and ask the question for sure. I want to know where their heads are at," he said.
Brett Staniland’s Instagram is full of modelling photos
Not one to be camera shy, Ben has a seriously impressive Instagram full of pictures from his various modelling shoots.
Many of the snaps include photos with his model twin, Scott, too!
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