{"id":116718,"date":"2025-11-04T03:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116718\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T03:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:05:09","slug":"love-island-usas-olandria-carthen-on-how-she-stays-above-the-mess-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116718\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Love Island USA\u2019s\u2019 Olandria Carthen on How She Stays Above the Mess (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-3by2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/41efc95f7b4f425bbe7c0fd1907579d5_md.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                      Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Island USA\u201d star Olandria Carthen and designer Brandon Blackwood hit the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards together!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtra\u201d spoke with Olandria, who has been killing the fashion game as her star continues to rise.<\/p>\n<p>As for what sets her apart, Olandria said, \u201cI took a different route. I didn\u2019t really go into the whole content creating thing. Not saying that it\u2019s bad, but, like, it\u2019s just not me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Carthen would rather do speaking engagements and \u201ctalk about uplifting education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to be stuck in one box,\u201d Olandria stressed while expressing interest in breaking into the fashion industry.<\/p>\n<p>Olandria also talked about how she maintains her poise and stays above the mess!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She commented, \u201cEven when I was younger, I always had way more to lose than people that I was like kind of into\u2026 I had scholarships, I had awards, and I have all these things, so I couldn\u2019t really act out the way I wanted to because I had way more to lose than them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carthen is \u201cgrateful,\u201d saying, \u201cIt makes it way more easier to be poised in those moments that I really want to say something, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olandria also gave an update on her relationship with Nicolas Vansteenberghe, saying, \u201cHe wanted to come, but he\u2019s at the Knicks game today, so we\u2019re going to hang out later.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images \u201cLove Island USA\u201d star Olandria Carthen and designer Brandon Blackwood hit the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,82845,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-116718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-olandria-carthen","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}