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<\/p>\nA hot new bombshell entered the 2025 CFDA Awards, and it’s Love Island USA star Olandria Carthen, serving head-to-toe red carpet glamour.<\/p>\n
The former reality star made a stunning entrance in a striking custom ensemble.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the 27-year-old arrived at the American Museum of Natural History in New York looking like a modern-day goddess in a sultry suede dress.<\/p>\n
Designed by Brooklyn-based fashion designer Brandon Blackwood, who also accompanied her as her date, Carthen stunned the crowd with a flawless, show-stopping look in a dark brown strapless, body-hugging, floor-length dress that perfectly complemented both her physique and her complexion.<\/p>\n
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Olandria Carthen and Brandon Blackwood at the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards.<\/p>\n
The look also featured a corset detail that highlighted her slender figure and a high slit that added a dramatic red carpet-ready flair to her ensemble.<\/p>\n
Capping off the outfit, she completed the look with understated accessories featuring a pair of circular diamond earrings.<\/p>\n
As for her glam, she went full bombshell with smoky eye makeup and voluminous curls that redefined sexy.<\/p>\n
In a post uploaded by Vanity Fair, the Love Island USA alum had the internet swooning over her jaw-dropping appearance at the CFDA Awards.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe just dethroned all her other red carpet looks,\u201d one wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cSome people just have it and she\u2019s one of them,\u201d a commenter said.<\/a><\/p>\n Fans couldn’t stop raving about her red carpet look, calling it a no-notes masterpiece.<\/p>\n \u201cThis look is a 15\/10, I’m sorry- the chocolate moment is giving!! Gorgeous dress, banging Hollywood bob, body absolutely tea and the face ECONOMY?!?\u201d a user on X said.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI usually have a lot to say but I\u2019m currently speechless because of this beautiful woman I have the pleasure of looking at rn brb,\u201d another added.<\/a><\/p>\n Others even playfully commented that the Met Gala better take note because she\u2019s bound to serve looks on that carpet, too.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way Olandria and her team is moving my sis will be at that Met Gala 2026,\u201d a fan noted.<\/a><\/p>\n Another echoed the same sentiment, adding, \u201cI\u2019ve said it once. I\u2019ll say it again. This is unreal. The Met is not far off now. And I\u2019m not just saying this.\u201d<\/p>\n Carthen joined the seventh season of the reality dating show but was eliminated during the Casa Amor twist. However, she later continued her journey after getting the opportunity to return to the villa with Nic Vansteenberghe and finished as the runner-up.<\/p>\n Related: Tennis Star Coco Gauff Is Totally Hooked on ‘Love Island USA’: ‘This Is My Super Bowl\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Nov 4, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hot new bombshell entered the 2025 CFDA Awards, and it’s Love Island USA star Olandria Carthen, serving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[83035,83033,83034,156,15195,111,139,69,82845,55479,437,64340],"class_list":{"0":"post-117099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-american-museum-of-natural-history","9":"tag-brandon-blackwood","10":"tag-cfda-awards","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-love-island-usa","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-olandria-carthen","17":"tag-reality-star","18":"tag-tv","19":"tag-vanity-fair"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117099","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=117099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}