{"id":506402,"date":"2026-07-02T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/506402\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:35:10","slug":"who-is-mara-pirez-meet-love-island-2026-contestant-and-nursery-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/506402\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Mara Pirez? Meet Love Island 2026 contestant and nursery manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Casa Amor bombshell<\/a> has secured themselves a spot in the main Love Island villa, as Mara Pirez is now in a newly-formed couple with Simba Kudyiwa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite sharing a bed with Samraj Toor<\/a>, Mara got close to Simba during Casa Amor and while it seemed his head was eventually back with Angelista<\/a>, he returned to the villa with someone else on his arm.<\/p>\n

Ahead of her Love Island stint, Mara felt good about being a Casa Amor bombshell, saying: “A bombshell is good, but a Casa Amor babe? That is iconic. I feel good. Obviously a bit nervous but I\u2019m excited because it\u2019s a bit of drama.”<\/p>\n

So what is there to know about Mara Pirez? Read on to find out more about the Love Island 2026 contestant.<\/p>\n

Mara Pirez – key facts\"Mara<\/p>\n

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Age: 25<\/p>\n

Job: Nursery teacher<\/p>\n

From: Luton<\/p>\n

Instagram: @marapirez<\/a><\/p>\n

Who is Mara Pirez?<\/p>\n

Mara Pirez is a nursery manager from Luton whose bombshell strategy is to be “flirty and confident”.<\/p>\n

“I am going to pull every single person for a chat,” she said. “Even the ones that are locked off and saying ‘I love you’. Even Sean, I will be pulling him for a chat and just going to see how it goes. I love flirting, so it\u2019s really easy for me to do it!”<\/p>\n

Mara would describe herself as being very competitive but equally doesn’t like to chase, explaining: “What is mine is mine and it will come back to me. It depends what mood I\u2019m in and how badly I like him.”<\/p>\n

How old is Mara Pirez?<\/p>\n

Mara Pirez is 25 years old.<\/p>\n

Is Mara from Love Island 2026 on Instagram?<\/p>\n

She is and she’s quite popular too! At the time of reporting, Mara has 116,000 followers on Instagram and can be followed via the handle @marapirez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is Mara’s ‘type on paper’?<\/p>\n

When it comes to dating Mara is looking for someone with “nice eyes, tall, funny”.<\/p>\n

She added: “He has to be intelligent, and that\u2019s all factors, like emotional intelligence, physical intelligence. Is that even a thing? I don\u2019t know. But like, all the intelligence.<\/p>\n

“He has to be spontaneous and romantic, but also my best friend. He can\u2019t always be like, ‘Love you, love you, love you.’ He has to troll me a little bit!”<\/p>\n

Read more on the Love Island 2026 cast:<\/p>\n

Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.<\/p>\n

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