Megan Barton-Hanson "knew" she wouldn't be popular on 'Love Island'.
Megan Barton-Hanson
The 24-year-old beauty upset viewers when she lured Wes Nelson away from Laura Anderson and though she expected her glamour modelling past to work against her, she still found it "hard" when she came close to eviction from the villa.
She said: "I knew I wouldn't be one of the favourites due to my glamour girl past.
"It was hard when I was always in the bottom few couples or when you heard what the public thought of me in the tasks."
But Megan - who made it to the final with Wes - is delighted with how much the show has "changed" her life and is thankful people have been welcoming since she returned to the UK.
She said: "The response since I got out has been incredible though.
"It's so clichéd and I feel cringey actually saying it but Love Island really has changed my life.
"In the outside world I wouldn't have thought I deserved Wes.
"I would have run a mile because I thought he was too good for me but you can't do that in the villa. I really did find love.
"My perceptions of girl friendships have completely changed too. Before I was in a group who bitched so I pulled myself away but I've realised I'm a girly girl."
Though the blonde beauty isn't "proud" of her past, she has no regrets because she "made a lot of money", but when she realised that didn't make her happy, she decided to apply for 'Love Island' to find love instead.
Speaking on upcoming show 'Love Island: The Reunion', she said: "I didn't do porn...
"I've done some things in the past I'm not proud of but I'm not a bad person.
"I don't regret doing webcam. It is in the past, it is what it is.
"I understand it's not the job you would want your daughter doing but after dancing it is an easy progression.
"I did it, made a lot of money and then stopped. I came from a background of not having much money so I thought money would make me happy.
"I got loads of money and was still unhappy and that's when I realised love makes you happy. That's one of the reasons I entered 'Love Island'."
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