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Love Island USA: meet new bombshells Mady McLanahan and Valerie Bragg

Get to know the new arrivals here...

TV & Film Writer
July 21, 2022

Love Island USA may have only just kicked off, but we've already met our first bombshells of the season!

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On Wednesday night, Valerie Bragg and Mady McLanahan entered the villa stealing boys Felipe Gomes and Jesse Bray for a secret double date before they were introduced to the other islanders. Want to know more about them? We've done some investigating and found out all about them...

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Who is Mady McLanahan?

Mady McLanahan is a 26-year-old who, like fellow Islanders Deb and Jesse, hails from Texas, although she currently resides in Oklahoma. She works as a social media marketing manager by day and keeps her 41,000 TikTok followers entertained with her funny and fashionable videos by night.

Mady is a 26-year-old marketing manager from Texas

According to her Love Island USA bio, Mady's red flags are when someone is too cocky and when a person talks too much about money or possessions. Her favorite hobby, however, is online shopping, which hardly surprises us as she does work for a fashion brand after all! She adds that her green flag is a guy who is humble, and she was last in a serious relationship about six years ago.

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Who is Valerie Bragg?

Valerie 'Val' Bragg is the other bombshell who entered the villa on Wednesday evening. She is a 23-year-old nutritional consultant from Costa Rica who now lives in the equally sunny Florida.

Valerie is a 23-year-old nutritional consultant from Costa Rica

According to her bio, growing up, Val played sports like basketball, football, and soccer, making her a perfect match for former soccer player Felipe, who already said that he likes women with tattoos. However, he has a lot to live up to as the bombshell says she once made out with Outer Banks star Chase Stokes.

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The things she isn't so keen on in a guy? Slow walkers, people who give backhanded compliments and who can't say sorry when they are in the wrong.

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