TV personality and entrepreneur Gemma Harrison shot to fame in 2015 when she became of the stars of the hit ITV series Love Island. She may not have won the show, but she has undoubtedly become one of its breakout stars, building a social media following that includes over 1 million Instagram fans and launching GHX Style, a successful ladies activewear brand.
Although she got her break with Love Island, it wasn’t the first time Harrison had graced British screens. An Essex girl who was friends with several cast members, she had already appeared in several episodes of The Only Way is Essex, one of the most iconic “guilty pleasure” TV series of the last 20 years. After being launched into the public eye, Harrison used the opportunity to put her love of modelling, wellness and fashion to good use by creating GHX Style, her own range of activewear, which she does all the modelling for.
Since her Love Island success, Harrison has also added to her reality show resume with appearances on MTV’s The Challenge: War of the Worlds and Celebrity Ex On the Beach. She finished 8th in the first season of The Challenge, pitting her skills against fellow reality stars from the UK and America and also acquitting herself well in the show’s second series. Celebrity Ex on the Beach, meanwhile, posed a different kind of challenge. Whereas she’d entered Love Island looking for a partner, here she did the same but among fellow celebrities and some romantic interests from her past.