A Love Island star looked unrecognisable in a recently-shared throwback snap.

Paige Thorne looked worlds away in a resurfaced picture from 2021 – just one year before the stunner entered the villa.

The reality star, 27, sported dreadlocks and captioned on her Snapchat platform: ‘As if I’m outing myself to u guys like this but like here is an open and honest page.

‘Look at my lil baby face too. This was in 2021,’ she poked fun.

One fan shared the picture on X’s Love Island community thread, writing in shock: ‘Guys , Paige??,’ alongside a crying emoji.

More viewers of the hit ITV dating show raced to share their opinions and couldn’t wrap their heads around it in disbelief, writing:

A Love Island star looked unrecognisable in a recently-shared throwback snap

Paige Thorne, 27, (pictured last year) looked worlds away in a resurfaced picture from 2021 – just one year before the stunner entered the villa 

‘2021 as in the year before her season….?’;

‘I’m crying why would she post this’;

‘No wonder she liked Dami’; 

‘Nothing could have prepared me for this’;

‘oh wow’; 

‘This is so crazy why would she post this’;

‘This was the year before she went on love island. Let that sink in’.

The paramedic joined the dating show on its eight season and was eventually dumped on day 56.

More viewers of the hit ITV dating show raced to share their opinions and couldn’t wrap their heads around it in disbelief

The paramedic joined the dating show on its eight season, where she enjoyed a romance with Jacques O’Neill and after Adam Collard,  but was eventually dumped on day 56

During her time in the South African villa, Paige enjoyed a romance with Jacques O’Neill – whom she chose to couple up with more than once.

The pair even couple up after the infamous Casa Amor, but was left single after Jacques chose to leave the villa.

She then got serious with Adam Collard, but the couple was dumped by the public.

Earlier in August, Paige was caught in a storm during her sun-soaked getaway in Florida.

The former Islander slipped into a skimpy blue ʙικιɴι which boasted a tiny triangular top and thong bottoms while hitting the beach. 

Topping up her tan Paige also showed off her peachy posterior in one snap which boasted two sandy and saucy hand prints.

The brunette beauty posed up a storm before taking a cooling dip in the ocean and later displayed newly freckled features as she gazed into the camera for a selfie. 

Paige captioned the post: ‘The most EXILERATING experience of my life!!’

Earlier in August, Paige was caught in a storm during her sun-soaked getaway in Florida 

Paige captioned the post: ‘The most EXILERATING experience of my life!!’ 

‘From cute pics to being washed up after getting caught in a storm whilst paddle boarding … DO U WANNA SEE THE FOOTAGE OF THE EVENTS’.

‘From cute pics to being washed up after getting caught in a storm whilst paddle boarding … DO U WANNA SEE THE FOOTAGE OF THE EVENTS’.

In October 2023, MailOnline exclusively revealed Paige was dating rapper Formz.

She seemed to have found love in Formz, real name Josh Foreman, who is famed for his football-themed raps and TikTok content. 

The pair first sparked romance rumours in over the summer last year when eagle-eyed fans spotted them posting from the same locations during a trip to Barcelona. 

Once they had made things official, a source told MailOnline that Formz asked Paige to be his girlfriend over a swanky dinner at The Shard.

The pair have kept their romance low-key but have enjoyed outings with friends – recently attending an Eastbourne Borough F.C. match alongside Paige’s co-star Danica Taylor. 

Formz, 24, also featured Paige in one of his TikTok videos from Spain, and while he kept her off camera her voice could be heard in the background of his clip at a Tottenham H๏τspur vs Barcelona match. 

MailOnline has contacted Paige and Formz’s representatives for comment at the time.

In October of last year, MailOnline revealed Paige was dating rapper Formz (centre) and the pair have been enjoying group outings with friends including fellow Islander Danica Taylor 

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Paige split from Adam in October after she accused him of cheating when he was filmed flirting with other girls on nights out. 

Speaking about the breakdown of their relationship, she said on on an Instagram Q&A: ‘I am not going to bash him by any means because I think he had a really hard time when our breakup came out anyway so I’m not going to add to that because I don’t think it’s fair.

‘Obviously everyone was aware of all the videos and pictures that were coming out of like him and his arms around girls in night clubs and whatever on his PAs.

‘I was willing to like put them behind me and like move on because at the end of the day it is just like an arm around. You can get over that.

‘But then I was getting sent like more videos of him on nights out that didn’t go viral and they really were shady. They were shady and I just wasn’t comfortable in it and that’s not a relationship that I want to be in’.

She continued: ‘I want to be like 100% certain that my guy is only about me and doesn’t want to be you know accessible to anybody else. So wasn’t something we could agree on.

‘He went to Bali and it just broke down from there. I just texted him like this is dumb, this isn’t working. We’re not even talking whilst we’re on holiday. It’s clear that something has shifted between us. So yeah, let’s just call it a day.

‘And there was no fight for it. It was just obvious that’s the way the relationship was headed.’