Love Island's Sanam Harrinanan has opened up about resisting against the pressure to change her looks in order to keep up with trends.
The reality star, who won season 9 of the hit ITV2 dating show, revealed that when she left the villa a lot of people made comments about the ways she could change her appearance.
On the Cocktails and Takeaways podcast, Sanam explained to host Madame Joyce: "At the very start when I came out, I did find it quite a bit of pressure as people would be like, 'Why are you wearing that? Maybe you should try wearing this, maybe you should try wearing that'.
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"Then it got to that point where I’m not really a fashion person. I was never really that majorly into fashion. I wear what I feel comfortable in."
She added: "I don’t give a damn that’s trending. Even if it’s like £300 to buy, I’m not wasting my money on shit like that."
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Sanam emphasised that she wants to remain true to herself, and tries to ignore comments from others about how to “stay relevant” by following mainstream fashion trends.
"I’m going to continue to wear what I feel comfortable wearing and what I think looks good on me," she continued, "I literally do not care about the comments.
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"Every day my management is like, 'Maybe you should change your hair?' I’m like, 'No, I’m not changing my hairstyle. I like the way my hair looks'.
"I don’t feel like I have to conform to all these trends and looks and that to stay relevant at the end of the day, I’m going to stay true to who I am."
She added: "I don’t need to change who I am to be who I am on the outside."
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