'Love Island's Yasmin is the ultimate bombshell: Even if you disagree with her actions, she's nailing it'
When it comes to Love Island bombshells, there are a few Islanders that have landed in the villa with a bang, and delivered on exactly what they were meant to do. From Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu crawling onto the terrace (it lives rent-free in my head) to Maura Higgins telling off Tom, the arrival of bombshells who promise to bombshell has been few and far between.
But thankfully it looks like season 12 could be about to bring us a new iconic bombshell, in the shape of Yasmin Pettet.
Yasmin, 24, made her Love Island debut on Friday 13th June (kind of fitting, now that I think about it), and didn't hold back from the minute she arrived - calling "bulls**t" on Toni Laites saying she'd relocate to the UK for love.
Later, when she met the girls for the first time, Yasmin she didn't backtrack - instead holding firm to what she'd said. Admittedly, it would've been silly to deny it, considering the girls had been watching the whole thing, but Yasmin didn't mince her words or rephrase anything to be agreeable. Instead, she said it with her chest.
Despite coupling up with Shea Mannings, Yasmin has been getting to know whoever she wants - taking Harry Cooksley to the terrace for a chat, and even putting the moves on Dejon Noel-Williams, who she jokingly asked if he'd have a threesome with her and Toni.
While some might not like her approach, when it comes to being a bombshell, Yasmin is bombshelling like there's no tomorrow.
I've spoken to a lot of Islanders over the years, and the one piece of advice they always give when it comes to being a bombshell is to simply just "go for it" - 'it' being whatever or whoever you want.
During an episode of Cosmopolitan UK's Fire Pit video series, when asked what advice she'd give to latecomers, Harriett Blackmore said: "I feel like you need to treat everyday like it's your last. Like if you actually fancy someone then just say it because you don't know how long you're going to be in there, you don't know how everything is going to go day-to-day. So, if you don't do that one thing then you could just literally be out the villa."
Matilda Draper added: "You need to be bold."
Yasmin couldn't be any bolder if she tried!
From randomly talking about her sexual desires, to kissing Dejon and Harry during a recent game of dares - despite being coupled up with Shea (who, might I add, she didn't kiss once), this babe is doing things her own way. And she deserves a round of applause for that.
Coming into a villa with already formed couples and friendships, it could be easy to just go for the safer options to "fit in", but Yasmin is showing that she came to play the game of Love Island, not so much Friendship Island.
Harsh, but the game is the game, and it could be argued that the other girlies might want to take a leaf out of her book or at least talk to everyone, considering it's only week two. Nobody is locked off and the boys are exploring their options, so why shouldn't they?
Despite Yasmin's previous comments about Toni, the duo seem to be getting along well. Which just shows, at the end of the day, she might be fiery or blunt, but she's just doing what a bombshell has to do: getting to know who she's interested in, even if that means stepping on toes. We can't fault her for that.
Love Island airs on ITV2 on weekdays and Sundays.
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