She shot to fame on Love Island last summer, getting engaged to Alex Bowen after a whirlwind five months of dating.
But Olivia Buckland left her hunky fiancé at home on Tuesday evening, as she attended the Cocoa Brown by Marissa Carter festive lunch at The Ivy Soho Brasserie.
The 24-year-old reality star flashed her bronzed limbs in a red velvet dress as she joined fellow Love Islander Chloe Crowhurst at the star-studded London bash.
Reality star babes: Love Island stars Olivia Buckland and Chloe Crowhurst stunned in thigh-grazing dresses as they attended the Cocoa Brown by Marissa Carter festive lunch at The Ivy Soho Brasserie
Olivia, who is an ambassador for the fake tan brand the lunch was hosted for, ensured she looked suitably bronzed for her night out.
Flaunting her sunkissed limbs in a racy thigh-split dress, she added height with some black caged heeled sandals.
Styling her golden locks in a sleek middle parting, she plumped her pout with nude lipstick and framed her eyes with bronze iridescent shimmer.
She seemed to be in great spirits as she mingled with Chloe, who starred on this year’s Love Island, and Celebs Go Dating host Nadia Essex.
Chic: The 24-year-old reality star flashed her bronzed limbs in a red velvet dress and fur jacket
Looking good: Olivia, who is an ambassador for the fake tan brand the lunch was hosted for, ensured she looked suitably bronzed for her night out
Chic: Flaunting her sunkissed limbs in a racy thigh-split dress, she added height with some black caged heeled sandals
Olivia enjoyed a whirlwind romance with Alex Bowen since meeting in the Mallorcan villa in July 2016, getting engaged just five months later during a romantic trip to New York City.
The couple, who readily admit that making their relationship work after the ITV2 show was ‘hard work’, credit their lasting romance with making an effort to see each other every day when they came out of the villa.
Alex said: ‘ Olivia has a job I’ll go with her, if I have a job she’ll come with me. I had a lot of PAs when I first came out. But I would spend every night in my own bed.
‘It was such hard work but we made it work and we’re really happy together.’
Just hanging out: The reality star beamed as she mingled with Marissa Carter
Taking the plunge: Chloe Crowhurst, who starred on this year’s Love Island, looked chic in a tuxedo-style wrap minidress
Olivia added: ‘He was making the effort to come back and see me every night before the next one. We worked really really hard on it. It probably made us the most tired people in the world. But we always wanted to be together.
‘I always say our relationship is mega strange because we spend 24/7 together and we never get sick of each other. We’re so so lucky that we just get on super well.’
Meanwhile Alex and Olivia, who finished as runners-up to Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde, revealed they had a rather unconventional -and very drunken- way of celebrating their engagement, with a wild visit to a strip club.
Double trouble: Made In Chelsea star Tina Stinnes and Celebs Go Dating host Nadia Essex were also in attendance
Having a whale of a time: The pair appeared to be in great spirits as they stopped for a snap
Alex said: ‘I was really ill before we went to New York and I was getting better each day I was there but I hadn’t really been eating before we went.
‘We went to have cocktails after in the hotel and we got absolutely trashed, so trashed. I had two and I was drunk.
‘We looked across the street and saw the strip club and we both looked each other laughed and said ‘come on we’ll go in.’
Alex then paid for a dance for his new fiance which went down a storm with Olivia.
Olivia said: ‘We made friends with this stripper she was so lovely. We were so drunk and we’re always up for a laugh. That was just pure banter, it wasn’t sexual. It was hilarious.’
Budding beauty: Presenter Hayley Sparkes rocked a floral velvet wrap dress and metallic heels
Loving life: Marissa beamed ass she posed with her fake tanning products