"Gutted" Zara thanks Love Islands fans as petition for Miss GB reinstatement gains support
More than 8,000 people have signed an online petition to see the former Miss Great Britain get her crown back
Zara Holland has thanked fans for their support after leaving the Love Island villa due to a family illness.
Her exit comes just days after it was publicly announced that she had been stripped of her Miss Great Britain title due to her overnight actions with fellow contestant Alex Bowen.
While some agree with the organisation's decision to "de-crown" Zara due to her status as a role model, plenty have been shocked and have called for a reversal. An online petition urging reinstatement has already gathered more than 8,000 signatures.
“I did Miss Great Britain because I wanted to. It’s something I wanted to do," Zara said on the show after she'd been made aware of the decision.
"And if you put that hard work in and the commitment and the time and the effort…I did and I won, and I worked so hard... now I just made one silly, stupid mistake of being in the moment has ruined everything. I can’t even put into words how gutted I am.
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"So if they want to give me it back that’s fine!” she added.
Her management company have joined the online support encouraging her with a picture that reads: 'keep calm and always wear your invisible crown'.
Love Island continues tonight at the later time of 10:00pm on ITV2
