'Love Island' 2016: Zara Holland Breaks Silence Amid Miss Great Britain Furore

Former ‘Love Island’ contestant Zara Holland has spoken out following the controversy that has errupted since she had sex on the show.

Although Zara was far from the first person to have an intimate moment on the ITV2 reality show, hers was particularly noteworthy, as the Miss Great Britain organisation chose to strip her of her title due to the incident.

While many have called out the pageant for a double-standard towards women, and a petition has already gained 10,000 signatures for her to be reinstated, Zara has remained quiet on the matter, until now.

Sticking up for herself in an interview with The Sun, she branded the debacle “horrific”, continuing: “I’ve done nothing wrong.

“I am a 20-year-old girl who was in the moment. There are lots of girls my age who go out every week and do that — mine was just on national TV."

Zara added: “I didn’t feel pressured in any way, I am standing up to it. “I haven’t committed a crime, so why should I have my title taken from me?”

Miss GB runner-up Deone Robertson has since been announced as Zara’s replacement, and she recently claimed she supported the organisation’s decision.

She admitted: “Some say [pageant rules] are outdated but at the end of the day, rules are rules and you have to stick to them.

“Zara has been in the pageant industry a long time. She would have known all of this. She knew the difficult situation she would have been putting the organisers in… nobody is saying she did anything wrong. She is a young girl enjoying life but under these circumstances, she can’t be a title-holder.”

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