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Gemma Owen will be one of the opening cast members on this year's Love Island, with the ITV reality show starting on June 6th.

I wouldn’t do anything to another girl that I wouldn’t be happy with them doing to me." If I want the same guy, I’d do it but in a nice respectful way. "I will always go for what I want.

Like her father, the teenager is very competitive and says that aside from looking for true love, she's definitely in it to win it.

Of what viewers can expect from her, she said: “I would say I’m fun, flirty and fiery. I’ve travelled all across Europe competing in big arenas in big competitions. Like her father, the teenager is very competitive and says that aside from looking for true love, she’s definitely in it to win it

New contestant describes herself as 'fun, flirty and fiery'

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “I will always go for what I want,” she noted. My dad was a professional football player.

The daughter of former Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen will be a contestant on this year's edition of Love Island.

[When it comes to relationships] I will always go for what I want. “I’ve competed for Great Britain in dressage since I was 11-years-old. My dad was a professional football player," she said.

LOVE Island stars have all been asking the same question since Michael Owen's daughter Gemma joined the show.Everyone wants to know if the 42-year-old.

"I would say I’m very competitive. Gemma - confirmed today as one of the stars of Love Island this year - is far from the first person with a celebrity relative to appear. Each year - normally near the end of the series - the contestants bring in their mum and dad to meet their new partner.

Meet Gemma Owen, the 19-year-old who will be setting hearts aflutter in Mallorca's most famous villa.

Owen, who grew up at Manor House Stables in Flintshire, Cheshire (just over the Welsh border), her father’s racing yard – appears to be remarkably grounded. Gemma launched OG Beachwear earlier this year – so our expectation is that her swimwear pieces will be showcased on the television show, watched by many millions of viewers. Owen, a (just) 19-year-old glamazon, is the eldest of Michael and Louise Owen’s four children.

The daughter of former Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen will be a contestant on this year's edition of Love Island.

[When it comes to relationships] I will always go for what I want. “I’ve competed for Great Britain in dressage since I was 11-years-old. My dad was a professional football player," she said.

The daughter of former Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen will be a contestant on this year's edition of Love Island.

[When it comes to relationships] I will always go for what I want. “I’ve competed for Great Britain in dressage since I was 11-years-old. My dad was a professional football player," she said.

She has a successful career as a model and has also recently launched her own beachwear range - OG Beachwear. She has created the brand to sell luxury swimwear ...

On what makes her "a catch", the model said: "I do think I’m a good girlfriend. I was seeing someone and then that didn’t work out so I thought, 'Why not?'". Gemma has had quite the change of career as she previously represented Great Britain in the equestrian dressage teams.

The daughter of Flintshire footballer turned pundit Michael Owen has been confirmed as a Love Island contestant for the new series.

“I would say I’m very competitive. Gemma said: “I would say I’m fun, flirty and fiery. If I want the same guy, I’d do it but in a nice respectful way.”

The 19-year-old, who owns her own swimwear line, has been practicing posing on Instagram in several bikini snaps ahead of her reality show debut on Love ...

Who is their type on paper? I want to find my soulmate. I’m really good at being in a team'. I would say I’m fun, flirty and fiery. I’m definitely ready for a relationship. 'But at the same time, I’m not going to mess up something for someone who is in a proper relationship or get in the way of a couple if they have a genuine connection. Who is their type on paper? Who is their type on paper? [When it comes to relationships] I will always go for what I want. I’ve competed for Great Britain in dressage since I was 11-years-old. He said: 'We don't decide anything in advance. I can be quite protective.

Gemma Owen, who is the daughter of Michael Owen, is the latest Love Island star to be confirmed ahead of series 8.

"When it comes to relationships I will always go for what I want," the brunette bombshell told. I’ve travelled all across Europe competing in big arenas in big competitions. Ahead of the series, Gemma has insisted that she's not afraid to step on some toes to get what she wants when it comes to coupling up and finding the perfect man for her.

The former England striker says he will be watching from home as his daughter Gemma enters the famous villa. | ITV News Granada.

"I've heard a lot about it," he said. He said: "It's been different without her in the house. Michael says the hardest part of her going on Love Island is the fact that she will be away from home for so long.

Michael Owen has praised Tottenham transfer target, Gareth Bale, and compared him to Brazil legend, Ronaldinho, on the Champions League stage.

He (Ronaldinho) has won the Champions League once and only played 47 games.” It’s the end of the road for Bale in Madrid and he leaves with a fifth European crown to his name. “In any way you look at it.