Faye Winter

Faye Nicole Winter (born 21 June 1995) is an English television personality. In 2021, she was a finalist on the seventh series of Love Island and in 2022, she appeared as a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.

Faye Winter
Born	Faye Nicole Winter (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 29) Exeter, Devon, England
Occupation	Television personality
Years active	2021–present
Television	Love Island Celebrity MasterChef

Life and career

Winter was born on 21 June 1995 in Exeter, Devon.^[1][2] Prior to fame, she worked as an estate agent and lettings manager for the three-branch agency East of Exe.^[3][4] In June 2021, she became a contestant on the seventh series of Love Island.^[5] Earlier in the series, she was paired with Brad McClelland and Liam Reardon before coupling up with Teddy Soares on Day 14, whom she remained with until the Casa Amor episode when she briefly coupled up with Sam Jackson, before returning to Soares and ultimately finishing in third place with him.^[6][7][8][9] Winter's behaviour during the series sparked numerous complaints to Ofcom, with one argument between her and Soares culminating 25,000 complaints.^[10][11][12] After leaving the series, Winter and Soares appeared on Love Island: Aftersun and Lorraine to discuss their experience, with Winter apologising for her behaviour.^{[13][14][15][16]} Winter later revealed she had been attending therapy due to the comments viewers had made about her following the show.^[17] In August 2022, Winter began appearing as a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.^[18][19] Following two successful rounds, she made it through to the semi-finals.^[20][21][22]

Filmography

As herself

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2021	Love Island	Contestant; series 7	[11]
2021	Love Island: Aftersun	Guest appearance	[13]
2021	Lorraine	Guest appearance	[14]
2022	Celebrity MasterChef	Contestant	[18]

References

1. "Thank you all so much for your kind messages, I adore you all! 27 is going to be a great year but it has the best year to try and trump 🎉 also did I mention @teddy_soares is taking me to the Maldives 🥹🌴". Instagram. 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
2. "Love Island 2021: Weston-super-Mare engineer and Exeter lettings manager to enter villa this summer". ITV News. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
3. "All About: Faye". ITV. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
4. "Let me win! Estate agent is final Love Island 2021 contestant". The Negotiator. 22 June 2021. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
5. "Who is Faye Winter? Meet the Love Island 2021 contestant and lettings manager with "terrible flirting skills"". Radio Times. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
6. "Love Island's Brad told he's a '4 out of 10' by 'brutal' Faye after first snog of series". Chronicle Live. 29 June 2021. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
7. "Love Island fans' hearts break for Sam Jackson as Faye dumps him for Teddy". Daily Mirror. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
8. "Love Island star admits in live final they "hated it" in the beginning". Digital Spy. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
9. "Faye & Teddy finish in third place". ITV. 23 August 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
10. "Love Island: Faye and Teddy's row sparks record 25,000 Ofcom complaints". BBC News. 11 August 2021. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
11. "Love Island argument sparks 25,000 complaints to Ofcom". The Guardian. 11 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
12. "Love Island: Row between Faye and Teddy after Mad Movies challenge gets 25,000 Ofcom complaints". ITV News. 11 August 2021. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
13. "Faye Winter Apologises For Explosive Row In The Villa". Capital FM. 9 August 2021. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
14. "Love Island's Faye Winter admits on Lorraine she's 'embarrassed' by controversial argument". Liverpool Echo. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
15. "Love Island's Faye Winter admits she's "embarrassed" by her on-screen row with Teddy Soares". Digital Spy. 21 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
16. "Love Island's Faye Winter thinks people aren't speaking up on show due to "backlash"". Radio Times. 28 July 2022. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
17. "Faye Winter 'still' in therapy after Love Island backlash: 'I think I'll be doing it for a long time'". Metro. 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
18. "Who is Faye Winter? Meet the Celebrity MasterChef 2022 contestant and reality star". Radio Times. 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
19. "Celebrity Masterchef and Love Island star Faye Winter's very poignant reason for taking part in cookery show". WalesOnline. 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
20. "Celebrity MasterChef eliminates first star after fierce competition". Digital Spy. 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
21. "Celebrity MasterChef 2022 announces quarter-finalists". Digital Spy. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
22. "Celebrity MasterChef 2022 names semi-finalists". Digital Spy. 12 August 2022. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

External links

• Faye Winter at IMDb