Love Island host Laura Whitmore turns up the heat in a black mini-dress in holiday selfie throwback

She recently revealed she had to make the make the first move on her lucky boyfriend Ian Stirling.

And Love Island host Laura Whitmore looked incredible in a black mini-dress  as she posted a throwback holiday snap on her Instagram on Saturday.

Irish presenter Laura, 34, showcased her long legs in the halterneck dress as she posed on a bridge surrounded by lush South African greenery.

Laura complemented the striking pink star print dress by adding a classic pair of cream pumps and aviator sunglasses.

Blonde beauty Laura wore her locks in a stylish side-parted chignon and pouted up a storm for the camera.

Following the Love Island finale in February, Laura enjoyed some quality time with her Scottish beau Ian, 32, in the majestic South African cape.

Obviously reminiscing over her recent getaway, Laura captioned the snap ‘Taking the time to look back through photographs and make albums, do other people still do that?!’.

The Survival of the Fittest contestant followed the caption with the poignant #makingmemories hashtag and a shout out to the famous coupling up show. 

Laura’s upbeat post was even picked up on by former X Factor presenter Kate Thornton.

Kate, 47, left a rather au-current quip on the post, writing: ‘It’s on my ‘to do’ list when we go into lockdown.’ followed by a laughing emoji. 

Laura took over presenting the ITV2 show from from Caroline Flack, who tragically took her own life on 15 February. 

Laura recently admitted she needs time to ‘reflect’ and to look after herself following a ‘difficult’ series of Love Island.

Speaking in a new candid podcast interview, Laura admitted it’s nice to ‘have a break’ from the show and ‘not talk about it’ with her boyfriend Iain, who narrates Love Island. 

Talking on JD In The Duffle Bag Podcast with Grazia, she said: ‘I haven’t even thought about the next series to be honest. I really enjoyed doing series 6 but it was very difficult. It had huge highs, huge lows. 

‘For a lot of people who worked, we all need a bit of time away from the show just to reflect and look after our own selves and self-care. It’s very soon to be talking about the summer at the moment because we just need time to ourselves.’