‘Get a girl who can do both’: Love Island’s Anna Vakili vows to ‘break stereotypes’ after returning to pharmacy job amid pandemic
She recently shocked fans when she announced she would be putting her reality TV career on hold to resume her job as a pharmacist.
And Anna Vakili made a powerful statement about breaking stereotypes on Wednesday, as she revealed she had been told her glamorous image jarred with her job as a healthcare professional.
The Love Island star, 29, shared a snap in a face mask as she returned to work alongside a shot in a busty white dress.
Speaking out: Anna Vakili made a powerful statement about breaking stereotypes on Wednesday, as she revealed she had been told her glamorous image jarred with her job
Accompanying the image, she penned: ‘Get you a girl that can do both!!
‘For all the people throughout my studies/career who told me my image didn’t suit being a pharmacist and that I couldn’t be this glam girl that liked to take sexy pictures and go to work as a healthcare professional.
‘I say you can do both and be whoever and whatever you want to be in life since being true to yourself is the most important thing you can do.
‘How you look on the outside doesn’t determine your knowledge. Here’s to breaking stereotypes [sic].
Back to work: Two weeks ago, Anna revealed she would be returning to her job as a pharmacist, as due to the global coronavirus pandemic it ‘felt wrong not to’
Anna found fame on the 2019 series of Love Island, and has spent the last few months working as a social media influencer and TV personality.
Two weeks ago, however, she revealed she would be returning to her job as a pharmacist, as due to the global coronavirus pandemic it ‘felt wrong not to’.
Anna told Grazia: ‘I was sitting at home, watching the news and I felt guilty knowing that I could help out in the NHS while I’m just sitting at home, influencing – I just wasn’t planning on going back so soon.
‘The thing is, I studied for so long [five years] to get my master’s in pharmacy. I’m not going to just let it go because of the TV show.’
Famous face: Anna found fame on the 2019 series of Love Island, and has spent the last few months working as a social media influencer and TV personality
Anna also added she felt frustrated when some trolls said she was just returning to the job because she had run out of money as a social media influencer.
The television personality said: ‘The truth is, I didn’t have to go back, I could just live off influencing, it’s horrible to say, but it does make more money than pharmacy.’
The reality star admitted she still feels a bit rusty after taking a year out and felt ‘quite scared’, but it has been ‘amazing’ to return to work.
Anna isn’t the only member of the Love Island family doing their bit to fight in the battle against coronavirus, with season four star, Dr Alex George working in the A&E department at University Hospital Lewisham.
Medic: Anna isn’t the only member of the Love Island family doing their bit to fight in the battle against coronavirus, with Dr Alex George working in the A&E department