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'She said yes'

Love Island’s Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen get engaged in New York after whirlwind romance

Reality stars met on ITV2 show over the summer

LOVE Island is set to have it's first wedding after Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen became engaged.

The couple, who met on the ITV2 reality show this summer, are currently enjoying a romantic New Year break in New York.

 Love Island's Alex Bowen and Olivia Buckland have got engaged
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Love Island's Alex Bowen and Olivia Buckland have got engagedCredit: Fame Flynet
 Olivia quickly took to social media to share the happy news in the early hours of Saturday morning
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Olivia quickly took to social media to share the happy news in the early hours of Saturday morningCredit: Twitter

And in the early hours of Saturday morning, Olivia revealed her boyfriend had got down on one knee and proposed in the Big Apple.

Taking to her social media accounts, the 22-year-old shared a snap of the couple cuddling up to each other with her engagement ring clearly in shot.

She captioned the image on Twitter: "Am speechless. Thank you for all your messages. I love him. @ab_bowen07."

 Alex shared a close up picture of Olivia's stunning engagement ring
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Alex shared a close up picture of Olivia's stunning engagement ringCredit: Instagram

While on Instagram she wrote alongside the same snap: "I have no words for how happy I am. My fiance my everything @ab_bowen this was magical. So magical."

Meanwhile Alex shared a close up of Olivia's new bling on her wedding finger on Instagram with the caption: "She said yes" alongside a heart and Statue of Liberty emoji.

The happy couple were quickly congratulated by Love Island host Caroline Flack, who wrote on Twitter: "Congratulations my little lovebugs... LOVE ISLAND WEDDING".

Clearly excited, Olivia replied: "Eeeeek! get ready for the engagement party of the century boo".

 The lovebirds are currently enjoying a New Year trip to New York
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The lovebirds are currently enjoying a New Year trip to New YorkCredit: Instagram
 Love Island host Caroline Flack was quick to congratulate the pair
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Love Island host Caroline Flack was quick to congratulate the pairCredit: Twitter

Danielle Lloyd also shared her joy at the new on social media, tweeting Olivia: "Congrats my little lovely!! U deserve it" alongside a series of love-related emojis.

Alex and Olivia were runners up on Love Island, losing out in the final to winning couple Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey.

 The couple got together on Love Island over the summer
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The couple got together on Love Island over the summerCredit: Fame Flynet
 Olivia has promised an epic engagement party when they return from America
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Olivia has promised an epic engagement party when they return from AmericaCredit: Twitter

Olivia had previously been coupled with Daniel Lukakis, Rykard Jenkins and Adam Maxted on the show before getting together with Alex, and the couple have gone from strength the strength ever since.

Alex recently moved into Olivia's Wolverhampton pad and bought a cute French Bulldog puppy called Reggie together.

 

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