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If you're anything like us, you will have been glued to your screens every night for the last couple of months watching people coupling up, re-coupling and being dumped from a Mallorcan villa.

Love Island fever has swept the nation once more - and one particular couple has been winning hearts.

Gabby and Marcel seem to be perfect for each other. They're both laid back, funny, sweet and the way they look at each other across the villa has been making viewers melt.

Even last year's Olivia Buckland is a huge fan. She came second and is now engaged to her Love Island partner, Alex Bowen, so she definitely knows what she's talking about...

But what you might not know about Gabby is she's gone through a lot of adversity, shown a huge amount of bravery, courage and determination - she just doesn't boast about it.

(Image: Instagram)

(Image: Instagram)

Gabby revealed in an Instagram post before she went into the villa that she has an 18-inch scar down her back and left-hand side.

The dancer and personal trainer had major surgery when she was 12 to correct worsening scoliosis in her back.

Scoliosis is a condition where the spine twists and curves to the side. Gabby says her spine was so bad, she "would have ended up like Quasimodo" if she hadn't undergone surgery.

"The top of my spine was curving so much it had caused the bottom to do so too, resulting in a big 'S' shape.

(Image: Instagram)

"Therefore my shoulders, hips and ribs were all being pushed out of line."

Gabby had to bravely go through complex surgery to correct the curvature in her spine.

She said: "They had to take out my ribs, deflate my lungs, insert two long stainless steel rods either side of my vertebrae and various nuts and bolts to keep them in place. I'm basically a robot!"

The scouse beauty revealed how she felt rigid like 'a plank of wood about to snap in half' when she tried to sit up for the first time after her surgery.

She also faced huge challenges in her recovery.

(Image: ITV)

"I had to learn how to walk," she wrote. "But being a dancer, I was determined. I went back to dancing within 6 weeks. And I won a ballet championship 6 months after!"

Having such a huge scar was also something Gabby had to struggle to come to terms with.

"I grew up being embarrassed of it. I'd walk sideways on down the beach so people wouldn't see, I'd wear clothes or my hair down my back to cover it. I'd tell people I was bit by a shark and it was cosmetic surgery.

"But now! I have no shame! People are intrigued and find it fascinating that I do what I do with such an impairment. And I'm proud of myself that I've managed to come so far and do so much.

"I never let this get the better of me!"

If you ever needed a reason to love Gabby even more... that's probably it. What an amazing role model.