![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/trolling-wore-down-my-confidence-but-im-back-to-my-best-says-zara-mcdermott/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/crop-24097651.jpg&description=Exclusive FIGHTING FIT Published : 20:05, 22 Sep 2023 Updated : 20:05, 22 Sep 2023 DETERMINED Zara McDermott has vowed to defy haters and rediscover the mojo that made her a sensation on Love Island. The TV star 's confidence has been hit in recent years due to vile online trolls. 4 Zara McDermott has said her confidence has been worn down after years of trolling, ahead of her Strictly debut Credit: BBC 4 Zara says she wants to 'channel the confident bikini babe from Love Island' Credit: Instagram But she, said last night: 'I'm fighting for this — so I'll channel the confident bikini babe from Love Island when I'm on the Strictly dancefloor.' Zara, 26, will take to the dance floor on Saturday to perform the cha-cha-cha with pro partner Graziano Di Prima as this year's competition gets underway She is determined to blank out the critics, adding: 'I'm trying to live my 21-year-old, no-care attitude and channel the inner confidence I think is key for this show. 'From being in this industry 100 per cent, all of a sudden lots of people are commenting on how you look and stuff like that. 'Sometimes when I'm doing the routine , I can hear that little voice in my head going, 'Don't mess it up!' "But I'm trying to change that voice in my head to be like, 'No, you know what you're doing. "Don't be scared. You are confident, you're fighting for this.' 'I only get to do this experience once in my whole life. Now I want to feel like I threw absolutely everything into it.' Seeing Zara in her incredible Strictly outfits ahead of the first week of competing, it is hard to believe she has had her confidence worn down. But when she was on the ITV2 dating show, she was living a much more carefree, innocent life and didn't consider she might get commented on by the public . Zara, who has also appeared on Made in Chelsea and The X Factor : Celebrity, said: 'I didn't give any thought to wearing a bikini in front of the nation when I was on Love Island, I was 21 and at that age you just d){kind=link}
DETERMINED Zara McDermott has vowed to defy haters and rediscover the mojo that made her a sensation on Love Island.
The TV star’s confidence has been hit in recent years due to vile online trolls.
But she, said last night: “I’m fighting for this – so I’ll channel the confident bikini babe from Love Island when I’m on the Strictly dancefloor.”
Zara, 26, will take to the dance floor on Saturday to perform the cha-cha-cha with pro partner Graziano Di Prima as this year’s competition gets underway
She is determined to blank out the critics, adding: “I’m trying to live my 21-year-old, no-care attitude and channel the inner confidence I think is key for this show.