“We’re pizza people!” Olivia confesses, making me like her instantly. Despite how frikkin annoyingly gorgeous the former Miss Universe looks without a shred of make-up, she’s a carb lover and that’s all that matters in our books. In Dubai to announce the much-anticipated Beauty Pop taking place in April, the super sweet model, actress and influencer (is there anything she can’t do… grrr) ‘fesses up a secret or two in a quick-fire with Cosmo…

1.She has 4 siblings

Olivia comes from a big family. She has an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother and younger sister. 

2. She’s taken

Olivia has been seeing her boyfriend, football star Danny Amendola, for over two years now. He lives five minutes away from her childhood home.

3. She likes hairspray…

…on her eyebrows! “I’ve got really long eyebrows and have to brush them into place with hairspray. It lifts my whole face,” she confessed.

4. She failed a class in University

Olivia had to leave University to go win Miss USA, and ended up failing her English Lit class. 

5. She loves poetry

Olivia’s parents used to read poems to her in her childhood and she’s still obsessed. Her faves include Shel Silverstein, Rupi Kaur and Cleo Wade.

Pick up our March issue on stands now, to learn more about the gorgeous former Miss Universe.

Interview: Kavita Srinivasan
Photography: Adam Browning-Hill
Styling: Celia Jane Ukwenya 
Make-up: Sofie Begtrup
Hair: Belle Femme
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