For many Love Island stars, departing the villa means a flurry of offers from fast fashion brands, cosmetic lines and fake tan companies vying for a collaboration. 

Yet proving themselves to be a different breed, this year's winner Toni Laites, 24, and her best pals and runners-up Shakira Khan, 22, and Yasmin Pettet, 24, opted for a high fashion magazine spread rather than low-cost, low-quality deals. 

In the stunning shoot, the reality star three wowed with dramatic make-up and mussed, volumunious hairdos as they glared into the camera before posing for sultry solo shots in a series of both sexy and edgy ensembles. 

The trio, who won huge praise for resisting the 'Mean Girls' tag in the villa, came first, second and third with Cach Mercer, Harry Cooksley and Rhodes respectively when the season ended earlier this month. 

Now, as they forge their post-Island careers, they got off to a flying start with the spread, where the hair and make-up brief appeared to scream drama, with all three stars boasting heavy black and eyes and huge messy updos. 

Toni smouldered in a PVC bustier with a frilled edge, which showed off her ample cleavage while she also wore a sexy checked strapless mini dress. 

In one of the group shots, Toni wore a sheer pink dress - which left nothing to the imagination as she flashed her bare chest underneath. 

Joining her in the braless look was Shakira, who wore a lace corset with just nipple pasties covering her modesty and also paired the look with a bow choker. 

She then posed in a sports luxe midi comprising a sporting jersey made figure-hugging with seer-sucker elastication added. 

The stunner paired the look with fishnets and sky-high heels. 

Another group shot saw alll the girls wearing complementary boots with sexy black dresses, with Shakira in PVC, Yasmin in a 60s inspired look and Toni in velvet. 

In the accompanying interview to the chat, Shakira, Toni and Yasmin opened about the divide between the girls on this year's series of the show, saying the villa was 'frosty' and 'really tense'. 

The divide among the female contestants on the ITV2 show became a talking point among fans, with the trio feuding with the likes of Meg Moore and Helena Ford.

The three ladies insisted the tension was very real and there was often an uneasy atmosphere in the villa.    

Shakira said: 'When you come around the corner and they stop talking, you feel isolated, it feels frosty, really tense, and it's not nice. It wasn't a bad edit; we tried to fix it, but that was our experience, we lived it.'

Toni and Yasmin, who entered the villa as bombshell, both felt animosity from some of the other girls. Yasmin described things as 'classic high school' behaviour and said she made an effort to be nice to other new bombshells when they arrived.   

She added: 'We felt like outsiders compared to everyone else, so when bombshells would come in after that, we would befriend them—we didn't want anyone else to feel that way.'

Shakira feels she, Toni and Yasmin were always honest about their feelings in the villa which sometimes rubbed others the wrong way.

She said: 'If you say it how it is, and you're honest, you're called 'a bitch', you're ' 'nasty'. No, I think it's nasty to speak about someone behind their back, then rally together in groups and target them'. 

Shakira arrived in the villa on Day 5 and bonded quickly with Toni but felt judged by some of the other girls for how quickly she started chatting with the guys.     

She told Toni: 'I'm not joking, getting ready then the vibes felt so off. So it's not enough to like pick up on and say something about because it's nothing that is being said, but it's the energy.'

Toni replied: 'You know everyone is interested in you.'

The divide came to a head during the Couple Goals challenge - but when the Islanders were asked 'Which couple are you most scared to give your honest opinion on?' shockwaves were sent through the Villa.

Shakira and Harry chose Meg and Dejon, which did not go down well. 

'I think if people were honest in the first place and told us to our faces instead of saying it constantly behind our back, it would be a different story,' Meg raged.

Shakira responded: 'You throwing around the fake word is rich to be honest. I don't know why you keep acting like we're the best of mates in here. 

'From day one, you were very standoffish with any girl that was posed as a threat.'

'I think you've called every single person in this Villa fake,' Meg bit back, to which Shakira said: 'No, I will never pretend to be your mate.'

Meg interrupted: 'You won't be my friend on the outside' before Shakira said: 'I will never speak to you on the outside. I honestly can't stand you sometimes.'

But that wasn't all because when it comes to Meg and Dejon's turn to answer, both Meg and Blu become embroiled in a back and forth with Toni before Blu branded Toni a 'pick-me girl'.

The chaos came just two episodes after Toni brought the girls around the firepit to try and bridge the divide and call a truce.