A biography for Maura Higginshasn’t been written yet.
“I think as women, self love and confidence is something we should embrace and take ownership of.”
“My first memories of make-up aren't great! I remember having a bright orange face and a white neck, I didn't know how to use make-up.”
“I take every day as it comes.”
“Being 30, I think it's very important to look after your skin.”
“Someone will say something to me and it was like I wasn't there. I was there in body but not in mind, which is quite scary.”
“During the day I still go full coverage but I normally go light on the eyes. That said I tend to wear a cat-eye liner look and I never leave the house without my lips on!”
“I look into the future and see myself with a family.”
“God I just hate exercise but feel amazing afterwards.”
“Every boy that I wanted at school, I got.”
“I'm a massive Greggs fan! I never actually knew about Greggs when I lived over in Ireland but the minute I came over everyone was talking about Greggs sausage rolls so I had to try them and I'm just obsessed.”
“Sometimes, I wouldn't even bring my school bag home. I'd just leave it there. That's really bad, I know, but I thought, 'I am spending all day in school, I'm not going to go home and start going into books again - no way.'”
“When my friends have been heartbroken, I give them a shoulder to cry on and some brutal advice.”
“I'm not a good cook.”
“I've always been misjudged, my whole life.”
“I've never jumped back into a relationship and I've never had a one-night stand, so even if lockdown hadn't happened, I don't think I would have been with any guys.”
“I don't have any regrets. It's like, I go for what I want, I say what I want.”
“I fall in love quickly, but I fall out of love even quicker.”
“The world would be a strange place if everyone liked each other.”
“I was living out of a hotel for weeks with nothing but a case full of Love Island' bikinis.”
“Growing up, Mammy always said, 'Never back down from someone you defend yourself.' And that's what I did. I was never afraid.”