Love Is Blind’s Hannah Jiles chooses reunion dress under pressure to prove weight loss

Love is blind‘S Hanna Jiles put a lot of thought into her look for the reunion show — she felt pressure to look her best for fans watching the Netflix special and not her ex-fiancé, Nick Dorka.

“I was nervous because I had no idea what to wear,” she said exclusively We weekly. “I was shopping for months trying to figure out what to wear.” Hannah, 27, found her answer in a lipstick red slip dress that flawlessly emphasized her shape, which has been subject to (unfair) criticism online.

Since making her debut on season 7 of the reality series, Hannah has faced massive backlash on social media from viewers who criticized her weight on the show and her subsequent weight loss.

Ahead of the reunion, she shared side-by-side photos of her transformation into one TikTokwhich the internet was too quick to comment on. When the online talk shifted to how Hannah and her body would ultimately appear on screen at the reunion, she started to worry.

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“(In)the beginning when the show came out, everyone was like, ‘Let’s see if it’s a filter.’ Let’s see if she looks different.’ Like, ‘I can’t wait to see her,'” Hannah said Us. “What if I don’t look the same?” she recalled, “I put a lot of pressure on it.”

While trolls debated in the comments about whether she had changed her performance in the video, Hannah turned to the all-important matter of clothing. “I had bought a few other dresses, but they just didn’t fit me well. I found that dress and thought, ‘Okay, this looks great,'” she said.

If LIB loyalists can testify, Great is an understatement. Hannah wowed in the form-fitting red dress and it was enough to make her castmates and the audience do a double take. But for the record, her glow had nothing to do with her running into her ex.

“It wasn’t like a revenge dress Ariana (Madix)she said, referring to the plunging red cut-out dress Love Island star drew attention to the meeting. “I was like, ‘This looks good.’”

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To help create her own scene-stealing look, Hannah enlisted a top team who also did the reunion beauty for several other former LIB members of the cast. When the reality star arrived for hair and makeup, she came armed with a reference photo of a supermodel Gigi Hadid.

“I was like, ‘I want old (Hollywood) glam hair,’” she said. “(And) in terms of makeup, there’s nothing too crazy.”

After the reunion on Wednesday, October 30, she posted a Instagram role which gave her followers a BTS look at her glamorous set on a song that clapped back at her haters with the caption: ” Reunion Ready! “

At the time, she received comments from critics who said she still had a lot of room to grow and was not “self-conscious.” But when you speak UsHannah was nothing if not observant.

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When asked if she had experienced any issues with body dysmorphia after the negative statements were made about her physical appearance, she replied: “I think anyone who puts themselves on the internet could have a thing for body dysmorphia because they tear you apart. Granted, that’s what you do. You put yourself out there, and that’s what’s going to happen.

Suffice to say, Hannah also presented herself at the reunion with her bold style, and she slayed.