New Love Island star Maria Wild has been snapped appearing to inhale hippy crack.

The VIP host - joined five other beauties in Casa Amor over the weekend on the ITV2 show - was snapped with a pink balloon in her mouth at the Notting Hill Carnival.

The 22-year-old sporting face glitter can be seen sitting with a friend on a step while enjoying the three-day party which is notorious for the use of gas - real name nitrous oxide - also known as laughing gas.

 The Instagram model commented on the photo with seven heart emojis when it was posted in 2016.

The picture was posted by celebrity eyewear company Shades Royal as a throwback to the summer celebration and appeared in the new Islander's tagged photo section.

Her friend, with the account @kamisha_iivx_, replied: 'You bussed, please believe I brang you here.'

In slang, 'bussed' can mean being so high or drunk you have to get the bus home. 

Maria joined Love Island on Friday night as part of the biggest shake-up since the new series began.

She is best friends with former Islander Danielle Sellers, who has given her insider knowledge.

Maria said: 'I'm quite passionate – whatever it is I am doing, I'm very all or nothing. I'm very loving. I really do care about other people a lot.' 

She added: 'I'm very close to my family, that's very important to me. I can be quite stubborn, I am an only child so I often expect to get my own way and I'm quite bossy.'

Gorgeous Maria says she has her eyes on Anton. 'Deep down, it is Anton but I just can't stop thinking about when he went in and talked about having a wandering eye,' she said.

'When I first saw him, I was not attracted to him but now I've watched him and got to know him, he's funny and sweet.'

Laughing gas shot into the headlines this week, after large numbers of campers were pictured inhaling it at Glastonbury.

It was made illegal to sell for psychoactive purposes in 2016, but the canisters can be purchased online for as little as £6.

The Royal College of Nursing says inhaling can cause 'choking or tightness in the chest, nausea or vomiting and a dangerously high heart rate'.

In an alert this week, Britain's most senior nurse said official figures showed there has been five deaths per year on average linked to the substance since 2014.

A number of Premier League footballers have also been photographed in the past appearing to use hippy crack.

They include Raheem Sterling, Kyle Walker Mesut Özil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Maria's manager and Shades Royal have been contacted for comment.