The reality star is battling head and neck cancer months after announcing her engagement View 4 Images She has been diagnosed with head and neck cancer (Image: @lexythornberry/Instagram)

A Love Island star has revealed her devastating cancer diagnosis which comes a matter of months after she announced her engagement. ‌

Lexy Thornberry, 24, shared an emotional post with her followers announcing she was now battling head and neck cancer which had turned her life "upside down." ‌

The reality star who appeared on Love Island Australia four years ago, issued a lengthy statement in which she pledged to fight the disease, alongside a series of photos from hospital and of her partner, boxer Dave Nyika. ‌

"I am 24 years old, and I have been diagnosed with cancer," her post beg

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