Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu

• She started dancing when she was 4 years old and has completed all the grades of RAD (Royal Academy of Dance).

  

• In 2012, she participated in the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant representing Ireland. In an interview, she talked about how she came to represent Ireland on the advice of her manager, despite never having been to the country and said,
  

  So I when I was 17. I did Miss Asia Pacific and it was a beauty contest. And it was my first ever kind of travels. I was very young and very confident. I just went away and my manager at the time said, ‘could you represent Northern Ireland?’ and I said ‘sure.’”

  

• She has appeared in various theatrical plays since she was 7 years old and has appeared in plays such as ‘West Side Story’ (2006) and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (2009).

• She used her stage name, Susie Hayzel and starred in the University’s reality TV show, ‘Lancashore’ (2012).

  

• She has a passion for singing and in 2018, she released her Turkish song, ‘Yeniden Başlasın.’

  

• She has appeared in various Turkish TV shows including ‘Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk’ (2020).

  

• In 2022, she won the British reality TV show, ‘Love Island.’

  

• Her performance in the show helped her become the brand ambassador of the retail fashion brand, ‘Oh Polly’ along with a cosmetic and makeup brand, ‘BPerfect Cosmetics’ in 2022.

• She spoke in favour of the positive impact of influencers on society in a debate at the University of Oxford, England in 2023.

  

• She has appeared in several British reality TV shows including ‘Dancing on Ice’ (2023), ‘Celebrity Antiques Road Trip’ (2023), ‘The Weakest Link’ (2024), and ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ (2024).

  

• She donated money to the British Red Cross for the Turkey–Syria earthquakes that occurred in 2023 and claimed the lives of over 11,000 people. She further created a video for the organisation urging people to donate.

  

• As a brand ambassador of the British Red Cross, she visited the people living in tented camps in Turkey due to the earthquakes. She cooked food with the British Red Cross for the displaced people.

  

• In 2024, she published her book, ‘Be Your Own Best Friend: And other lessons from a life lived in and out of the limelight.’

  

• She drinks alcohol occasionally.

  

• She is a fitness enthusiast and works out regularly.

  

• In 2025, she became a contestant in the British reality TV show, ‘Love Island: All Stars.’