love island usa '24 [oc x sam taylor] [endgame - sam] 𝖎𝖓 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖍 Coast Merillia Bates takes a chance in love island. Marine biolgist born and raised in Lihue Hawaii. Grew up surfing and eventually made it to the pro curcuit, while traveling and doing her studies on marine life. Coast 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 2024 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻.