Maura Higgins is encouraging women to "end smear fear".
The Love Island contestant is being praised for helping raise awareness of screening for cervical cancer.
The Longford model is encouraging people to talk about smear tests, to normalise them.
Her tweet has been widely shared, and praised for helping promote good health.
In it, Maura admitted smear tests "aren't always easy", before asking her followers what their favourite "vagina emoji" is.
The Love Island contestant called on fans to start talking about "vaginas, cervixes and smear tests".
Smear tests aren't always easy so let’s help #EndSmearFear by talking more about them. I got the nation talking about Fanny Flutters now let's do the same with vaginas, cervixes and smear tests! Starting with a hunt for our favourite vagina emoji. Mine is definitely
— Maura Higgins (@MauraHiggins) September 16, 2019
