SHE was once the pin-up for thousands of teenage boys (and men old enough to know better for that matter).

But after a few weeks on a desert island surrounded by washed-up boyband members, has-been soap stars and never-have-beens Sophie Anderton has pretty much made sure no man in his right mind would approach her without a police escort!

The second series of Love Island has been compulsive viewing for anyone who relishes a good fall from grace.

You've got to wonder what on earth her manager thought he was doing letting her on the show.

Clinging onto anyone who would give her an ounce of attention - and threatening to scratch the eyes out of any other female who dared speak to her prey - she has established herself as a stalker of Glen Close in Fatal Attraction proportions.

Love Island fans couldn't believe their luck last year when respected TV presenter Jayne Middlemiss turned bunny boiler before our very eyes, spending six weeks bawling her eyes out over Lee Sharpe and threatening to punch Abi Titmuss' face in.

But I'd go so far to say Sophie Anderton's downfall is even more spectacular.

Mind you, there is a silver lining for sad Soph - for every spotty teenage boy who's taken down posters of her in disgust, she's probably won herself a new girl fan.

Every girl who has ever gone a bit OTT texting the object of her desires that one time too many, hassling his friends for info, driving down his road just to see where he lives, can identify with her.

Go Soph!