Amaya Espinal has a new smile, and she says it changed how she feels in public. The Love Island USA winner, known to fans as Amaya Papaya, recently had veneers placed by New York City cosmetic dentist Dr. Nick Mavro and said the result gave her a bigger confidence boost than she expected.
Espinal said the change came as her career has moved well beyond the villa. After winning Love Island USA Season 7 with Bryan Arenales and later breaking up, she has kept building her profile through media events and appearances, making her latest look part of a public life that is still expanding. For readers searching amaya love island now, the reason is simple: she is talking openly about a visible change at the same moment she is showing up more often in public.
She said the decision was tied to the way she wanted to present herself. Espinal wanted a smile that felt more symmetrical and helped her feel more confident while speaking in public. She also said she always knew she would want to work with Mavro, who was introduced to her by a mutual friend. The procedure, she said, was completely painless and far easier than she expected. She added that Mavro made her comfortable and took time to explain every step so she knew what was coming.
Mavro said he aimed to lengthen her teeth, give her upper lip more support and brighten the color slightly. He also pushed back on the idea that the goal was a flawless look. Smile design, he said, is not about a perfect smile but about the right smile for a person’s features and natural movement. That balance appears to be what Espinal wanted too: not a dramatic reinvention, but a version of her smile that fit the person she is becoming on camera and off it.
The payoff, by both accounts, has been immediate. Espinal said she has not stopped smiling since the procedure, and Mavro said he has seen her speaking and smiling more freely at red carpet and other media-related events. Whether she makes any further cosmetic changes is not clear, but for now the message is already visible every time she steps into a room: the smile is doing the talking.
