Mandi Vakili

Mandi Vakili (born February 19, 1992, England) is an English influencer, Instagram model, and podcast host (Famous Birthdays). A Kingston law graduate turned NARS makeup artist, she built a 360,000-follower Instagram, then co-launched the Sisters in the City podcast with her sister Anna Vakili of Love Island 2019 (OK!). In March 2025 she entered Netflix's Sidemen gameshow Inside for its second series (Radio Times).[modifier]

Raised in London by Iranian parents who pressed for a STEM, legal, or medical career. Law degree, Kingston University (2014); Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP (2016–2017). Worked as a makeup artist at Boots, then Harvey Nichols for NARS. In 2019 she was cut from Love Island at the last minute; sister Anna took the slot and Mandi's profile rose by association (OK!).[modifier]

Instagram fashion/lifestyle content carried her past 360,000 followers. In 2022 the Vakili sisters launched Sisters in the City, a Sex and the City-inspired podcast on life as Middle Eastern women in London, releasing Fridays and later touring (Radio Times). March 2025: cast on Inside Season 2 — 12 creators, seven episodes, £1 million prize — her first Sidemen collaboration (DeltiasGaming). She runs the joint Anna and Mandi Vakili YouTube channel.[modifier]

Blunt one-liners, open spending, open cosmetic-procedure talk. The sisters' stated mission: representing Middle Eastern women as both "sexy and smart." Tone is confident and direct; fans cite the law-graduate-to-influencer arc.[modifier]

iFANN-only numbers, read from live data: YouTube: 23,800 subscribers, 2,400,021 views (fetched 2026-10-18). No Last.fm presence is tracked for this entry. Popularity rank: #41,292 overall, #31,050 by type (ranked 2026-10-19). iFANN's Global Fame Engine assigns no placement in the Global Top 1,000 or any Top-100 scope list. No formal fandom name exists; engagement is decentralized across Instagram and TikTok.[modifier]

She speaks Persian and used the law degree as a bargaining chip for creative freedom with her parents. In July 2019 she posted a pointed Instagram rant at Love Island's Jordan Hames over messages to Anna. She has discussed BBLs, breast lifts, and implants openly on the podcast (Sportskeeda).[modifier]

Daughter of Iranian immigrants; younger sister of Anna Vakili (Love Island 2019) (OK!). No children. Family narrative centers on the STEM-career pressure both sisters describe on the podcast.[modifier]

Sister Anna Vakili (Love Island 2019; podcast co-host) (OK!). Inside S2 castmates including Whitney Adebayo (Heatworld). Photographed with Dan Bilzerian (August 2018). Ambassador for Este Medical Group; Fashion Nova ambassador per The Direct (The Direct).[modifier]

She keeps her boyfriend's identity private, showing only glimpses and calling him "Gingerbeard" on the podcast; his name is undisclosed (Grazia). No prior public dating history is documented.[modifier]

No net worth figure has been published by a credible outlet; the $1 million figure is an unsourced estimate. Revenue lines on record: Instagram sponsorships (Este Medical Group, Fashion Nova), podcast revenue, YouTube monetization, and Inside appearance fees.[modifier]