It's the kind of spring day in New York that promises summer is right around the corner — a clear blue sky and warm sun beaming down on the bustling streets.

But if you were to step out of the Midtown crowd and enter the restaurant Tán on 49th Street, you’d feel transported to the tropics. And one early afternoon in May, that's where you’d find reality TV star and “Love Island USA” host Ariana Madix casually curled up in a corner booth.

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Over the last few years, Madix’s career has skyrocketed far beyond “Vanderpump Rules,” the Bravo show where she got her start. Now, for a photoshoot with TODAY.com , she sits beside her glam team during one of her last stops before her official “Love Island USA” summer begins o

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