Dean 'Dino' Hira (MAFS 2019)

Age: 34
From: Perth, WA
Occupation: Meditation Coach

If Zen could be his middle name, Dino would make it so.

This meditation coach and Perth-based FIFO mine controller has been in seven serious relationships, but the one that made the biggest impact was the one that ended in a broken engagement. The rough patch following the break-up brought Dino to discover meditation as a way to see the positives in life, and he has never looked back. He now teaches meditation in the mines and beyond.

Dino, who describes love as “a cage you must let your partner fly out of”, is also a part-time model who has won a number of modelling competitions and was voted Mr Australasia 2016.

Successful and self-made, Dino grew up in Hong Kong and moved to Australia at the age of 16. Since then he has built an impressive property portfolio, which includes a five-bedroom house ready for his new bride to call home.

**All participants are offered independent psychological support before, during and after the experiment.