In 2023, Maya Jama took over as the host of the popular ITV2 dating reality series, Love Island.
17 Facts About Maya Jama
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In 2012, Maya Jama moved to London to pursue a media career, first as an actress, then as a TV presenter and fashion model.
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In September 2017 and February 2018, Maya Jama was a guest panellist on ITV's Loose Women.
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In September 2018, Maya Jama co-presented the first series of The Circle on Channel 4 with Alice Levine.
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Maya Jama appeared on Channel 4's The Big Fat Quiz of the Year in 2019 and 2020.
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In January 2021, the BBC announced that Maya Jama would be the new presenter of Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star, replacing former presenter Stacey Dooley, who presented the first two series of the programme.
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In February 2021, Maya Jama appeared as a celebrity guest judge during the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
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In September 2021, it was announced that Maya Jama would be the host of Simon Cowell's new music competition gameshow Walk The Line.
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In October 2022, it was announced that Maya Jama would take over from Laura Whitmore as the presenter of ITV2 dating reality series Love Island.
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On 15 May 2020, the BBC confirmed in a statement that Maya Jama had left Radio 1 after two years.
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In 2018, Maya Jama hosted When Life Gives You Melons, a podcast available to streaming platforms in partnership with Freya Lingerie.
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Maya Jama launched a successful clothing collection with PrettyLittleThing in June 2018, followed by a second collection in February 2019.
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In December 2020, Maya Jama launched her own face and eye masks range, MIJ Masks, with the first release selling out within 24 hours.
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In 2018, a tweet that Maya Jama made when she was 17 surfaced, which detailed her laughing at a tweet that mocked dark-skinned black women.
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Between 2015 and 2019, Maya Jama was in a relationship with British rapper Stormzy; their break-up inspired his 2019 song "Lessons".
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In 2021, it was reported Maya Jama was dating NBA player Ben Simmons.
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Maya Jama later opened and hosted the 2020 EE BAFTA red carpet in a 5G powered AR dress.