21 Facts About Tasha Ghouri

Natasha Amber Ghouri is a British model, dancer, author and television personality.

Tasha Ghouri was born in Thirsk and was deaf from birth.

Natasha Amber Ghouri was born on 11 August 1998 in Thirsk to Nicky Young and Tarek Ghouri.

Tasha Ghouri was born deaf and was initially fitted for hearing aids before being given a single cochlear implant at Bradford Royal Infirmary just before her fifth birthday.

Tasha Ghouri told Naga Munchetty in December 2022 that her deafness causes migraines and exhaustion, due to the need to constantly lip read, and she told the Radio Times in May 2024 that said fatigue can cause her to require "a few days in bed" to recuperate on account of sensory overload.

Tasha Ghouri took up ballet aged three, although she stated in an August 2024 Kiss interview that she was "not good" at it.

Tasha Ghouri later attended Thirsk Primary School, CAPA College, and Creative Academy in Slough.

Tasha Ghouri stated in August 2024 that she had been trained in commercial streetstyle.

In 2022, Tasha Ghouri applied for the ITV2 dating show Love Island; she told an October 2023 edition of Grace Beverley's Working Hard, Hardly Working podcast that she had previously applied for Too Hot to Handle but was told that she was not right for the programme and that a producer who worked on both shows passed her name on.

ITV announced in May 2022 that Tasha Ghouri would be an original contestant on Love Island's eighth series, becoming the format's first deaf contestant.

Tasha Ghouri later used an April 2023 tweet to allege that filming for Love Island had obstructed her from filming for the 2023 film Barbie, for which she had auditioned as a dancer and got through to the finals.

Tasha Ghouri was initially coupled up with Andrew Le Page after facing a public vote, though was taken on dates by Jay Younger and Charlie Radnedge two weeks in, and she and Le Page remained a couple until the format's Casa Amor, when Le Page spent a brief period with Coco Lodge before breaking up with her and Tasha Ghouri spent a brief period with Billy Brown before breaking up with him.

Le Page announced in February 2025 that they had split up, though rumours had swirled a month earlier, and Tasha Ghouri later stated that she ended the relationship and had kept Luna.

In December 2022, Tasha Ghouri appeared as a contestant on the Weakest Link and on Britain Get Singing, a singing competition; she later appeared on the seventh series of CelebAbility.

Tasha Ghouri then took part in a government campaign to combat loneliness, alongside Josh Patterson, Bobby Brazier, Bradley Riches, Anastasia Kingsnorth, and Bronte King.

Tasha Ghouri was the format's second deaf contestant after previous contestant Rose Ayling-Ellis, who won her series, and the second Love Island alumnus after Zara McDermott.

Tasha Ghouri's participation was announced on an interview on Kiss presented by Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely and was praised by the National Deaf Children's Society.

Tasha Ghouri received backlash from those questioning why trained dancers were allowed to compete on an amateur competition and used a subsequent social media post to state that she had "never learned or been taught" any of the programme's styles.

Tasha Ghouri's series was the first to insist on training sessions being supervised following allegations levelled at both Pernice and McDermott's partner Graziano Di Prima.

Tasha Ghouri was partnered with Aljaz Skorjanec during the series' launch show.

Tasha Ghouri coped with the series by taking her implant out for around half an hour just before the live shows and attracted press attention after disclosing that she had been suffering from cyberbullying over her accent and after her cochlear implant dislodged during an Argentine tango to "Ex Wives" from Six.