In the last year, Maya Jama has become a household name as the host of Love Island, but British Vogue’s August 2023 cover star has spent almost a decade carving out a name for herself in the entertainment industry. In honour of her Vogue cover debut, she takes us back through her Instagram archives, from her first Brit Awards ('pretty sure I met Phil Mitchell that night') to being a guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race ('the first time ever on TV where I was really shy') and the one Halloween that saw her 'doing a walk of shame through the BBC building,' leaving a trail of sequins in her wake.

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00:00 - Maya in Ayia Napa
00:56 - Maya with her Mum, Gran & Auntie
01:29 - Maya working the FIFA World Cup (2014)
02:00 - Maya attending the Brit Awards 2016
02:34 - Maya DJing at Glastonbury
03:09 - Maya’s first solo holiday to Sri Lanka
03:44 - Maya giving her first TED Talk
04:30 - Maya with her Nanny
04:55 - Maya MCing with Alesha Dixon
05:42 - Maya’s first Vogue shoot
06:17 - Maya on RuPaul’s Drag Race
06:39 - Maya with Davina McCall
07:08 - Maya as ‘Bad Grandma’ for Halloween 2022
08:02 - Maya filming Love Island
08:41 - Maya on the cover of Vogue (August 2023)

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Director
Tom Ivin

Director of Photography
Charlotte Croft

Editor
Lydia Bowden

Featuring
Maya Jama

Director of Creative Production
Minnie J Carver

Producer
Anisa Kennar

Talent Booker
Deborah Ababio

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B-Camera Operator
Rebecca Richards

Camera Assistant
Esther Collins

Gaffer
Chaimaa Ormazábal

Spark
Louis Johnson

Sound Recordist
Jermaine Monero

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Stylist
Eniola Dare

Stylist’s Assistant
Zoe Glanville

Make-Up Artist
Letitia Sophia

Hair Stylist
Patrick Wilson

Manicurist
Ami Streets

Prop Stylist
Tors Beedles

Prop Stylist’s Assistant
Sienna Murdoch

Tailor
Birute Kelminskiene

Researcher
Ben Knight Evans

VFX Artist
Dylan Wynne

Graphic Designer
Montse Tanús

Colourist
Vlad Barin @ Cheat

Sound Mixer
Sean Dodd

Special Thanks
Dolce & Gabbana
Rosewood London
Sheertex

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