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Bristol Post
Entertainment
Emma Grimshaw

Maya Jama's lookalike mum who is mistaken for her sister

Maya Jama has stolen the nation's heart this January while presenting Love Island and receiving heaps of praise from viewers.

The Bristol-born beauty is the first non-white person to front the hit-series and has so far been smashing the role. From her epic helicopter entrance to her effortless hosting and banter with the islanders, viewers are loving seeing her on our screens.

Backing her all the way is her proud mum Sadie, who was 19 when she gave birth to Jama in our city. Sadie is of Swedish descent, while Maya's father Hussein is of Somali descent, and they named their beautiful daughter after US author and poet Maya Angelou.

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