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Love Island's new presenter Maya Jama made her dating show debut earlier this week in the first episode of this year's Winter edition.
The 28-year-old sent pulses racing as she arrived to the South African villa in a red hot two piece which she then switched for a tropical flowy dress as she met the first set of male Islanders.
Hailing from Bristol, Maya has always been on the presenting radar, staring in shows such as Don't Hate The Playas and BBC's Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star.
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Outside of her TV work, the former DJ heads back to her hometown to spend time with her family, including her stunning look-a-like mum Sadie and her model brother Omar.
Maya has also opened up about her father, who spent most of her childhood in prison, and the affect the experience had on her.
The beauty shares a lot of her life on Instagram, from her fun antics to her dazzling snaps, and her family occasionally show up in a post.
To celebrate Maya's Love Island stint, Daily Star has looked inside her family life.
Lookalike mum
Maya's regularly posts hilarious snaps with her beautiful lookalike mum, Sadie. The 46-year-old, who reportedly gets mistaken for Maya's sister, gave birth to the presenter when she was 18.
Known by Maya as the "bane of her childhood," Sadie always allowed Maya to "have her experiences," which meant Maya "rebelled less".
She told the Evening Standard: "She had me at 18, so our relationship was a bit different. I rebelled less because I was quite free. My mum's always been like, 'I want you to have your experiences — just tell me. I'm not going to judge you or shout at you.'"
Sadie tied the knot with her long-term partner in 2018 and was congratulated by daughter Maya in a sweet Instagram post.
She added the caption: "Best day ever watching my mum marry her soulmate one of the loveliest people I know (ft. The family. Last video is where I get it from) 18 years strong."
Rarely-seen brother
When visiting Bristol for Christmas last year, Maya shared photos with her rarely-seen younger brother Omar, who supported his sister's business wearing her MIJ Masks eye mask range.
Omar works as a professional model and has been associated with modelling agency D1LON. Under the contract, he's modelled for top brands like Portuguese Soul, Etro Fashion Week and Celine.
The pair reportedly have a strong bond despite not seeing each other much as Maya works on exciting jobs like her Love Island gig.
Jailbird dad
Maya has been open about her relationship with her dad, who she stopped visiting when she was 12 as he went in and out of jail for violence-related crimes such as pub brawls and fights. She made a documentary with 5Star called When Dads Kill about the experience.
On the show she met up with her dad who had at that point been released from prison, and admitted that she "felt sorry for him."
“I felt sorry for him; I felt sad for him,” she said. “I wanted him to explain why he’d done those bad things and he was embarrassed, and I felt bad for him… I’m left thinking that either he is just bad, or there are things I don’t know about him and may never know.”
Speaking to The Guardian, Maya reassuringly stated that she had "no lack of love" while her father was missing from her childhood: "I had plenty of people around me who did what a dad should do. I never felt unloved; my childhood was as good as it could have been.
She added: "There was no lack of love, and my dad’s brother was around so there was a male presence."
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