Quotes

I have taken pride in my pain, knowing full well that I am stronger than those who have none and despite the many injustices that still exist in our world, the racial disparities that continue and the bigotry that pervades I still remain hopeful about the future.

If you are filled with resentment, try letting that feeling come and then let that feeling go.

Many companies are now promising to educate their employees in a pursuit of a culture that better values and respects diversity and the incredible work of black authors, black owned businesses and grassroot foundations are finally being recognised.

I like to remember happy memories from my childhood growing up as a girl in Blackburn and while this mostly speaks true, there were also deeply dark and painful days when I experienced shocking racial and cultural bullying.

Remember that, ultimately, it is your differences that make you who you are and distinguish you from the bland and humdrum, and without your differences you can never hope to truly be special.

If there's one thing I know, it's don't train with a PT unless you're fuelled.

Naturally, my workouts vary each week. That said, I try to keep Saturday and Sunday as my rest days.

On days when I must wear a full face of makeup I'm always careful to take it all off at night!

When doing my own makeup, I tend to keep it simple for the most part and stick to my go-to products.

I'm really playful with eyeshadows and love to experiment with colour.

I have a shower first thing in the morning and I've got an array of products I like to alternate using depending on my mood!

The highs of having a big family were that there was always someone to play with and you get loads of birthday presents. The lows were sharing the bathroom.

In London everyone lives in small spaces so I found living in flatshares easy. I've never been bothered about privacy. If I'm home alone I feel a bit weird, I want people to come round.

My big sister's an engineer, my oldest brother is a lecturer at Cambridge University, another is a kidney specialist, another is an engineer, one set up his own business, my other sister's training to be a teacher and there's me wanting to be a presenter.

My mum used to take me and my younger sister to work with her. She said: 'You don't want to be a cleaner like me.' We worked as cleaners before we went to uni to save up money so we always had a strong work ethic.

I like to have the first hour of my day without looking at my phone, the news, the TV or anything. I put on some music, have a shower, have a coffee with oat milk, set my intentions for the day before I do all of that.

Masterclass.com is my favourite place to learn new skills.

When it comes to skincare, I keep it really simple in the morning. I wash, moisturise and go.

My skincare regime in the evening really helps me relax, unwind and get ready for a decent night's kip.

When I was 10 years old, there was a competition on the CBBC page on Teletext to be on a game show called 'Insides Out,' and the winner would get a backstage pass to the BBC. And I won!

There are so many highs and lows working in TV. I learnt that the hard way when my contract for 'Big Brother's Bit On The Side' wasn't renewed. Nobody gave me a reason, so I felt rotten.

The biggest obstacle when I was younger was geographical. I was living in Blackburn and the ITV and BBC studios were in London, and I thought: 'How do I get there? I need to be there.'

In our living room back home we had a black and white TV, but in our front room, that only visitors got to sit in, there was a colour TV.

Post-workout smoothies are good for my body, an espresso martini is good for my soul.

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.