Maya Jama’s most iconic fashion moments as she announces Love Island exit
Here’s a look back at the Bristolian broadcaster’s best looks as she steps down as host of the reality TV show after three years.
Maya Jama has announced she is stepping down as host of Love Island after nine series fronting the ITV dating show.
The 32-year-old presenter, who took over from Laura Whitmore in 2023, said it was “time to throw myself into something new” as she reflected on her three years in the role.
“I’ve loved every slow-mo walk, fire pit and live show,” Jama wrote on Instagram alongside a highlights reel of her time on the programme.
“But I’ve always believed that to truly grow, you have to take a leap every now and then.”
Her departure follows a successful appearance on The Celebrity Traitors and an acting debut in the second series of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix drama The Gentlemen.
While Jama has become one of the UK’s most recognisable TV personalities, she has also established herself as a fashion fixture, regularly appearing on the front row at fashion week and experimenting with daring looks on the red carpet.
As she prepares for her next chapter, we look back at some of her most memorable fashion moments.
2017: Mobo Awards
Jama became the youngest person to host the Mobo Awards in 2017, aged 23, presenting the ceremony alongside Marvin Humes.
Held in Leeds, Jama wore a silver encrusted mini dress from the high-street retailer Missguided, paired with a pale blue faux-fur stole and black strappy stilletoes.
The look made headlines when fellow presenter Sarah-Jane Crawford arrived wearing the exact same dress.
2017 was the beginning of Jama’s rise as a red-carpet regular, with her fashion choices becoming more elaborate and bold as her presenting career took off.
2019: Her First London Fashion Week
For her first London Fashion Week show, Jama wore a teal tulle gown by Beirut-based designer HassIdriss at supermodel Naomi Campbell’s star-studded Fashion For Relief charity show in September 2019.
The design featured two daring thigh-high splits and lattice criss-cross detailing across the neckline. She completed the look with silver strappy heels, sparkling drop earrings and a half-up hairstyle, with blue-green eyeshadow complementing the colour of the dress.
This would not be the last of Jama’s London Fashion Week looks as she’d soon attend some of the fashion calendar’s biggest runway shows.
2023: Brit Awards
For the 2023 Brit Awards, Jama stepped out in haute couture, wearing a black strapless midi dress with gold bone and rib-cage detailing by Schiaparelli.
The look was styled by Rhea Francois and featured sun-shaped gilded brass earrings and gold-strap sandals. “It was a significant moment for me, because I’ve always wanted to dress Maya for the Brit Awards,” Francois told British Vogue that year.
As one of the first red-carpet arrivals, Jama was co-hosting the red carpet broadcast for ITV2 alongside Clara Amfo and Roman Kemp.
2024: Brit Awards
Maya’s wardrobe has consistently celebrated talented emerging designers.
For the Brit Awards the following year, Jama opted for the British-American designer Harris Reed, delivering one of her most dramatic red-carpet looks in a custom black velvet gown.
The design featured a sheer corseted waist and exaggerated fishtail skirt, creating the theatrical and extravagant silhouette Reed is famed for.
She kept her accessories understated forgoing bracelets or a necklace and wearing simple diamond studs with loose, beachy waves.
2024: MTV Europe Music Awards
At the MTV Europe Music Awards in Manchester that same year, Jama paid homage to one of fashion’s most famous red-carpet moments in a recreation of Versace’s safety pin dress from the house’s spring/summer 1994 collection.
The black figure-hugging gown featured a gold safety-pin embellishment, recalling the iconic Versace dress worn by Elizabeth Hurley to the premiere of Four Weddings And A Funeral in 1994.
Jama paired the archival look with relaxed, long hair and simple, square-toed sandals leaning in to the Nineties minimalist look.
2024: Fashion Awards
2024 arguably comprised of Jama’s best red-carpet moments so far, when at the Fashion Awards in London she wore a pale pistachio-green silk gown by American designer Conner Ives.
The halterneck design featured Ives’ iconic lattice fringing and intricate embroidery on silk.
Jama finished the look with delicate jewellery from the Parisian-based house Messika, showcasing a more romantic style compared to her typical dramatic red-carpet looks.
2025: Front Row With Naomi Campbell At London Fashion Week
Now a stalwart on London Fashion Week’s front rows, Jama stepped out alongside long-time friend Campbell for Burberry’s spring/summer in September 2025.
Wearing a black ruched gown from Burberry’s autumn/winter 2025 collection, the presenter embraced the season’s fringe trend with dramatic sleeves and a floor-length skirt.
She paired the look with narrow cat-eye sunglasses and a chin-length bob, stepping away from her iconic long locks.
2026: Brit Awards
Now channelling old Hollywood glamour with a Twenties-style flapper bob, Jama leant into the look at the 2026 Brit Awards in Manchester, wearing a custom white-sequinned gown by London-based designer David Koma.
The elegant design featured delicate spaghetti straps, a plunging neckline and a feather-like faux-fur trim, that Jama echoed with a matching ivory stole.
The simple silhouette and softly curled bob was reminiscent of the golden age of cinema, bringing to mind the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield.
2026: The Gentlemen Premiere
For the premiere of her acting debut, Jama embraced a more provocative silhouette in a custom black leather dress by R&M Leathers.
Starring alongside Kaya Scodelario and Theo James for Ritchie’s second series of Netflix’s The Gentlemen, Jama stepped out in a plunging halterneck, with cut-outs and studded detailing for the London premiere.
Styled by Francois once again, the look was a distinctly edgier alternative to the more classic ensembles spotted elsewhere on the red carpet.