Editing Tasha Ghouri

{{Short description|English television personality}}
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| birth_place        = [[Thirsk]], England
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'''Natasha Amber Ghouri''' ({{IPAc-en|g|ʊr|iː}}, born 11 August 1998) is an English model, author, dancer and television personality. Born deaf in [[Thirsk]] in [[North Yorkshire]], she became a dancer and model, appearing in the music video for "More Than Words" by Sleepwalkers featuring [[MNEK]], and initially attracted attention for modelling [[earring]]s for [[ASOS (retailer)|ASOS]]. Her appearances on the [[Love Island (2015 TV series, series 8)|eighth series]] of ''[[Love Island (2015 TV series)|Love Island]]'', on which she and Andrew Le Page placed joint-fourth, brought her numerous ambassadorial roles, and she later launched a podcast, ''Superpowers with Tasha'', and released a book, ''Hits Different''. In January and February 2024, she spent a week as the Dictionary Corner guest on ''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]]'', and later that month, the [[BBC]] reported that she had gone viral on [[TikTok]] after uploading a [[Get Ready With Me]] video to [[TikTok]] using her deaf accent. She was a contestant on [[Strictly Come Dancing series 22|that year]]'s series of [[Strictly Come Dancing|''Strictly Come Dancing'']], where she was partnered with [[Aljaž Škorjanec]].

== Life and career ==

=== Early life ===
Natasha Amber Ghouri{{NoteTag|{{unbulleted list citebundle|For Natasha, see <ref name=":0" />.|For Amber, see <ref name=":7"/>.}}}} ({{IPAc-en|g|ʊr|iː}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newsbeat - My deaf accent - BBC Sounds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001vrgq |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206180422/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001vrgq |url-status=live }}</ref> was born on 11 August 1998<ref name=":3" /> in Thirsk in North Yorkshire<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 June 2022 |title=Love Island: Tasha Ghouri becomes show's first deaf contestant |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-61717825 |access-date=29 January 2024 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144937/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-61717825 |url-status=live }}</ref> to Nicky Young and Tarek Ghouri and has a brother, Alex. She was born deaf and was initially fitted for hearing aids before being given a single [[cochlear implant]] at [[Bradford Royal Infirmary]] just before her fifth birthday.<ref name=":4" /> This lasted until she was sixteen and went unreplaced for five months.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Dodds |first=Rosanna |date=19 September 2023 |title=Jodie Ounsley, Gladiator: 'When I say I'm deaf, people panic…' |url=https://www.ft.com/content/617d47b5-606a-427e-94fd-d518eaf94e0c |access-date=31 January 2024 |work=Financial Times |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131152434/https://www.ft.com/content/617d47b5-606a-427e-94fd-d518eaf94e0c |url-status=live }}</ref> Ghouri later underwent [[speech therapy]],<ref name=":4" /> and was unable to speak until she was five, having communicated entirely in [[British Sign Language]] until that point.<ref name=":6">{{Cite AV media |title="I was pushed to the side": Tasha Ghouri on her mission for a more accessible world |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBn361iLavo |access-date=1 February 2024 |language=en |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201133258/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBn361iLavo |url-status=live }}</ref> She told [[Naga Munchetty]] in December 2022 that her deafness causes migraines and exhaustion, due to the need to constantly lip read,<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 5 Live - Naga Munchetty - Tasha Ghouri: Five things we learnt |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4B8b2KzSMG09cFtyxpPggSl/tasha-ghouri-five-things-we-learnt |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> and she told the [[Radio Times]] in May 2024 that said fatigue can cause her to require "a few days in bed" to recuperate on account of [[sensory overload]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='My deafness isn't a weakness – it's my superpower,' says Tasha Ghouri |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/tasha-ghouri-deaf-awareness-week-2024-exclusive-comment/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Ghouri took up [[ballet]] aged three,<ref name=":4" /> although she would claim in a August 2024 ''Kiss'' interview that she was "not good" at it.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Strictly's Tasha Ghouri defends previous dance experience: "I may actually not be good at it" |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/strictly-tasha-ghouri-dance-experience-defence-newsupdate/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}</ref> Growing up, she would replicate the choreography of her parents' copy of the [[Steps (pop group)|Steps]] album [[Gold: Greatest Hits (Steps album)|''Gold: Greatest Hits'']]. She later attended Thirsk Primary School, [[Boston Spa Academy]], CAPA College, and Creative Academy<ref name=":4">{{Cite AV media |title=Superpowers With Tasha - Nicky Young and Tarek Ghouri: Raising A Superhero |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tTzrq6y1UQ |access-date=29 January 2024 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144937/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tTzrq6y1UQ |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Slough]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2022 |title=First deaf contestant who trained as dancer in Slough to star in Love Island 2022 |url=https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/20175183.love-island-2022-tasha-ghouri-set-enter-villa/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Slough Observer |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144938/https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/20175183.love-island-2022-tasha-ghouri-set-enter-villa/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She stated in August 2024 that she had been trained in commercial streetstyle.<ref name=":9" /> After graduating, she moved to [[London]], where she signed to a [[modelling agency]] and worked as a self-employed dancer behind a bar.<ref name=":6" /> She then spent six months in [[France]].<ref name=":5" />

In October 2020, she featured in the music video for "More Than Words" by Sleepwalkrs featuring MNEK,<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2022 |title=Love Island's first deaf contestant starred in MNEK music video |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a40194410/love-island-tasha-ghouri-mnek-music-video/ |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131153936/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a40194410/love-island-tasha-ghouri-mnek-music-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which was directed by Mike Baldwin and featured a performance from a dance troupe composed of deaf and hard-of-hearing dancers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 October 2020 |title=MNEK: Little Mix were in the driver's seat on new album |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/mnek-little-mix-were-in-the-drivers-seat-on-new-album/39653960.html |access-date=31 January 2024 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131152434/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/mnek-little-mix-were-in-the-drivers-seat-on-new-album/39653960.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2021, ASOS ran an advertising campaign for earrings featuring Ghouri, for which they went viral over their choice to hire a cochlear implant wearer<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=18 April 2021 |title=ASOS celebrated for earring ad featuring model with a cochlear implant |url=https://style.nine.com.au/latest/asos-earrings-cochlear-implant/bfe5b189-9b09-48ab-9e16-57fecf0c0f6f |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=style.nine.com.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144938/https://style.nine.com.au/latest/asos-earrings-cochlear-implant/bfe5b189-9b09-48ab-9e16-57fecf0c0f6f |url-status=live }}</ref> and attracted praise from [[Sense, The National Deafblind and Rubella Association]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=Ruby |date=15 April 2021 |title=ASOS praised by shoppers for using deaf model with a cochlear implant |url=https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/fashion/asos-cochlear-implant-20393727 |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=My London |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144939/https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/fashion/asos-cochlear-implant-20393727 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Royal National Institute for Deaf People]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodger |first=James |date=8 June 2022 |title=Love Island's Tasha dated very famous BBC Strictly Come Dancing star |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/love-islands-tasha-dated-very-24171992 |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Birmingham Live |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144937/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/love-islands-tasha-dated-very-24171992 |url-status=live }}</ref> She later dated [[Giovanni Pernice]] after the pair connected via [[Instagram]]; they met in January 2022, though their relationship dissipated after he undertook the [[Strictly Come Dancing Live!#The Live Tour! 2022|Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Tour! 2022]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Love Island's Tasha used to date this celebrity, apparently |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a40271395/love-island-tasha-giovanni-dating/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== ''Love Island'' ===
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In 2022, Ghouri applied for the [[ITV2]] dating show ''Love Island''; she told a October 2023 edition of [[Grace Beverley]]'s ''Working Hard, Hardly Working'' podcast that she had previously applied for [[Too Hot to Handle (TV series)|''Too Hot to Handle'']] but was told that she was not right for the programme and that a producer who worked on both shows passed her name on.<ref name=":6" /> [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] announced in May 2022 that Ghouri would be an original contestant on ''Love Island''<nowiki/>'s eighth series, becoming the format's first deaf contestant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is Tasha Ghouri? Meet Love Island's first-ever deaf contestant |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/love-island-2022-contestant-tasha-ghouri/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530194019/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/love-island-2022-contestant-tasha-ghouri/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She was initially coupled up with Andrew Le Page after facing a public vote,<ref>{{Cite web |title=A recap of Love Island 2022: Who won series 8? |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/television/love-island-2022-recap/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Planetradio.co.uk}}</ref> though was taken on dates by Jay Younger and Charlie Radnedge two weeks in,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Love Island&#x27;s Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page are moving in together |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/television/love-island-tasha-andrew-relationship/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Planetradio.co.uk |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320120255/https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/television/love-island-tasha-andrew-relationship/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and she and Le Page remained a couple until the format's Casa Amor, when Le Page spent a brief period with Coco Lodge before breaking up with her<ref name=":1" /> and Ghouri spent a brief period with Billy Brown before breaking up with him;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodger |first=James |date=11 July 2022 |title=Love Island spoilers show Tasha dumping Billy for Andrew tonight |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/itv-love-island-spoilers-show-24457761 |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Birmingham Live |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144939/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/itv-love-island-spoilers-show-24457761 |url-status=live }}</ref> a disgruntled Lodge later revealed to their fellow Islanders what she and Le Page had got up to on the first night of Casa Amor,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=10 July 2022 |title=Viewers think this is the funniest moment in Love Island history |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a40566088/love-island-andrew-tasha-coco-funniest-moment/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-GB |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144937/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a40566088/love-island-andrew-tasha-coco-funniest-moment/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Le Page later went viral for his awkward explanation to Ghouri that he had "licked her tit, or whatever"<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2022 |title=Love Island's Coco Lodge pokes fun at Andrew Le Page's 'tit-gate' line |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/love-island-coco-andrew-tit-response-b2126511.html |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144937/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/love-island-coco-andrew-tit-response-b2126511.html |url-status=live }}</ref> (he had actually sucked it).<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 2022 |title='Tit-Gate' And The Boundaries Of Acceptable Cheating On Love Island |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/tit-gate-love-island-andrew-le-page-coco-lodge/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Grazia |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130172231/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/tit-gate-love-island-andrew-le-page-coco-lodge/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ghouri and Le Page ultimately made the final and placed joint-fourth, spending 58 days on the show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crandall |first=Kevin |date=20 October 2022 |title=Love Island Season 8: Where Are They Now? |url=https://screenrant.com/love-island-season-8-contestants-cast-where-are-they-now/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810082111/https://screenrant.com/love-island-season-8-contestants-cast-where-are-they-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref> While on the show, Ghouri received a large amount of abuse for the way she spoke, with "girls mocking Tasha" receiving over 6,100,000 views on [[TikTok]];<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Maeve |date=2022-07-27 |title=Love Island ticked diversity box with deaf contestant but what is it doing about hate? |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-40927430.html |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref> the volume of abuse directed at Ghouri later led her social media delegates to request that commentators stop mocking her deafness,<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2022 |title=Opinion: Fan of Love Island? You should be worried about its future |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/love-island-tasha-ghouri-deaf-ableist-abuse-b2110896.html |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144937/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/love-island-tasha-ghouri-deaf-ableist-abuse-b2110896.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and in December 2022, ITV announced that it would ban Islanders from having active social media accounts during their time on the programme.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 December 2022 |title=Love Island 2023 introduces huge change to show |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a42368849/love-island-2023-social-media-ban/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144937/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a42368849/love-island-2023-social-media-ban/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She and Le Page moved in to an apartment in [[East London]] in September 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLoughlin |first=Lisa |date=7 September 2022 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri reveals she's moving in with Andrew Le Page |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/love-island-2022-couple-tasha-ghouri-andrew-le-page-moving-in-together-b1023811.html |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> later adopting a dog, Luna.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 June 2023 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page welcome new rescue dog to the family |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a44315185/love-island-tasha-andrew-adopt-dog-luna/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref> Ghouri later used an April 2023 [[Tweet (social media)|tweet]] to allege that filming for ''Love Island'' had obstructed her from filming for the 2023 film [[Barbie (film)|''Barbie'']], for which she had auditioned as a dancer and got through to the finals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2023 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri almost starred in Barbie movie |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a43530816/love-island-tasha-ghouri-barbie-movie/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

After ''Love Island'', Ghouri used her platform to encourage people to learn [[sign language]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=6 February 2024 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri wants to normalise deaf accents |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-68085789 |access-date=6 February 2024 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206110924/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-68085789 |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2022, [[eBay]] announced that Ghouri would be their first 'pre-loved' ambassador,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-08 |title=Love Island’s Fashion Hero Tasha Ghouri Is Ebay’s First Pre-Loved Ambassador |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/shopping/tasha-ghouri-ebay-pre-loved-ambassador/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Grazia |language=en}}</ref> and the following month she released a 60-item collection on the website, with proceeds going to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People;<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2022 |title=Love Island star Tasha unveils first pre-loved eBay collection - Check it out |url=https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/21221557.love-island-star-tasha-ghouri-reveals-first-ebay-collection-pre-loved-ambassador/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Bracknell News |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130172230/https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/21221557.love-island-star-tasha-ghouri-reveals-first-ebay-collection-pre-loved-ambassador/ |url-status=live }}</ref> also in September, she became an ambassador for [[Cadbury Fingers]], for whom she filmed a campaign video in conjunction with the [[National Deaf Children's Society]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2022 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri fronts Cadbury's campaign to encourage BSL lessons {{!}} Virgin Radio UK |url=https://virginradio.co.uk/entertainment/74807/love-islands-tasha-ghouri-fronts-cadburys-campaign-to-encourage-bsl-lessons |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=virginradio.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130173732/https://virginradio.co.uk/entertainment/74807/love-islands-tasha-ghouri-fronts-cadburys-campaign-to-encourage-bsl-lessons |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[L'Oréal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sansome |first=Jessica |date=22 September 2022 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri stuns in white as she debuts new look at premiere |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/itv-love-islands-tasha-ghouri-25083042 |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130172230/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/itv-love-islands-tasha-ghouri-25083042 |url-status=live }}</ref> She later became an ambassador for [[Ann Summers]], for whom she featured in their Christmas advert and fronted their Luminescent collection;<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Ann Summers launches Luminescent collection |url=https://underlinesmagazine.com/2023/08/15/ann-summers-launches-luminescent-collection/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=underlinesmagazine.com |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130172231/https://underlinesmagazine.com/2023/08/15/ann-summers-launches-luminescent-collection/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sisters & Seekers,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Love Island 2022 cast now: Inside lucrative deals and new homes |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/love-island-2022-cast-doing-now/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Capital |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130172230/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/love-island-2022-cast-doing-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a [[Llay]]-based fashion label;<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2021 |title=Sisters & Seekers fashion brand to open at Chester Pop-Up shop for one week only |url=https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/19562527.sisters-seekers-fashion-brand-open-chester-pop-up-shop-one-week/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Chester and District Standard |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130172230/https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/19562527.sisters-seekers-fashion-brand-open-chester-pop-up-shop-one-week/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Lullabellz,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=13 January 2023 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri throws shade at co-stars 'doubters' |url=https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/love-island/tasha-ghouri-love-island/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Closer |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130172231/https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/love-island/tasha-ghouri-love-island/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a [[hair care]] and beauty brand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pellant |first=Georgina |date=2022-03-04 |title=Manchester women can get free coffee at a local cafe this week |url=https://themanc.com/news/manchester-women-can-get-free-coffee-at-a-local-cafe-this-week/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=The Manc |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Subsequent media career ===
In December 2022, she appeared as a contestant on [[The Weakest Link (British game show)|''the Weakest Link'']]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenne |first=Ellen |date=24 December 2022 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri calls out trolls who slammed Weakest Link performance |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/tasha-ghouri-weakest-link-trolls-25834377 |access-date=1 February 2024 |website=My London |language=en |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201155745/https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/tasha-ghouri-weakest-link-trolls-25834377 |url-status=live }}</ref> and on ''Britain Get Singing'', a singing competition;<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Love Island cast sang a Christmas song and viewers were divided |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/love-island-britain-get-singing/ |access-date=1 February 2024 |website=Capital |language=en |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201155745/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/love-island-britain-get-singing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> she later appeared on the seventh series of ''[[CelebAbility]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023 |title=Love Island star Iain Stirling's show axed after seven seasons |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a45749992/love-island-iain-stirling-celebability-axed/ |access-date=1 February 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201155745/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a45749992/love-island-iain-stirling-celebability-axed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, she launched a podcast, ''Superpowers with Tasha'', in which she reimagines disabilities as superpowers.<ref name=":8" /> In September 2023, Ghouri and the London-based autistic author and editor Lizzie Huxley-Jones announced that they were writing a romantic novel, ''Hits Different'', in which a deaf young adult pursues her dream of becoming a dancer;<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Hot Key Books bags 'Love Island' contestant and disability campaigner Ghouri's novel |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/hot-key-books-bags-love-island-contestant-and-disability-campaigner-ghouris-novel |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=The Bookseller |language=En |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131152434/https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/hot-key-books-bags-love-island-contestant-and-disability-campaigner-ghouris-novel |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Wales Online]] used their article to note that Ghouri had made their announcement to her 1,500,000 followers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowlands |first=Eve |date=22 September 2023 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri's 'super special' new venture |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/love-islands-tasha-ghouri-reveals-27766608 |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=Wales Online |language=en |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131152434/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/love-islands-tasha-ghouri-reveals-27766608 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hot Key Books later acquired the rights to the novel,<ref name=":8" /> which was released in June 2024.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-08 |title=Tasha Ghouri Addresses Her Dance Background After Strictly Come Dancing Announcement |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/tasha-ghouri-strictly-come-dancing/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Grazia |language=en}}</ref> In January and February 2024, she spent a week as the Dictionary Corner guest on the UK game show ''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]],''<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2024 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri makes surprise TV appearance |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a46594851/love-island-tasha-ghouri-countdown/ |access-date=1 February 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201114014/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a46594851/love-island-tasha-ghouri-countdown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> shortly after which she and [[Johannes Radebe]] taught a beginner's [[Tap dance|tap]] class at Meadows Community Centre in Cambridge in which [[Queen Camilla]] was a participant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queen says she 'always wanted to tap dance' during visit to community centre in Cambridge |url=https://news.sky.com/video/queen-says-she-always-wanted-to-tap-dance-during-visit-to-community-centre-in-cambridge-13062198 |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206130143/https://news.sky.com/video/queen-says-she-always-wanted-to-tap-dance-during-visit-to-community-centre-in-cambridge-13062198 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2024, the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] placed her on their non-compliance page for routinely posting unlabelled adverts despite previous warnings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 February 2024 |title=Love Island star slammed by advertising watchdog over 'misleading' posts |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24100122.love-islands-tasha-ghouri-slammed-advertising-watchdog/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=Oxford Mail |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206125531/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24100122.love-islands-tasha-ghouri-slammed-advertising-watchdog/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Later that month, the BBC reported that a Get Ready With Me video she had "recently" uploaded to TikTok in which she removed her cochlear implant and spoke in her deaf accent had acquired "almost 3 million views", been "widely shared" on the platform, and been praised by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People,<ref name=":7" /> and on 15 February, [[RTÉ]] reported that Ghouri had uploaded the video to "her nearly 863k followers".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=15 February 2024 |title=Love Islander embraces deaf accent in TikTok video |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0215/1432524-love-islander-embraces-deaf-accent-in-tiktok-video/ |journal=[[RTÉ]] |language=en}}</ref> Appearing on that day's [[Lorraine (TV programme)|''Lorraine'']], Ghouri explained that she wanted to upload a video to that effect since leaving ''Love Island'' but had not felt ready.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2UJePpsUMY |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri: Normalising 'Deaf Accents' {{!}} Lorraine |date=15 February 2024 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-09 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> She then took part in a government campaign to combat loneliness, alongside [[Josh Patterson]], [[Bobby Brazier]], [[Bradley Riches]], Anastasia Kingsnorth, and Bronte King.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 February 2024 |title=Tasha Ghouri and Bobby Brazier join Government campaign to fight loneliness |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/showbiz/2024/02/28/tasha-ghouri-and-bobby-brazier-join-government-campaign-to-fight-loneliness/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref>

In August 2024, she was announced as a contestant on the twenty-second series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'',<ref name=":12" /> a competition where celebrities are taught [[ballroom dance]] and [[Latin dance]] styles.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-09 |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri addresses dance experience ahead of Strictly |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a61834879/strictly-tasha-ghouri-addresses-dance-experience/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref> She was the format's second deaf contestant after previous winner [[Rose Ayling-Ellis]],<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Love Island's Tasha Ghouri confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024 line-up |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/tasha-ghouri-strictly-come-dancing-2024-contestant/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}</ref> who won her series,<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Laura |date=2024-08-09 |title=Deaf charity praises Strictly Come Dancing for signing Tasha Ghouri |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/sam-thompson-johannes-radebe-graziano-di-prima-tom-dean-nick-knowles-b1175283.html |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and the second ''Love Island'' alumnus<ref name=":9" /> after [[Zara McDermott]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-07 |title=Strictly's Zara McDermott breaks silence on Pete Wicks joining show |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a61815921/strictly-zara-mcdermott-pete-wicks/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref> Her participation was announced on an interview on ''Kiss'' presented by [[Jordan Banjo]] and [[Perri Kiely]]<ref name=":10" /> and was praised by the [[National Deaf Children's Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-07 |title=Deaf charity praises Strictly Come Dancing for signing Tasha Ghouri |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/national/24504569.deaf-charity-praises-strictly-come-dancing-signing-tasha-ghouri/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=The Argus |language=en}}</ref> She received backlash from those questioning why trained dancers were allowed to compete on an amateur competition<ref name=":10" /> and used a subsequent social media post to state that she had "never learned or been taught" any of the programme's styles.<ref name=":13" /> Her series was the first to insist on training sessions being supervised<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strictly Come Dancing 2024: Go Compare singer Wynne Evans joins line-up |url=https://news.sky.com/story/strictly-come-dancing-2024-go-compare-singer-wynne-evans-joins-line-up-13191912 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> following allegations levelled at both Pernice and McDermott's partner [[Graziano Di Prima]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Samantha |last2=Ngimbi |first2=Emmanuella |date=2024-08-09 |title=Zara McDermott issues stark warning to Tasha Ghouri ahead of Strictly debut |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/zara-mcdermott-issues-stark-warning-29711812 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}</ref> She was partnered with Aljaž Škorjanec during the series' launch show.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strictly 2024 latest: Follow the glitz and glamour as show starts its 20th anniversary series |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm2ng21e1xxt |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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