Working Hard with Grace Beverley30 Okt 2023

Ep.60 "I was pushed to the side": Tasha Ghouri on her mission for a more accessible world

Tasha Ghouri is a television personality, activist, dancer and model, most recognised for her stint on the 2022 Summer series of Love Island UK, with Tasha being the first deaf person to enter the Villa.

Referring to being deaf as her ‘Superpower’, Tasha was born deaf - with her parents identifying her disability when she was just 12 months old - and wears a cochlear implant in her right ear. She launched her own podcast ‘Superpowers with Tasha’’ in February 2023, which focuses on normalising disabilities and explores what once made her feel like an outcast now being her greatest source of strength and community.

Following her exit from Villa and over the last two years, Tasha became the first ever pre-loved brand ambassador for eBay and worked with the likes of brand ambassador for Ann Summers, Loreal Paris, and Essie. In 2021, she was praised for an ASOS campaign where she modelled for ASOS’ earrings wearing the implant and became a figurehead in the deaf community. I’m really looking forward to sitting down with Tasha today to talk about her time during the filming of Love Island, but also to explore life after leaving the Villa; whether the Love Island bubble has truly burst and her work to normalise her differences throughout everything that she does.

- Tasha's early life

- The story behind Tasha's cochlear implant

- Tasha reveals her struggle being deaf at school

- Why it is essential that schools become accessible

- Why Tasha nearly didn't go on Love Island

- Tasha shares how accessible the Love Island villa is

- Tasha reveals behind the scenes of her first day on Love Island

- Tasha's experience with the Love Island psych team

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