Maya Jama has become a millionaire ahead of the launch of skincare business

The TV star has £1.3m in the bank for her business

Maya Jama at the Hugo Boss store
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Selina Maycock
By Selina Maycock
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Maya Jama has become a millionaire at just 26-years-old, ahead of the launch of skincare business. 

Maya's career has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and her company MiJ & Co has £1.3m in the bank - and it's a figure which is expected to rise.

You get it now Maya Jama

A photo posted by @mayajama on Nov 3, 2020 at 10:14am PST

An insider told The Sun: "Maya has been grafting for years, honing her craft, but this year she’s really come into her own.

“After leaving Radio 1 in May she said she had exciting projects and she wasn’t wrong. Landing a presenting gig alongside Peter Crouch on his BBC primetime TV show Save Our Summer was massive, and it’s just the start.”

Just months after her relationship with Stormzy ended back in 2019, Maya won the People's Choice award for best dressed star and went on to both opened and host the 2020 EE BAFTA red carpet wearing a 5G powered AR dress.

If you would have told me a couple years ago I’d be hosting a Saturday night show where @abbeyclancyofficial pierces Peter Crouch’s eyebrow I would have told you to piss right off but here we are 😂😅 see what happened tonight after the football @bbcone Maya Jama

A photo posted by @mayajama on Jun 20, 2020 at 4:22am PDT

Having quit Radio 1 in May this year, Maya revealed she had "a lot of exciting commitments" happening later in the future, which meant she couldn't continue her time at the station and didn't renew her contract.

And it looks like it's not the last we've heard of her, as along with more TV deals, she is to launch her own skincare range this year and has big-money endorsements lined up - including workout clothes and for brands include PrettyLittleThing, Adidas, and Gap.

Congrats, Maya!

Selina Maycock
Selina Maycock

Selina is a Senior Entertainment Writer with more than 14 years of experience in newspapers and magazines. She currently looks after all things Entertainment for GoodtoKnow, Woman&Home and My Imperfect Life.

Before joining Future Publishing, Selina graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2006 with a degree in Journalism. She is fully NCTJ and NCE qualified and has 100wpm shorthand. Having spent the start of her career working on local newspapers and online, Selina spent six years as Acting News Editor and Entertainment Reporter at the Scunthorpe Telegraph where she dug into hard news stories, conducted interviews, covered court reporting, features, and entertainment, whilst going to gigs in her spare time.

Whilst at the paper she was awarded an O2 Media Judges' Special Award for helping a terminally ill cancer sufferer realise his dying wish and marry his childhood sweetheart through a successful newspaper campaign. Things like this are close to her heart when it comes to using journalism to make a positive difference in people's lives.

Selina later branched further into all things celebrity to became a Showbiz Writer at Heat magazine, covering red carpet events, showbiz parties, and various launches before going freelance for two years. One of her biggest celebrity achievements - aside from generating celebrity exclusives - was interviewing Take That (including Robbie Williams) and bumping into Simon Cowell so much at events she told him 'I'm calling you my showbiz dad!'

In 2017 she joined TI Media as a senior reporter on Woman, Woman's Own, Woman&Home, Woman's Weekly celebrity desk before branching online in 2020 when Future gave her the opportunity to focus on digital-first.

When she's not interviewing celebrities you can find her exploring new countryside walking routes, catching up with friends over good food, or making memories.

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