Queen MoJo

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Queen MoJo
Born
Josephine Hanu D Morondiya

(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 31)
Southwark, London, England
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • dancer
Years active2021–present
Television

Josephine Hanu D Morondiya (born 4 November 1992), known professionally as Queen MoJo, is an English television personality and dancer. Since 2021, she has appeared in the ITV2 reality series Peckham's Finest . In 2022, she appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Karaoke Club and Celebrity MasterChef .

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Life and career

Queen MoJo was born Josephine Hanu D Morondiya on 4 November 1992 in Southwark, London. [1] [2] She is of Nigerian descent. [3] MoJo is a dancer, and she has performed on stage at Glastonbury Festival with Lizzo, and has appeared in music videos for John Legend and Wiley. [3] [4] In 2021, she starred in The Body Fights Back, a documentary that investigated diet culture, body image and eating disorders with MoJo sharing her own experiences. [2] [5] In October 2021, she began appearing in the ITV2 reality series Peckham's Finest , which follows the lives of a group of people who live in Peckham. [6] At the time of appearing on the show, she worked as a shop assistant and as a body confidence coach on social media. [7] [8] She also appeared on Good Morning Britain , debating with Miss Great Britain winner Jen Atkin on whether it was acceptable for someone to be "dumped for gaining weight". [9]

In June 2022, MoJo appeared as a contestant on the third series of Celebrity Karaoke Club . [10] [11] She entered the club on the fifth day alongside internet personality Arron Crascall. [12] After singing Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda", she was voted karaoke champion of the night, advancing to the final day. [13] In the final, she sang "Never Too Much" by Luther Vandross and a duet of "Umbrella" with Kaz Kamwi. [14] MoJo was then eliminated from the competition, finishing in joint third place with Bobby Norris. In August 2022, MoJo began competing in the seventeenth series of Celebrity MasterChef . [15] [16] [17] She competed in the second heat alongside Melanie Blatt, Chris Eubank, Gareth Malone and Cliff Parisi. [18] [19] She was the first to be eliminated from the competition after her food was criticised for being undercooked. [20] [21]

Filmography

As herself
YearTitleNotesRef.
2021The Body Fights BackDocumentary [2]
2021–present Peckham's Finest Main role [7]
2021 Good Morning Britain Guest [7]
2022 Celebrity Karaoke Club Contestant; series 3 [10]
2022 Celebrity MasterChef Contestant; series 17 [15]

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