Queen MoJo

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Queen MoJo
Born
Josephine Hanu D Morondiya

(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 32)
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]

References

  1. ↑ MoJo, Queen (4 November 2018). "So here we are…26…". Instagram. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Review: 'The Body Fights Back,' starring Josephine Morondiya, Imogen Fox, Rory Brown, Hannah Webb and Michaela Ginghell". Culture Mix. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 Com, Mediaslide. "MoJo at Milk Management". Milk Management. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Peckham's Finest star Queen MoJo has hidden connection to chart topper Lizzo". OK! . 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Body Fights Back". GI Film Festival. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Peckham's Finest: Watch the very first trailer for south-east London's very own Towie". Metro . 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 "'Peckham's Finest' : Meet the cast of ITV2's new reality show". ITV News . 13 October 2021. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Peckham's Finest is a reality show like no other". Digital Spy . 25 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "ITV Good Morning Britain: Viewers outraged after guests debate whether it's acceptable to dump a person for gaining weight". MyLondon . 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Celebrity Karaoke Club returns to ITV2 this summer". ITV Press . 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Selling Sunset and Drag Race stars lead new season of ITV's Celebrity Karaoke Club". Digital Spy . 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Celebrity Karaoke Club 2022 start date and cast revealed for new series on ITV2". TellyMix. 24 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Celebrity Karaoke Club Series 3 - Episode 5". ITV . 10 June 2022. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "Celebrity Karaoke Club Series 3 - Episode 6". ITV . 11 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Celebrity MasterChef 2022 line-up: Meet the full cast". Radio Times . 31 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Who is MoJo? Meet the Celebrity MasterChef 2022 contestant and reality star". Radio Times . 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "TV tonight: old flames, drugs and a guest star in Irma Vep". The Guardian . 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  18. ↑ "Celebrity MasterChef, Series 17, Episode 4". BBC . 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Celebrity MasterChef 2022: Who is Queen MoJo?". Wales Online . 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "Celebrity MasterChef 2022 eliminates first star from second heat". Digital Spy . 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  21. ↑ "Celebrity MasterChef 2022: Queen MoJo eliminated after failed prawn linguine leaves her in tears". Metro . 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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