Judi Love will presenter the 2023 Ethnicity Awards in London later this year, with stars like Lewis Hamilton, Rochelle Humes, Gok Wan and Trent Alexander-Arnold nominated for prizes
Judi Love will return as the host of the 2023 Ethnicity Awards later this year following her stint fronting the star-studded event last year.
The presenter, 43, follows in the footsteps of celebrity names such as Alex Scott, Marvin Humes and her Loose Women co-star Charlene White, who have all previously hosted Britain’s biggest Black, Asian and minority red carpet extravaganza. It will be the second year in a row Judi has been the face of the event.
Sir Lewis Hamilton, Rochelle Humes, Gok Wan and Trent Alexander-Arnold are among the nominees, with the event taking place in London on November 2nd. This Morning presenter Rochelle is tipped to win big as is legendary broadcaster and fashion guru Gok, who away from the media spotlight has championed causes to promote equality, partially for LGBT+ people from minority communities.
Judi spoke exclusively to the Mirror last year about some of the shocking misogynoir Black women and girls face, ahead of her Channel 4 documentary, in which the comedian examined the inequalities experienced by Black females, using humour to address the social, political and economic barriers they face compared with their white counterparts.
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This Morning presenter Rochelle Humes is tipped to win big at the star-studded event (
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“There wasn’t any [misogynoir in regards to dating discussed] in the documentary but there has been stuff mentioned from some of the young girls speaking [on the documentary] who talked about how the pressure on Black women to feel a certain way,” Judi told the Mirror in October.
“Because Western society has Eurocentric ideas about what is beautiful and and that means Black girls have to go above and beyond to feel and look pretty – the expectations would be so much higher.” She added: “But what we’ve clarified is that as a Black woman you are beautiful in your natural skin as yourself.”
As he role as the the 2023 Ethnicity Awards host was announced earlier this month, Judi said: “I am so excited to return to host the 2023 Ethnicity Awards. The event last year was amazing, and it is so inspiring to see the talent in the room and the real change people are making. The Ethnicity Awards celebrates the role models and those advancing opportunities for underrepresented people across the world. I am honoured to be part of the occasion again and can’t wait to see all the winners!”
The Ethnicity Awards is the biggest Black, Asian and minority red carpet ceremony in Britain and is held in partnership with HSBC, celebrating the leading activists, allies and celebrities in the UK and globally.
2023 ETHNICITY AWARDS NOMINEES
ONLINE INFLUENCER
Big Manny
Kike Oniwinde Agoro
Courtney Daniella Boateng
Rachel Ama
Marvyn New Harrison
Cherry Jain
Abibat
Amber Gill
Nadiya Hussain
Miah Carter
PUBLIC SERVICE OR CAMPAIGNER
Akala
Ayo Sokale
Ashna Sarkar
Waheed Alli
Valda Jackson
Dr Joan St John
Harnaam Kaur
Diane Abbott
Karen Blackett
Patrick Vernon
INSPIRATIONAL PUBLIC FIGURE
Patricia Bright
Steven Bartlett
Ali Abdaal
Daniel Kaluuya
Idris Elba
Michaela Coel
Alex Scott
Ozwald Boateng
Tim Campbell
Lewis Hamilton
Alex Scott has been nominated for one of the big honours (
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MUSIC ARTIST
Pritt
Jim Legxcy
Cat Burns
Asim Riaz
Lil Simz
Rina Sawayama
Dave
Rita Ora
Mae Muller
Jorja Smith
BROADCAST, JOURNALIST OR HOST
Pritt
Jim Legxcy
Cat Burns
Asim Riaz
Lil Simz
Rina Sawayama
Dave
Rita Ora
Mae Muller
Jorja Smith
MEDIA IMPACT OR PROGRESS MOMENT
BBC One: Champion new series
Disney’s Little Mermaid
ITVX: Riches
School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls
Queen Charlotte
Joy Ride
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who
Dreaming Whilst Black: Adjani Salmon
Netflix : Bling Empire
SPORTS PERSONALITY
Eniola Aluko
Jessica Ennis-Hill
Lauren James
Denise Rosemarie Lewis
Lewis Hamilton
Nicola Adams
Dame Kelly Holmes
Nikkita Parris
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Alice Dearing
EXCEPTIONAL INCLUSION
Zarina Mahmud – Credit Suisse
Brucine Francis – Jacobs
Maria St Louis – Channel 4
Chanelle Gray – Savills
Sujan Sribalakrishnan – Amazon
Simone Coultress Johnson – Matthey
Kerry Griffiths – BP
Apeksha Naik – Great British Railways
Mina Prince – Macquarie
Nicole Willams – Ashurst
INSPIRATIONAL LEADER
Raghu Narula – NatWest
Rakesh Thakrar – Phoenix Group
Victoria Chan – Santander
Oli O’Donoghue – HSBC
Belton Flournoy – Protiviti
Vinay Ramkumar – Avanade
George Kwashie Awusu – KPMG
Mohammed Basid – CBRE
Jay Rohman – Lloyds Banking Group
Mandisa Gordon – Jaguar Land Rover
CHAMPION (ALLY)
Liam Cowell – DLA Piper
Louise Bucknole – Paramount
Simon Croxford – UBS
Simon Tarry – Smith + Nephew
Richard Court – Cadent Gas Ltd
Honey Kirtley – BNY Mellon
Hayley Creighton – National Grid
Emily Parker – Tesco
David Aldrich – Moody’s
Deborah Nutt – Arcadis
WORKPLACE HERO
Aderinsola Bamgbelu – Warner Brothers
Seleeta Watson – Computacenter
James Barkley – Rolls Royce
Sarita Rai – Tarmac
Lily Satterthwaite – Microsoft
Sosseh Njie – BCLP Law
Seema Bhatnagar – PwC
Zahida Zabairu – Nestle
Jannet Dosanjh – Pinsent Masons
Anoushka Lilley – Nationwide Building Society
FUTURE LEADER
Cecilia Adjei-Sarpong – Essence Media
Mike Adebiyi – Google
Marina Ebrubah – The Man Group
Tashan Dwyer – Allen Overy
Junaed Khan – UK Government
Ahmed Yusuf – OVO
Laura Rice – Motability Operations
Alexinder Riyat – Citi
Jyoti Jassi – Network Rail
Leanna Hay – Experian
NETWORK GROUP (ERG)
Airbus
BT
GSK
Sainsburys
The Co-Operative Bank
Virgin Money
Stonewater
Amazon
PwC
Legal and General
OUTSTANDING EMPLOYER
BP
BT
Lloyds Banking Group
HSBC
Jacobs
KPMG
NatWest
Macquarie
Stonewater
UBS
SOCIAL IMPACT
