Judi Love

Knowing that the voices of both parents have now gone has left me with a great deal of pain and sadness. They sacrificed so much for me, coming to a country that felt so far away from home, and I'm so proud of the experiences the've given me.

Being a performer, I learned how to go into professional mode, but I still have moments when I have to look in a mirror, remember who I am, what my gift is, and get on with it.

No matter what stage of life I'm at, I think I'll always worry about money.

Strictly' is one of the hardest things physically I've ever done.

It's nice that young girls like I was myself can see themselves and feel inspired or represented.

My daughter is an amazing cook. Her palate is brilliant.

It's unbelievable how much I've learned and how my love of cooking has grown.

With 'Taskmaster,' you film all the challenges in advance on your own, so it's really hard to tell how you've done and you almost become competitive with yourself.

If there are things you don't like, then work on them, but accept yourself.

I think it would be good to see Piers being a bit more of himself and see if he can connect with people on an emotional level.

I remember one time I was with my mum, she just didn't know who I was. I went to my friends house, and I went to the kitchen and I just screamed and cried and cried and cried.

None of us is perfect, and that's OK.

I grew up living mostly with my mum, but that doesn't mean the pain of losing my dad is any less.

I think comedy is definitely a good thing, because it allows people to talk from their own lived experience and I think it allows people to hear about different backgrounds, in the same sense of also making people comfortable because you can laugh through adversity or topics that are a little bit difficult.

The reality is when it comes to the U.K. anything with the weather it's almost like we can't cope and we go into meltdown.

We're all different but we are unique and enough.

There is a stigma and society really tries to knock people, I feel, when they are a bit curvy or that don't fit what society portrays as beautiful.

I've been involved in the process with Very from the beginning and I wanted to put my stamp on the clothes, whilst making sure each item fits all bodies. My collection has colour, pattern, strong silhouettes - an essential mix for any summer wardrobe.

I want people to feel that they are more than just a label, I want them to feel gorgeous, sexy, confident and fabulous.

I want people to know that when they put on my Very collection, we have truly thought of them and considered their shape, their body, and how to enhance all the beautiful individuality that makes each one of us unique.

I just like my own space.

I can be shy.

I remember when I was younger, going to a party and meeting someone, and then you would go home with butterflies - wondering when they would call and waiting for the house phone or your brick mobile to ring.

I could see myself putting on a nun hat and people wondering if I was really a nun!

I'm always sexy.

If I go to a building and there's a lift and some stairs, I will try my best to take the stairs instead.

I'm a plus-sized girl and people just think, 'You're not fit.'

I like the feeling of strengthening my body more than necessarily cardio.

I think the only exercise when I do it I feel the endorphins and feel powerful is when I do a little bit of weights.

The Ethnicity Awards celebrates the role models and those advancing opportunities for underrepresented people across the world.

Everybody's body is different, some people wear natural deodorant we're trying to change what we put into our bodies to be more healthy.

I'm used to performing to live audiences in stand-up in my creative field, where I feel that I've worked to my personality.

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.

I suppose there's a way you think your partner looks better, remembering when he did have hair and you're kind of trying to encourage him. But me personally, I wouldn't want my husband to try and suggest anything else.

Dating as a whole is quite daunting for people.

Nice thing about being in your 40s and dating is you kind of know yourself a bit better.

I'm twice as likely to be excluded from school, twice as likely to be arrested and five times as likely to die in childbirth than a white woman. I want to discover the stories behind these stats.

I think we should be conscious of what we say to people when we're addressing people's physicality. But to then go a step further and say we should stop certain slogans like 'the fat lady sings,' it's taking it a step too far.

When my mum first had her aneurysm when I was nine, my sister was only 18 and she fully took care of me and our home.

My mum, she brought so much light. Unfortunately she had many strokes and she had dementia.

Both of my parents had a lot of personality.

I have been on awkward dates.

I've not tried a dating app like Raya. I think for me, I would know most of the people who are on there but one of my rules about online dating is to find an app that best suits you, be it age, religion or privacy.

Working in an Afro hairdresser from 14 was the best education. Through customers and colleagues I was exposed to adult life - breakups, breakdowns, unexpected pregnancies... It opened my eyes to sisterhood and the power of community. Plus, I got my hair done for free.

It's too simple to classify me as a woman merely because I've had children or because of my physical body. There is so much more to being a woman than that.

I can honestly say that the expectations of others, when I was in my twenties contributed to the lack of my own personal awareness of what it meant to be a woman.

The construct of the identity of a woman can factor in things such as: age, body, culture, physical appearance, responsibility, emotional and intellectual ability. All of these factors bring a unique and at times complex discussion to the idea of the identity of a woman.

As a woman, I've pushed through life with the ability to nurture, with the strength to withstand challenge, with the ease to embrace laughter, with the heart to love and love again, with the desire to thrive, enjoying, and loving all of me.

Too often, Black History Month is a once a year tick box.

The depiction of Black history in British schools and on TV has mainly been trauma and struggle-based.