Tasha Ghouri hopes to present documentaries after Strictly Come Dancing stint

Tasha Ghouri hopes to move into documentary-making following her stint on 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

The former 'Love Island' star – who was born deaf and wears a cochlear implant -reached the final of the popular BBC dance show and wants to present shows about ableism after getting the chance to represent the deaf community on one of television's biggest programmes.

Tasha is quoted by The Sun newspaper as saying: "I would love to do more TV and do a documentary around ableism and delve into that subject.

"Representation has got much better but more still needs to be done. It should be the norm, not a surprise.

"When I left 'Love Island', the hardest thing to deal with was all the ableism. There was so much lack of awareness."

Tasha became the highest-scoring celebrity ever on 'Strictly' after amassing 596 points throughout the series – even though she missed out on the Glitterball Trophy to comedian Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell - and posted a lengthy social media post thanking professional partner Aljaz Skorjanec for getting her so far in the competition as well as show bosses for jetting her brother over from Australia for the final on Saturday (14.12.24).

The 26-year-old star wrote on social media: "Strictly after 13 weeks thank you, when I say doing this show has just been so magical I can't even put it into words and surprising me with my brother flying in from Australia!!! This was extra special having him there watching the final, thank you so much for making this happen.

"Aljaz you made magic beautiful dances that'll be remembered for a long time from our American smooth, waltz, show dance and many more.

"Everyday we laughed and smiled, you are what 'Strictly' is all about – your passion and positivity radiates from within on this show. I can't thank you enough from the bottom of my heart, you made my experience so magical. And we made history!!! What a moment."