Maya Jama reflects on the most successful year of her career and says she ‘burnt the candle and worked her batty off’

Maya Jama reflected on her incredible career over the past year on Friday.

Via Instagram, the 29-year-old presenter proudly recalled her achievements and confessed that this year was the best of her career so far, as the star has achieved huge success in 2023.

From hosting Love Island to covering Vogue and creating her own Gordon's gin, she said: 'Overall this year has been about my best time [bottom] out and have as much fun as possible.'

Reposting a series of posts from across the year, Maya started her annual wrap with a return to Love Island in January.

The star looked sensational as she showed off her abs in a red crochet two-piece for the start of this year's winter series of the ITV reality show.

From Love Island to appearing as the cover star of Vogue and making her own Gordon's gin, she said: 'Overall this year has been about working hard and having as much fun as possible.'

She wrote, “Want to imagine I only started hosting @LoveIsland this year! I'm about to start my fourth series in a few weeks.

'I never end a year with a big post, but in terms of career and life goals, this has definitely been one of the best years for me. Personally, I can't wait until 2024.'

Maya was back on our screens in June for the summer series of Love Island and will soon return for an All Star series airing in January.

Reminding followers of another career highlight, Maya shared a photo from her shoot with Vogue after being on the cover for the magazine's August issue.

She wrote, “This happened” with a love heart emoji, before adding “& Then this” or the following post with a photo of Maya as the new face for Dolce & Gabbana in September.

On the next slide, she added, “Overall, this year was about working hard and having as much fun as possible.

“If it were a chapter in a book, it would be called 'Burned the Candles at Both Ends, But Loving It'.”

But it didn't stop there for Maya after she also became the new global brand ambassador for Rimmel London in March.

The presenter became the new face of Dolce & Gabbana in September

“If it were a chapter in a book it would be called 'I Burned the Candles at Both Ends, But I Enjoyed It'”

Maya also became the new global brand ambassador for Rimmel London in March

To top it all off, she also collaborated with Gordon's gin to create her own gin using her own bottles, with her iconic joke: 'Cling cling, my honeys'

She topped off a wrap with a cheeky pair of sunglasses and raised a glass with the caption: 'Okay, that's enough. Let's have a beautiful Friday'

It's also been a big year for Maya's personal life after she rekindled her relationship with grime star Stormzy after the couple were spotted holding hands on holiday in Greece in August.

To top it all off, she also collaborated with Gordon's gin to create her own gin using her own bottles, with her iconic joke: 'Cling cling, my honeys'.

She topped off a wrap with a cheeky pair of sunglasses and raised a glass with the caption: 'Okay, that's enough. Let's make it a beautiful Friday'.

Most recently, Maya hosted the British Fashion Awards alongside music artist Kojey Radical, as she held her own at the event with a total of four outfit changes.

As well as her career, it was also a big year for Maya's personal life after she rekindled her relationship with grime star Stormzy.

The couple were spotted holding hands on holiday in Greece in August as they made their first public appearance together after their initial split four years ago.

The couple recently spent their first Christmas together as they shared photos of their festivities together.

The Love Island presenter and her rapper boyfriend, 30, were in full spirits as they took a brisk walk through the woods and looked stronger than ever since confirming they were back.

The pair have been photographed at numerous events since they tried again four years after their first celebration (pictured at the British Fashion Awards)