About Sameena Ali-Khan
Sameena Ali-Khan (born 30 December 1967) is a British journalist, newsreader, television presenter, and occasional Glamour model
Ali-Khan is currently employed by ITV Central as a main presenter for ITV News Central.
Ali-khan has won three RTS Midlands Best Screen Personality Awards in 2010, 2014 and 2015, for her work on ITV News Central.
In 2018, at the age of 50, Ali-Khan as a sideline to her television work, entered the Glamour Modelling arena. As a result, she has unexpectedly become a cult British Asian sex symbol.
After the completion of her Masters degree, Ali-Khan began her broadcasting career with the BBC working on both Asian and mainstream programmes at BBC Radio Lancashire.[1]
Ali-Khan relocated to Birmingham in 2000 and began hosting Drive on the BBC Asian Network and Radio 5 Live. stations.[2]
After working for the BBC for 5 years, Ali-Khan made the move from radio to television and joined ITV Central in 2005.
During this period Ali-Khan also presented the ITV News on occasion during 2006.
Ali-Khan returned from maternity leave on 2 February 2009, now co-presenting the West Midlands edition of the programme, before it was merged with the East Midlands edition a fortnight later, and was renamed ITV Central.
After the merger, Ali-Khan became one of the main co-presenters of the pan-regional evening edition of the ITV News Central programme, mainly alongside her fellow presenter Bob Warman. Where she continues to present the main evening news slot in 2019.
Ali-Khan, although not that well know outside of the Midlands area, has a big cult following and is an established and popular broadcaster in the Central ITV region.
Ali-Khan is known for her winning smile, easy-going personality and curvaceous figure. Her Twitter account profile describes her as having "A big smile & a big heart".
Ali-Khan was a natural D Cup in her 30s, but upon maternity her breasts blossomed to a massive 34EE. Her bust has remained large ever since. Approaching 50 and the onset of menopause, Al-Khan’s body shape became increasingly curvaceous, with her breasts now settled at size 34F and a noticeable increase in the size of her derriere and hips. The change in her figure found her jokingly referred to as the UK Midlands Beyoncé.
Ali-Khan is renowned for her voluptuous figure. In her mid 40s, feeling more confident about her body, she ditched her traditional suits, and started to embrace her fuller figure. wearing outfits that accentuate her natural curves, when presenting the evening news programme on ITV Central, and hosting numerous events, presentations and award shows.
Ali-Khan’s change in style, has seen her buck the trend of female presenters being discarded once they hit late 40s in favour of younger woman. Now into her 50s, Ali-Khan continues to push her boundaries, in both her Television and Modelling career.
With no previous experience at modeling, and at the age of 45, Ali-Khan had her first real photo-shoot with Midlands based Pukaar Magazine. Ali-Khan was featured as the January 2013 cover star, with an accompanying interview and photo-shoot. Ali-Khan said at the time, “Although I’ve been in front of a television camera presenting for years, actually posing for the still camera was quite alien to me, but I really enjoyed the experience”
Shortly after this experience, Ali-Khan started adopting a sexier look. “I think talking to the photographer at my first real studio photo shoot, I realised it was about time I visually expressed myself differently. So out went the suits I’d been wearing over the last 10 years, and in came a sexier look. I’d reached the highest level as a regional presenter but it can be a struggle to stay ahead as a woman and an ethnic minority. I don’t think people would disagree with me, if I said media is generally biased. If you’re a woman you have to fight hard, you’ve got to have determination and face those challenges. Changing my look was part of that challenge”.
Ali-Khan started wearing more glamorous and tighter fitting clothes, embracing and displaying her voluptuous curvaceous figure. “I was receiving great feedback, viewers were loving the new sexy look, so I knew it was the right choice”.
