Love Is Blind UK Maria Benkh Is Capturing Hearts Everywhere With Her Proud Moroccan Beauty
Netflix’s Love is Blind UK contestant Maria Benkh, who has openly talked about being Moroccan, is grabbing a lot of attention from netizens especially after engaging with Tom Stroud.
Maria Benkh is a make up artist and lash technician from Southampton, United Kingdom.
Her profession has been a subject of debate on the Netflix‘s show. Even her love interest in the show, Tom Stroud has revealed about being judgemental about her profession.
Maria Flaunts Her Moroccan Heritage Like No Other
Maria Benkh was born in Morocco but now lives in England. She has always flaunted her Moroccan heritage and openly talks about being a Moroccan.
The 30-year-old singleton has revealed that she is not in the show for just finding love but also to represent her heritage and profession in a positive light.
The makeup artist has been impressing her fans with her creativity and combining her Moroccan roots with modern beauty trends.
On the show, Maria has opened up about her Muslim faith and how much her faith is important to her.
Furthermore, Maria is malleable about aspects of her faith but has mentioned about wanting her husband to be a traditional “provider”.
Tudum by Netflix has revealed that dating is largely frowned upon in Maria’s religious Moroccan community, but she’s ready to push this boundary.
Moreover, she expressed how great her father was whom she lost to cancer amidst the COVID pandemic.
“I lost my dad a couple of years ago. And, um, he went to Morroco to say his goodbyes cause he had terminal cancer. And then he was supposed to come back, and it was at the height of COVID. And Morocco locked down, and he ended up passing away, so I never got to see him.”
She has also expressed her grief and love for her father on her Instagram post.
From her Instagram its quite evident that she was very close to her father. Even in the show, she has mentioned her father has her role model.
Additional Information
- Maria Benkh is active on Instagram with handle @mariabenkh.
- She also has an Instagram page @mariamakiage where she posts about her makeup showing her professional work.
