India Scarlett Willoughby (born 2 September 1965)[1] is an English newsreader, broadcaster, journalist and reality television personality.
[3] Willoughby presented the news in the North East and Cumbria as a TV reporter at ITV Border prior to her transition.
In 2017, Willoughby joined 5News on Channel 5 – becoming Britain's first transgender national television newsreader, reading the lunchtime and evening updates.
[6][7] In 2023, Willoughby was a guest on ITV's Good Morning Britain (GMB) to prove gender choice, and revealed full passport details to camera.
Murray then asked Willoughby to comment on a story about London's Dorchester Hotel imposing a new dress code on male and female staff telling them not to display body hair on duty.
Willoughby said she supported the rule – because, in a five-star hotel, she felt staff should be groomed and that customers "didn't want to be served soup by someone grubby with hairy legs, because it's not hygienic."
[10][11] Willoughby was a housemate in the 21st UK season of Celebrity Big Brother (CBB) and subtitled Year of the Woman, to mark the 100th anniversary since women got the vote.