Miquita Oliver

Miquita Billie Alexandra Oliver(born 25 April 1984) is a British television presenter and radio personality. She co-hosted Channel 4's Popworld from 2001 to 2006 and went on to present on T4 from 2006 to 2010 as well as having her own show, The Month With Miquita, on 4Music. She has also worked in radio, hosting shows on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. In April/May 2015 she took part in a four-part series 24 Hours in the Past as herself.

Biography

Miquita was born in Paddington, London. Her mother is former Rip Rig + Panic singer and television presenter Andrea Oliver, and her father is an art history teacher. Miquita Oliver attended Holland Park School. In 2001, aged 16, she became presenter of the Channel 4 music show Popworld, co-presenting with Simon Amstell. The pair were known for employing a great deal of humour in interviews. They left the show in 2006, but Oliver continued to present the T4 strand. After an incident in mid-2010 in which Oliver was overheard insulting singer Kesha behind her back by Kesha's management, Oliver was suspended from T4 for six weeks and subsequently her contract was not renewed. She recorded her last T4 in December 2010.