Home 2017 Hazel Marzetti Age: 28Location: Edinburgh Hazel smashed through multiple barriers as a queer, disabled woman from a working-class background to go to Edinburgh University to study Philosophy. Whilst at uni in 2011 she was elected as the Women’s Rep on the NUS Scotland LGBT Committee, and then the NUS Scotland LGBT…
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Home 2017 Isla Nelson Age: 4Location: Glasgow Isla’s “News at 3” (her then-age) is a brutally honest and hysterically funny series she has with her dad and stand-up comedian, Mark Nelson, on BBC Scotland’s Short Stuff. She’s also won Best Actress award at the Scottish Comedy Awards this year. Her…
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Home 2017 Isla Whateley Age: 21Location: Edinburgh Isla is a fourth year student of Social Anthropology at Edinburgh University, a Girlguiding leader, an NUS Scotland Women Campaign’s Committee Member, and Year of the Young People 2018 Ambassador. Isla began volunteering with Girlguiding when she was 16, which she says has influenced…
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Home 2024 Katie Leung Age: 30Location: North Lanarkshire Katie Leung might be best known for beating 3000 girls to the role of Harry Potter’s girlfriend Cho Chang, but she’s so much more than that one role. Struggling to cope with the ugly side of fame and unsure if she wanted…
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Home 2017 Kayleigh Haggo Age: 18Location: South Ayrshire Kayleigh has a form of cerebral palsy which affects her balance and motor skills, but that has never stood in her way! She has already won three golds in the European Paralympic Youth Games, set thirteen world records and four national age…
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Home 2017 Kiana Kalantar Hormozi Age: 23Location: Glasgow Kiana is a film maker who works to promote equality for all, focusing in particular on disability rights. After studying psychology, media and film at Stirling University, Kiana completed a masters in film at the Screen Academy in Edinburgh. She recently completed…
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Home 2017 Kim Long Age: 27Location: Glasgow First ever Green councillor for Dennistoun and supports women & young people in prison.
Home 2017 Kimberley Benson Age: 26Location: Ayrshire Kimberly Benson, aka Viper/Piper Niven, is Scotland’s best female wrestler. Viper is an incredible sportswoman, and she made wrestling history more than once. She was the first non-Japanese woman to ever main event a wrestling show in the esteemed Korakuen Hall. She was…
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Home 2017 Kirsty Strickland Age: 27Location: Glasgow / Fife Kirsty Strickland is a columnist and commentator who writes for The National, CommonSpace and the Independent. She has appeared on radio and television to talk about feminism and politics, and appeared on BBC Scotland’s 2017 election night coverage. Her key interests…
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Home 2017 Laura Bauld Age: 27Location: GlasgowPronouns: she/her Laura Bauld is a brilliantly talented curator with Glasgow Museums, and she really embodies what it means to be a modern museum professional, sharing her knowledge passionately and generously. She’s a knowledgeable historian, who cut her teeth in the museum world as a gallery assistant and…
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