Sky Sports' Isa Guha shares 'admiration' for Holly Willoughby after 'queuegate' backlash

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Holly Willoughby as a fellow presenter. "I wouldn't be able to comment on [queuegate] because I didn't see what happened," she mused."[However], she's a very accomplished presenter and she's always got a smile on her face."I think people who watch her in the morning probably feel at ease so I have a lot of admiration for her ability," Isa continued.Meanwhile, Isa, who broke records by becoming the first South Asian woman ever to represent Britain in sport at the age of 17, also shared details of other important female role models in her life.She recently met Mel C, who performed as Sporty Spice back in the day, and was able to use the occasion to nostalgically relive all her childhood Girl Power memories.Recalling the group as a "real symbol of her childhood", she revealed "I remember a trip that I'd booked to India - I think I was about 10 or 11 - and my grandparents had a TV that was quite global, with a music channel."Wannabe was just played relentlessly on that show and I was so inspired by what they were doing and how independent they were, and how much they were amazing, inspiring role models for young women."Speaking of her ancestry from Kolkata - once India's capital - Isa said she felt The Spice Girls' attitude to feminism matched the "strong female voices" she was seeing in her family at that time."I'm very lucky as there is a tradition of powerful female leaders [over there], whether it be in the arts world or outside of that," she reflected."Women are encouraged to speak up.They are respected."Isa credits her late mother Roma as one of her biggest role models and the woman who inspired her to set up the female empowerment organisation she has just launched, Take Her Lead.When she first catapulted into the.