Maya Jama’s spanner in works on US empire name

Another Maya has trademark

- PATRICK HILL

IT’S the latest showbiz showdown: Maya vs Maya.

Maya Jama’s bid to launch a Kardashian-style retail empire in the US has hit a snag… as another Maya has got there first.

The new Love Island host recently lodged a bid to trademark her name against a range of luxuries, from perfume to jewellery.

But Jama, 28, has since been told it is too similar to an existing application lodged by a little-known American actor and singer called Maya J Jenkins.