Kerry-Ann Knight

Biography

Kerry-Ann Knight is a former British soldier and Black British woman who served for 12 years in the British Army. She is most notable for her face being featured on British military recruitment advertisements across the United Kingdom in an attempt to attract more women and ethnic minorities into the British military. She was described by the BBC as a "poster girl" for the British Army, and the Guardian described her as the "face of British army recruitment." After 12 years in the British Army she left the military after suffering from sustained racial and sexist discrimination which was widely covered in British media.

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