Jenna Meek

Meek was born in Bishop Auckland, England, and attended that town's St John's Catholic School.^[2] In summer 2003, she and a friend organised a charity drive for Operation Christmas Child which raised more than 40 shoe boxes full of writing equipment and other gifts.^[3] She was inspired to become an entrepreneur by the UK business shows The Apprentice and Dragons' Den^[4] and read international fashion marketing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Aged 19, she interned at Hugo Boss in New York before working for Christopher Raeburn and Emilia Wickstead. A move to Burberry in 2015 extinguished her interest in fashion and she set up a year later Shrine,^[5] then known as The Gypsy Shrine.^[6] Meek started the firm by individually applying biodegradable glitter paint and jewels to festivalgoers' faces and bodies^[5][3] and later hired Sophie Tea to help out.^[5]

Meek went viral after taking photos of her friends topless with their chests covered in glitter^[7] and appeared on Love Island in 2017 to decorate that year's contestants.^[3] Shrine subsequently diversified into an all-in-one face jewels kit sold through listings on the websites PrettyLittleThing and ASOS,^[5] as a concessionaire in Topshop,^[5] and at its flagship store in Carnaby Street.^[7] In the face of competition, and her concern about the environmental impact of the jewels, Meek stopped making them and transitioned to selling temporary hair dyes.^[5]

Meek cofounded Refy in 2020 with influencer Jess Hunt after meeting her at a photoshoot. The firm launched in November that year with an eyebrow gel^[5] and later launched various lines of makeup, bodycare, fashion, clothing, and skincare.^[8] She married her long-term boyfriend in July 2021, appeared in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2022,^[9] and sold Shrine in 2024.^[5] Meek and Hunt appeared on The Sunday Times's 2025 beauty rich list.^[10][3] In January 2026, she appeared as the first of four guest dragons on that series of Dragons' Den, where she appeared on episodes one and five.^[11] For the former, she replaced fellow St John's alumnus Sara Davies^[12] and promoted her appearance on the show by appearing on The One Show.^[13]

• Love Island (2017, one episode)
• Dragons' Den (2026, at least three episodes)^[14]