Georgia Harrison to Receive MBE for Campaigning Against Violence Towards Women After Stephen Bear’s Imprisonment

Georgia Harrison will be awarded an MBE for her campaigning efforts on tackling violence against women and girls.

MailOnline can reveal the former Love Island star, 30, discovered she had made the King’s Birthday Honours list a few weeks ago and is set to officially receive the accolade during the royal’s annual celebrations later this month.

The reality favourite turned documentary maker, who’s currently expecting her first baby, is being recognised after dedicating her career to raising awareness of ‘revenge porn’ and issues surrounding consent, with the overall aim of improving online safety.

In 2020, Celebrity Big Brother’s Stephen Bear shared explicit footage of Georgia on his OnlyFans profile without her consent and after successfully taking him to court, the Love Island: All Stars contestant was granted record damages of £207,900, the highest ever sum awarded in an image abuse case.

Stephen, 35, famed for his appearances on TV show Ex on the Beach, was found guilty of voyeurism and disclosing private, sexual photographs and films, and was handed a 22-month prison sentence in 2022.

After serving just half of his prison time, Stephen was released in January, but Georgia continues to campaign for women and girls following the painful ‘violation’ of her privacy.

Georgia Harrison will be awarded an MBE for her campaigning efforts on tackling violence against women and girls 

The former Love Island star discovered she had made the King’s Birthday Honours list a few weeks ago and is set to officially receive the accolade during the royal’s annual celebrations

The reality favourite turned documentary maker is being recognised after dedicating her career to raising awareness of ‘revenge porn’ and issues surrounding consent 

A source told MailOnline: ‘Georgia is incredibly proud to receive such an honour.

‘She has been campaigning and working hard for many years now, to be recognised for her efforts means everything to her.

‘Georgia will continue to raise awareness, hopefully this will be the beginning of more improvements for women and girls and their fight for online safety.’

The TV star has been at the centre of two ITV documentaries, Revenge Porn, and Porn, Power, Profit, which explored both her own personal experience and how predators make money from the industry. 

Georgia has spoken out about how she felt ‘ashamed’, ‘violated’, and ‘used’ after the recording of her having sex with Stephen went viral including on an endless list of porn websites. 

Speaking in Revenge Porn, Essex-born Georgia said: ‘Two years ago, my life changed forever when CCTV footage of me having sex with Stephen Bear went viral. He filmed and shared it without my consent then tried to deny it was me…

‘I think I expected some form of empathy, remorse, maybe that he would realise what he had done… what a slap in the face that on top of everything, he thought he could lie his way publicly through this.’ 

On her decision to waive her right to anonymity, Georgia said ahead of speaking in court: ‘Hopefully one day, girls can look at me and think ‘She went in there and done it, she was strong. We can do it.’

Georgia has been at the centre of two documentaries, Revenge Porn, and Porn, Power, Profit, which explored both her own experience and how predators make money from the industry

Georgia found fame on reality series TOWIE before appearing on dating show Love Island in 2017 and returning to the programme this year for Love Island: All Stars

In 2023, Georgia attended a meeting at No 10 among other celebrities to discuss online abuse with Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan.

Georgia was one of the voices that helped to establish the Online Safety Act 2023, which aims to make the internet safer for users by placing new duties on service providers.

During the recorded meeting, Georgia explained how there needs to be more in place for victims of online crimes as well as support for those going through the legal process.  

She said: ‘So many victims give up during the process because it is just too much for them, or they are not sure if they are doing or saying the right thing. Sometimes they feel like they are getting victim blamed slightly

‘If they just had someone to lean on during the process they would not feel so much like they have to withdraw, they would have an inner strength in them, and they would have advice on what to do and what to say along the timeline of events.’