- She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Boxing. She is a boxer.
- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2017 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Boxing in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
- Once retired from boxing, she finally accepted an offer to participate on Strictly Come Dancing, to which she had been asked to join several times prior, but on the firm condition that she would be teamed up with a female partner. The show complied and she thus became the first contestant on the show to have a same sex partner.
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