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31-year-old split from South African physiotherapist Dani Gabriel this year
Started dating model and former singer Jordyn Taylor around June
LA-born Taylor, 24, moved to New York 'to live with Noah' in September
The couple share an apartment in the Upper West Side, a report claims
Noah, Jon Stewart's successor, has even taken her home to South Africa
Taylor was a singer, sang on Confessions Of A Shopaholic soundtrack

By Dailymail.com Reporter and Ryan Parry For Dailymail.com

Published: 10:51 EST, 26 October 2015 | Updated: 13:18 EST, 26 October 2015

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Just months after splitting from his long-term girlfriend, Trevor Noah has moved on.

The 31-year-old Daily Show host was heartbroken when he made the permanent move from South Africa to New York at the beginning of 2015, leaving behind 28-year-old physiotherapist Dani Gabriel.

But his solitude didn't last long - as it transpires he is has been dating auto show model Jordyn Taylor, 24, for at least five months.

The couple have shared an apartment in Manhattan's Upper West Side since Taylor moved from the West Coast in September, according to Us Weekly.

And in July, Noah even took LA-born Taylor to meet his family in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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New couple: Daily Show host Trevor Noah, 31, (left) is dating and living with model Jordyn Taylor, 24 (right)

The pair have kept their relationship under wraps, but posted identical pictures from a Johannesburg safari park in July - suggesting Noah has already taken his new flame home to meet his family in South Africa

Despite posting pictures from the came spot, Noah and Taylor didn't mention they were together in the posts

Taylor can be seen standing behind Noah in this shot, just months after he split from his long-term girlfriend

Despite keeping their relationship low profile, Taylor and Noah are active on social media, regularly mentioning one another on their public Twitter feeds.

Earlier this month, Taylor tweeted a picture of Noah on the Daily Show set with Jack Black, with the tongue-in-cheek caption: 'Man crush everyday. Oh, and @Trevornoah'

On the day Noah made his debut as host, Taylor tweeted a picture of his face on a bus, writing: 'Tonight’s the night! Tune in'.

In July, both Taylor and Noah posted pictures on Instagram of cheetahs in the same South African safari park - though didn't mention who they were with.

Taylor, who works as a model for Ram, started her career as a singer and enjoyed relative success during her teenage years.

Growing up in Riverside, California, with her firefighter father, mother, and two brothers, she took part in numerous singing competitions and signed to a record firm at 15.

She soon soared to the top of the MySpace charts, and had a song featured in the Lindsay Lohan movie Confessions Of A Shopaholic. Her first album, titled Jordyn Taylor, is a searing emotional account about the death of her sweetheart, who was killed in a car accident in 2011.

Taylor announced a break from the recording industry on her blog at the start of 2014.

It is not clear when and where she met Noah, who was selected to succeed Daily Show legend Jon Stewart this spring.

Daily Mail Online exclusively revealed in April that Noah and long-term girlfriend Gabriel called it quits as it became clear his career was about to explode.

Having known each other for around five years, the pair began dating in January 2014.

They grew extremely close over 12 months, and were even rumored to be engaged.

Their social media accounts were filled with pictures of each other.

However, despite touring around the world with Noah for his comedy sets, Gabriel ultimately couldn't permanently leave her life in South Africa, where she has her own physiotherapy practice, friends told Daily Mail Online.

Noah’s Lost in Translation comedy tour took him back to Cape Town from February 24 until March 1 and it’s likely he and Gabriel had a heart-to-heart during this time.

He's got a type! Noah's ex girlfriend Dani Gabriel (left) looks remarkably similar to Jordyn Taylor (right)

Ex girlfriend: Noah pictured with Dani Gabriel, the 28-year-old physiotherapist from whom he split in early 2015

Split: Noah and Gabriel were reportedly heartbroken when his career meant the end of their relationship

New girlfriend: Taylor and Noah have reportedly lived together in the Upper West Side since Taylor moved to New York City in September

Taylor is an auto model for Ram (she is pictured, right, in her uniform). The 24-year-old started her career as a singer at the age of 15, making it onto the MySpace charts and singing on Confessions Of A Shopaholic

Giving it away? Earlier this month, Taylor teased Noah that Jack Black was her 'man crush everyday'

Taylor hinted at her ties with Noah by posting this picture on Instagram when he made his Daily Show debut

A source close to Noah told Daily Mail Online in April: ‘Dani is an ex-girlfriend. They decided to go their separate ways and are not together anymore, they split a few months ago but are still friends.’

Despite the split Gabriel is still right behind Noah. She told Daily Mail Online that she’s ‘very supportive’ of Noah’s new-found fame and has said she couldn’t be ‘prouder’ of her ex.

And while previously little known Noah is now a household name for millions of people, Gabriel still doesn't see him as a ‘celebrity’. Speaking in Cape Town in spring, she said: ‘Yes he’s going through this huge transition but at the end of the day he’s not a celebrity to me and he’s never treated himself like that and I don’t treat him like that, I don’t bring that in to my life.’

Gabriel was coy about their relationship and refused to discuss the split.

She said: ‘I don’t need to show my support publicly for Trevor, it doesn’t need validating to anybody else besides me and him. Anything that needs to be said I’ve said to him personally.

‘This world is not a very healthy one, so we can’t really involve ourselves in it now regardless of how big it is.

‘It doesn’t make a difference to my life. I don’t talk about my stuff, Trevor doesn’t talk about my stuff.

‘There’s really nothing more that I need to say, whatever’s there is there, beyond that, it is genuinely between me and him.’

But it's clear that Gabriel has struggled with the split, keeping her Facebook status as ‘in a relationship’ and keeping a large photo of the couple kissing on her home page wall.

However, the physio quickly changed her wall photo to one of three pretty dresses when Daily Mail Online asked why she kept Noah’s picture on display now they've split.

It’s a sad turn of events for the couple who had seemed madly in love.

In January it was suggested the glamorous pair was even engaged – rumors Gabriel was quick to quell on Twitter. Dozens of intimate photos posted on their social media pages also gave the appearance of a couple very much in love.

Taylor (pictured) grew up in Riverside, California, with her firefighter father, mother and two brothers

She announced a break from music at the start of 2014 to explore modeling

Noah, 31 – originally from Soweto near Johannesburg – even bought a love nest in Cape Town so he could be close to Gabriel during visits. Local media reports claimed the jet-setting comic snapped up a luxury penthouse apartment in the exclusive 15 on Orange Hotel in Cape Town’s city-center.

It’s believed Noah and Gabriel also bonded over their similar backgrounds in that they both have parents from different ethnic backgrounds against the backdrop of Apartheid in South Africa. Noah was born the son of a black South African woman and a white Swiss man who met when interracial relationships were illegal in South Africa.

Gabriel runs her D Gabriel Physiotherapy practice out of the posh Virgin Active gym in Century City, Cape Town.

And fortunately for Noah their split wasn’t a fiery affair as Gabriel is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

She became ‘hooked’ on the grappling based martial art in 2011 as she opened her practice and trains at the renowned Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy. In June 2013 she won two gold medals for Gi and no-Gi in a Jiu Jitsu competition at the Mother City Winter Open.

In a testimonial on a Jiu Jitsu enthusiasts’ site Gabriel says she has ‘trained hard’ and competed in various events around Cape Town to earn her blue belt. She has also trained at the Roger Gracie Academy in London and the Renzo Gracie Academy in New York while she was travelling with Noah.