Rhea-Simone Auguste

Rhea-Simone Auguste (born July 30, 1984) also known as Simmy, is a print journalist and stand-up comedian in Trinidad and Tobago.

Award-winning Trinidad and Tobago journalist Rhea-Simone Auguste.

Career history

Auguste began her career as a writer contributing to Trinidad's Catholic Newspaper as a Vision reporter at the age of 15. She started a formal career as a reporter with the Trinidad Express in 2003 while still a student at the University of the West Indies pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literatures in English. Auguste first worked as a fashion reporter and was responsible for numerous exclusive interviews with Trinidad and Tobago's leading designers including Meiling, Heather Jones, Concept Studio and Peter Elias.

While still working as a fashion reporter, Auguste secured exclusive regional interviews for the Woman Express magazine with international actresses Vanessa Williams;^[1] interviews with America's Next Top Model Eva "the Diva" Marcille Pigford,^[2] Jade Cole and McKey Sullivan.

Auguste also secured entertainment exclusives with Jamaican artiste Tessanne Chin and Digicel Rising Star winners (Trinidad and Tobago edition) Erica Samuel^[3] and Kay Alleyne.

The transition to "Simmy" took place in 2017 with Auguste taking the stage as a stand-up comedian and comedy writer in Port of Spain.

Awards and honours

Auguste was awarded the inaugural Camsel/Media Association Award of Trinidad and Tobago LUMEN award for her in-depth child abuse feature stories^[4][5] in 2008 – "Protecting Children's Basic Rights".

Soon after, Auguste took home a local Pan American Health Organization award for her work on health and nutrition.^[6]

In late 2008, she copped 4 prestigious regional Pan American Health Organisation Awards for excellence in health reporting^[7] and in 2009 she was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy for her contribution to regional food security reporting.^[8]