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Chima Simone Benson
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| Alma mater | University of Southern California (M.A., Specialized Journalism) |
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Chima Simone (born July 28, 1976) is an American TV personality and freelance journalist. She is best known for being a contestant on the reality show Big Brother 11.
Chima Simone's Career in Television
Chima Simone has worked as a journalist for several TV networks. These include BET, MTV, and The CW. She has also interviewed celebrities backstage at the BET Awards.
Simone was an entertainment reporter for the Hollyscoop Show. This show and website shared celebrity news. It started in 2009 on KTLA. She also reported on Big Brother (season 12) and The Real Housewives of Atlanta (season 4) for The Wrap. This news was also shared on MSN. Today, she continues to cover entertainment for different places, like E! Online.
Her Time on Big Brother
Chima Simone was a contestant on the eleventh season of the American reality show Big Brother. On the show, contestants live in a house together and are filmed all the time. She was part of a group called the "Brains Clique."
During the show, on day 42, producers asked Simone to leave. They said she broke some of the show's rules. For example, she reportedly refused to wear her microphone and later threw it into the jacuzzi. Simone said she actually chose to leave the game because she felt she couldn't win due to how things were being managed.
Many people watched when Simone left the show. This episode brought Big Brother its biggest audience since 2008. It also had the highest ratings for that summer. Her dramatic exit was even featured in People Magazine as one of "Reality TV's 10 Best Catfights & Meltdowns." Yahoo! TV also included it in their "Top 10 Reality Moments of 2009." Simone's exit is still remembered as one of the wildest moments in Big Brother history.
Awards and Recognition
Chima Simone was nominated for "Best Villain" at the Fox Reality Really Awards. She attended the event in 2009.
