I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there.

Career
Following her 2005 graduation from Ryerson Simone became host of HGTV Canada's television show Space for Living for its first season. Simone worked at MuchMusic as a VJ at MuchMusic Headquarters as a news presenter for "Much News Weekly" and the host of the show The NewMusic. [clarification needed] At 16 years old Simone lived in New Delhi and attended the American Embassy school and at 17 returned to Canada.

Hannah Simone (born August 3 1980) is a Canadian television hostess actress and former fashion model.