Joseph Guy Vincent Duvergé (Vince Duvergé) (born 15 January 1995) is a
Mauritian actor, filmmaker, stand-up and web comedian.
Biography
Born in
Mauritius in 1995, Duvergé became the number one Mauritian YouTube comedian in 2013.
Vince Duvergé made his comedy debut in 2011, during the Mauritian comedy festival "Festival du Rire de Komiko" during which he played in the stage play "Complètement Toc-Toc" and also performed his own stand-up comedy segment.
In 2012, Duvergé created a
YouTube channel where he regularly posted comedy clips that he produced with his best friends Yann Charlotte and David André. The channel encountered its first big success after Duverge released a parody about
Miss Mauritius
Miss Mauritius is a national beauty pageant held in Mauritius that selects representatives for Miss World and Miss International, two of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
History
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in which he controversially portrayed the 2013 Miss Mauritius,
Pallavi Gungaram
Pallavi Gungaram, (born 15 December 1993) also known as Pallavi Ram, is a Mauritian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Mauritius 2013, and represented her country
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who had, back then, given an unfortunate interview.
In 2013, Vince joins the
Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) as a radio host. He then created a humoristic radio show which was aired every Friday evening on MusicFM.
In January 2014, Vince Duvergé flies to
Sydney (Australia)
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to study cinematography. During his studies he was awarded at the Kogarah Film Festival with Best Actor, Best Script and Best Film awards.
In 2015, along with his classmates, Duvergé went on to develop a web series concept called "Undergrads". Largely based on his own life, the series tells the story of a foreign student arriving in Sydney only to become a victim of humorous unlucky events while trying to get used to his new Australian life.
By mid 2016, Vince accepted to head back to Mauritius in order to develop new projects in the radio industry and in comedy. He joined the MBC once again in order to create a new drive time concept for the same station he used to work for years earlier: MusicFM. Duvergé decided to form a duo along with Ursula Lareine, another host of the station. This led to the creation of The Drive Show.
Awards
References
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1995 births
Living people
Mauritian comedians
Mauritian actors
Australian male comedians