Jennifer Simone Macide Åžebnem Schaefer (known in
Turkey as Åžebnem Schaefer and in
Germany as Jennifer Schäfer; born 9 February 1984) is a
German fashion model,
actress and
TV presenter.
Career
Jennifer Şebnem Schäfer was discovered in the year 2000 when she went to Turkey for a holiday. She became known with the quiz show she presented Size Milyarlar Sunuyoruz (We Offer You Billions - SMS). Then, she attended the contest "Ford Models Super Model of the World" and came out on the top. In 2001, she presented Turkey at the "Super Model of the World" competition in
Miami Beach
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which sep ...
. During this period, many agencies from
Milan offered to work with her. At the same period of time she was the only Turkish model who Zeki Triko worked with for its swimsuits catalogue shoots.
In 2002, she performed fashion shows in cities like San Francisco and Santo Domingo for the fashion department of Acun Firarda.
She appeared on the cover of many national and international magazines, including FHM, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Formsanté, Şamdan, Aktüel, Gala, Tempo, Hafta Sonu, Bride, Vizon, InCity, DSmart, Ray Gurme, Artılife, Trtuning, Secret, Haftalık, Dolce, Kapris, Tele Magazin, Süxé, Alanyum, Nisan, HaberHayat, Elegance, Wiesbadener, etc.
In 2007, she took part in Show TV's ice skating dance competition, called ''Buzda Dans'', alongside other famous rivals.
Schaefer later presented a number of programs in both Turkey and Germany. She made great success with ''Muhteşem Çocuklar'' on TV8.
She joined the
Democratic Party in 2007 and in 2009 was nominated as a member of ÅžiÅŸli Municipality Council. Åžhe graduated from the Public Administration Department of Politics in
Fernuniversität in Hagen, with the goal to become an ambassador between Turkey and Germany, and work on social projects. In 2010, she met the then-German President
Christian Wulff in Ankara after which she was chosen as the "Turkey-Germany We're together Project" campaign. After this meeting, Christian Wulff offered Schaefer to work in Germany. She was also an active member of the Executive Committee of the Women's Branch of the
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (german: link=no, Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands ; CDU ) is a Christian democratic and liberal conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right ...
(CDU) in Frankfurt. Schaefer is one of the founders of the
Limburg branch of the
Atatürkist Thought Association
The Atatürkist Thought Association ( tr, Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği; ADD) is a secularist organization that espouses the ideas of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey. It was founded by Hıfzı Veldet Velidedeoğlu, Muamme ...
, of which she has been a member since the age of 11.
Schaefer, who had been establishing a career in both Germany and Turkey, went on a hiatus for a number of years. In 2016, she took part in the Masal Uydurma Workshop for children. In June 2017, together with Prof. Dr. Orhan Kural, she started presenting the program ''Lütfen+1 Çevre'' on BloombergHT.
Achievements
* 1995: Europe's most beautiful Turkish girl.
* 1999: Face of PRO 7 Arabella
* 2000: Miss Teen Tourism World
* 2001: Ford Models Super Model of the World
* 2002: Star Search Germany
* 2005: Miss Bad Kreuznach
* 2005: Miss Rheinland-Pfalz
* 2006: Miss Germany
;Other Achievements:
* In 2002 she was selected as the Turk having the most beautiful parts of the human body by the votes of
Sabah (a daily newspaper) and Bir Numara Yayıncılık's (Number One Broadcasting) employees, the men in the street and e-groups for weekly magazine Aktuel.
* In 2004 she was chosen by
FHM journal as Europe's most beautiful Turkish model.
* In 2005, together with
Çağla Kubat, she became the most beautiful girl of Turkey with the votes of thirteen plastic surgeons for weekly journal
Tempo.
* In 2005-2008-2010 she took her place among the sexiest women list of the world with the votes of FHM journal's readers.
* In 2009 the readers of magazine Askmen chose her as one of the top ten sexiest Turkish women.
* In 2011 she had a good place among top 50 sexiest German women by the magazine
Complex, based on the reader's decisions.
Complex En Seksi 50 Alman
Filmography
Cinema and TV films
TV series
Theater
Programs
References
External links
Official website
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1984 births
Living people
German beauty pageant winners
German female models
German people of Turkish descent
Television people from Frankfurt