Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer

Şebnem Schäfer
Born
Jennifer Simone Macide Şebnem Schäfer

(1984-02-09) 9 February 1984 (age 40)
NationalityTurkish-German
Years active1999–present
Modeling information
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Hair colorBlond
Eye colorHazel
Websitewww.jennifersebnem.com

Jennifer Simone Macide Şebnem Schaefer[1] (known in Turkey as Şebnem Schaefer and in Germany as Jennifer Schäfer; born 9 February 1984) is a German fashion model, actress and TV presenter.

Career

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Jennifer Şebnem Schäfer was discovered in the year 2000 when she went to Turkey for a holiday.[2] She became known with the quiz show she presented Size Milyarlar Sunuyoruz (We Offer You Billions - SMS).[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

In 2002, she performed fashion shows in cities like San Francisco and Santo Domingo for the fashion department of Acun Firarda.[6]

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.[7]

In 2007, she took part in Show TV's ice skating dance competition, called Buzda Dans, alongside other famous rivals.[8]

Schaefer later presented a number of programs in both Turkey and Germany. She made great success with Muhteşem Çocuklar on TV8.[9]

She joined the Democrat Party in 2007 and in 2009 was nominated as a member of Şişli Municipality Council.[10] Şhe 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.[11] After this meeting, Christian Wulff offered Schaefer to work in Germany.[12] She was also an active member of the Executive Committee of the Women's Branch of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) in Frankfurt. Schaefer is one of the founders of the Limburg branch of the Atatürkist Thought Association, of which she has been a member since the age of 11.[13]

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.[14] In June 2017, together with Prof. Dr. Orhan Kural, she started presenting the program Lütfen+1 Çevre on BloombergHT.[15]

Achievements

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  • 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[16]
  • 2002: Star Search Germany[17]
  • 2005: Miss Bad Kreuznach
  • 2005: Miss Rheinland-Pfalz[18]
  • 2006: Miss Germany[19]
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.[20]
  • 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.[21]
  • 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.[22]
  • In 2011 she had a good place among top 50 sexiest German women by the magazine Complex, based on the reader's decisions.[23]

Filmography

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Cinema and TV films

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Cinema and TV films
Year Title Role Notes
2002 O Şimdi Asker Woman in Red
2006 Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu Girl
2009 Renklerde Kaybolan Hayat Cecillia

TV series

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TV series
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Lise Defteri Aylin[24]
2005–2008 Emret Komutanım Alev Hemşire[25]
2007 Üç Tatlı Cadı Peri
2018 Arka Sokaklar Yelda[26]

Theater

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Theater
Year Title Role Notes
2008–2009 Eros Pansiyon Nergis
2017–2018 Sakın Diyorum Sakın
2018–2019 Kaçamak ya da Kaçamamak

Programs

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TV programs
Year Title Channel Notes
Bilgi Yarışması: SMS Size Milyarlar Sunuyoruz Show TV
Almanya Hürriyet Baskı Kanal D
New Year Program TGRT
Style Program rheinmaintv
Şebnem Schaefer'la Muhteşem Çocuklar TV8
Lütfen+1 Çevre Bloomberg HT
Şebnem Schaefer'la Masal Uydurma Atölyesi
Alman-Türk Film Festival
Açılışlar, special events

References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 14 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Dört isim
  2. ^ [2] Archived 8 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine Tatildeyken podyuma çıktı ve hayatı değişti.
  3. ^ [3] SMS Size Milyarlar Sunuyoruz - Şebnem Schaefer
  4. ^ [4] En Süper'i Şebnem
  5. ^ [5] Zeki kataloğu şansını açtı
  6. ^ [6] Acun’dan izlenimler, Schaefer’den defile
  7. ^ [7] Şebnem Schaefer 'ın kapak olduğu bazı dergiler
  8. ^ [8] Buzda Dans
  9. ^ [9] Şebnem Schaefer'la Muhteşem Çocuklar
  10. ^ [10] Şebnem Schaefer DP'den aday
  11. ^ [11] Türkiye-Almanya Biz Birlikteyiz Projesi
  12. ^ [12] Şebnem'e iş teklifi
  13. ^ [13] Archived 14 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Şebnem Lümburg ADD Kurucusu
  14. ^ [14] Çocuklara Masal Anlatacak
  15. ^ [15] Şebnem Schaefer Lütfen+1'de
  16. ^ [16] Ford Super Model 1.si Şebnem
  17. ^ [17] SAT 1 Star Search Yarı final
  18. ^ [18] Şebnem Eyalet Güzeli Seçildi
  19. ^ [19] Şebnem Schaefer: Türk olduğumu saklamayı hiç düşünmedim
  20. ^ [20] FHM Avrupa'nın en güzel Türk mankenini gururla sunar.
  21. ^ [21] Estetikçilere göre en güzel estetiksizler.
  22. ^ [22] En Seksi 10 Türk Kadını
  23. ^ [23] Complex En Seksi 50 Alman
  24. ^ [24] Lise Defteri Aylin
  25. ^ [25] Emret Komutanım Alev Hemşire
  26. ^ [26] Şebnem Schaefer Arka Sokaklar'da
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