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Biography
Jennifer Simone Macide Şebnem Schaefer (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.
Early life
Jennifer Şebnem was born Frankfurt am Main on 9 February 1984. Her father is German and her mother Turkish. She has been modeling since she was fifteen, commuting between career engagements in Germany and Turkey, at the same time as pursuing her studies in Goethe University in her hometown. She later switched to anthropology and European ethnology. Şebnem has studied ballet, and enjoys horseriding.
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. At the same period of time she was the only Turkish model who Zeki Triko worked with for its swimsuits catalogue shoots.
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 2005 she became with Çağla Kubat 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 world-famous magazine Askmen choice her one of top ten sexiest Turkish women.
- In 2011 she had a good place among top 50 sexiest German women by the magazine Complex’s, which is known by the whole world, readership decisions.
Filmography
Şebnem Schaefer starred in two TV series to date, both in Turkey, "Lise Defteri (High-school journal)" and "Emret komutanım (Yes Sir!)". She also starred in two films which were box-office hits across Turkey, namely "O şimdi asker (He is in the army now)" directed by Mustafa Altıoklar, and "Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın oğlu (Son of the man who saves the world)", a technically slightly more sophisticated sequel to the cult science-fiction movie, which was directed by the veteran actor-director Kartal Tibet.