Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer
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. 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. 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 Şişli Municipality Council. Şhe graduated from the Public Administration Department of Politics in , 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 (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. 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.