Claudia Schiess
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Claudia Elena Schiess Fretz (born November 26, 1989) is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant
titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011
and represented her country
in the 2011 Miss Universe
pageant. On October 22, 2011 she was elected Miss Continente Americano 2011
becoming the first ecuadorian in get this tittle.
father and a Swiss mother, Schiess is pursuing a bachelor's degree
in business engineering
at Universidad Del Pacifico and speaks Spanish
, English
, German
and Swiss German
.
Schiess is also a professional make-up artist. She enjoys dancing, music, theater and studied modern dance
for six years in the Galápagos.
, Schiess was appointed by Miss Ecuador Organization to represent her nation in Miss Supranational 2010
, held on August 28, 2010 in Plock
, Poland
.
, one of 19 finalists in her country
's national beauty pageant, Miss Ecuador 2011
, broadcast live on March 17, 2011 from Santo Domingo
, where she obtained the Best Figure, Best Face and Best Hair awards and became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent Ecuador
in Miss Universe 2011
.
to the 2011 Miss Universe
pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo
, Brazil
on September 12, 2011, Schiess will vie to succeed current Miss Universe
titleholder, Ximena Navarrete
of Mexico
.
to the 2011 Miss Continente Americano
pageant, broadcast live from Guayaquil
, Ecuador
on October 22, 2011, Schiess won the tittle of Miss Continente Americano 2011
.
Ecuador in Beauty Pageants
The first beauty queen in Ecuador was Sara Chacón from Guayaquil, Guayas province in 1930, who wore the brand and the crown of Miss Ecuador being the very first Miss Ecuador...
titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011
Miss Ecuador 2011
Miss Ecuador 2011, the 56th Miss Ecuador pageant, was held on March 17, 2011. Claudia Schiess, from Galapagos was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 by the outgoing titleholder Lady Mina....
and represented her country
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
in the 2011 Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2011
Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...
pageant. On October 22, 2011 she was elected Miss Continente Americano 2011
Miss Continente Americano 2011
Miss Continente Americano 2011 was the 6th annual contest of Miss Continente Americano. It was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador on October 22, 2011. At the end of the event Giuliana Zevallos, Miss Continente Americano 2010 from Peru crowned her successor Claudia Schiess from Ecuador.-Placements:-Special...
becoming the first ecuadorian in get this tittle.
Early life
Born to an EcuadorianDemographics of Ecuador
The Ethnography of Ecuador consists of a diverse collection of ethnic groups, almost all related to another group in one way or another. The great majority of Ecuadorans trace their origins to one or more of three geographical sources of Human migrations: the pre-Hispanic indigenous Amerindians who...
father and a Swiss mother, Schiess is pursuing a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in business engineering
Business engineering
Business Engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex businesses should be designed and managed.- Overview :...
at Universidad Del Pacifico and speaks Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Swiss German
Swiss German
Swiss German is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries are grouped together with Swiss German as well, especially the dialects of Liechtenstein and Austrian Vorarlberg...
.
Schiess is also a professional make-up artist. She enjoys dancing, music, theater and studied modern dance
Modern dance
Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.-Intro:...
for six years in the Galápagos.
Miss Supranational 2010
Prior to her participation in Miss Ecuador 2011Miss Ecuador 2011
Miss Ecuador 2011, the 56th Miss Ecuador pageant, was held on March 17, 2011. Claudia Schiess, from Galapagos was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 by the outgoing titleholder Lady Mina....
, Schiess was appointed by Miss Ecuador Organization to represent her nation in Miss Supranational 2010
Miss Supranational 2010
Miss Supranational 2010, the 2nd edition of the Miss Supranational pageant, was held in Płock, Poland on August 28, 2010. Karina Pinilla of Panama was crowned Miss Supranational 2009 by Oksana Moria of Ukraine at the end of the event.-Results:-Placements:...
, held on August 28, 2010 in Plock
Plock
Płock is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river. According to the data provided by GUS on 30 June 2009 there were 126,675 inhabitants. It is located in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of the Płock Voivodeship . It now is a capital of a Powiat at the extreme...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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Miss Ecuador 2011
Schiess, who stands tall, competed as the representative of GalápagosGalápagos Province
Galápagos is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region, located approximately off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno....
, one of 19 finalists in her country
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
's national beauty pageant, Miss Ecuador 2011
Miss Ecuador 2011
Miss Ecuador 2011, the 56th Miss Ecuador pageant, was held on March 17, 2011. Claudia Schiess, from Galapagos was crowned Miss Ecuador 2011 by the outgoing titleholder Lady Mina....
, broadcast live on March 17, 2011 from Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo de los Colorados
Santo Domingo de los Colorados, simply referred to as Santo Domingo, is a city and seat of the canton that bears its name. it´s a fourth largest city of Ecuador with a population of over 305,000, it is in important commercial and industrial center and the capital of the province Santo Domingo de...
, where she obtained the Best Figure, Best Face and Best Hair awards and became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
in Miss Universe 2011
Miss Universe 2011
Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...
.
Miss Universe 2011
As the official representative of her countryEcuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
to the 2011 Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2011
Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...
pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
on September 12, 2011, Schiess will vie to succeed current Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2010
Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales...
titleholder, Ximena Navarrete
Ximena Navarrete
Jimena "Ximena" Navarrete Rosete is a Mexican model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2010. She was previously named as Nuestra Belleza México 2009.-Personal life:...
of Mexico
Nuestra Belleza Mexico
Nuestra Belleza México is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.In association with Televisa, the...
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Miss Continente Americano 2011
As the official representative of her countryEcuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
to the 2011 Miss Continente Americano
Miss Continente Americano
Miss Continente Americano, also known in English as Miss American Continent, is an international beauty contest held annually, held for the first time in 2006...
pageant, broadcast live from Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
on October 22, 2011, Schiess won the tittle of Miss Continente Americano 2011
Miss Continente Americano 2011
Miss Continente Americano 2011 was the 6th annual contest of Miss Continente Americano. It was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador on October 22, 2011. At the end of the event Giuliana Zevallos, Miss Continente Americano 2010 from Peru crowned her successor Claudia Schiess from Ecuador.-Placements:-Special...
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