MRS ECO
SHIELA DEFOREST | PHILIPPINES
ECO VIDEO
ECO COSTUME
• Age: 45 years old
• Status: Married to Tim DeForest, no kids yet
• Height: 5’11”
• Birthplace: Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines
• Residence: Golden, Colorado, USA
• Education: BS Tourism, University of the Philippines-Asian Institute of Tourism, Diliman, QC
• Interests: Singing, Fitness, Traveling (Has visited 55 countries so far), Organic Farming and Gardening, Reading, Volunteering and Sustainable Fashion
• Languages spoken: English, Filipino, Basic Spanish and French
Runway / Pageant experience:
• A runway model since she was 18 years old after being discovered at 16 by a talent scout at a mall in Makati City, Philippines
• TV Commercial and print model with Wilhelmina Modeling Agency, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Modeled in Dubai, UAE; Doha, Qatar; Vancouver and Toronto, Canada and Singapore
• Face of Emirates Airline (part of a cabin crew team that represented the airline in events worldwide)
• Featured in World Class Beauty Queens magazine online edition 2018 & 2019
• Ilustrado Magazine Cover Girl (Dubai-based Filipino publication)
• Editorial, Denver Style Magazine
• Contestant, Supermodel Philippines 1992
• Contestant, ASEAN Model Search 1994
• Contestant, Bodyshots Philippines 1998
• 3rd Runner Up, Mrs. USofA Globe 2018, Palm Springs, California, USA
• Mrs. Southeast Asia Globe 2018
• Top 15 finalist, Mrs. Globe 2019, Shenzhen, China (out of 65 candidates)
Work Experience:
• Fortune Island Resort Club, Inc., Makati City, Philippines
• Bayview Park Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• Heritage Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines
• Chateau 1771, Manila, Philippines
• Press & Public Affairs Officer, British Embassy Manila
• Flight Attendant, Emirates Airline, Dubai, UAE
• Philippine Handmade items online boutique owner, Poshmark
Charity/Community work:
• Bella Boutique, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Dress for Success, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Dress for Success, Singapore
• DSWD Children’s Shelter, Calauan, Laguna, Philippines
• Fundraising for World Missions Outreach, SOS Villages Philippines & W.I.N. (Women in Need) Foundation
• Shoe collection drive and volunteer for Soles4Souls, Denver, CO, USA
• Colorado Dragon Boat Festival Volunteer, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Aurora Globalfest, Aurora, Colorado, USA
• Member, Philippine-American Association of Colorado (PASCO)
• The Big Lift Volunteer Day, Colorado Uplift, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Threads of Hope Inc., Mindoro, Philippines
Mrs. ECO Philippines activities:
• National Geographic Earth Day Run 2019, Manila, Philippines
• Tree plantings in Mindoro and Baguio City
• Philippines Hybrid Energy Systems Inc. (PHESI) Wind farm visit, Mindoro, Philippines
• Global Seeds Savers partner farmers /Benguet Association of Seed Savers (BASS) and seed library visits, Tublay , Benguet, Philippines
• Local Government Unit courtesy calls (Baguio City and Tublay in Benguet, BASECO Compound in Manila and Laguna Province, Philippines)
• Anchor Land/Haribon Foundation Coastal Cleanup at Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism Area, Metro Manila, Philippines
• EcoWaste Coalition eWaste Management Briefing, Quezon City, Philippines
• Attended Manila FAME 2019, World Trade Center, Pasay City, Philippines
• Eco Costume Design collaboration with KILUS Women's Environmental Organization, Pasig City, Philippines
• Media rounds in Manila & Baguio (e.g. DZRH TV program Beauty and the Best, Malaya Newspaper)
• Women Powering Change, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Courtesy Call, Philippine Embassy Lisbon, Portugal
• Colorado Environment Film Festival, Golden, Colorado, USA
• Curated Memories by Designers Circle Philippines for the benefit of Bantay Bata 163 fashion show, Novotel Manila, Araneta Center, Quezon City, Philippines
• Costales Organic Farm Visit, Majayjay, Laguna, Philippines
• Iraya-Mangyan Village Visit, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines
• Judge, Reyna ng Aliwan Pageant, Pasay City, Philippines
• Earth Day 2019, Baguio City, Philippines
• Sibol Filipino Association of CU Denver Kamayan Dinner, Denver, CO
• Waste to Wages program school and women empowerment program visits, World Vision Philippines, BASECO, Port Area, Manila, Philippines
• Asia CEO Awards Media Launch, Mariott Grand Ballroom, Pasay City, Philippines
• Haribon Foundation Forests for Life briefing, Quezon City, Philippines
• Easter Weaving Room, Baguio City, Benguet