SHIELA DEFOREST | PHILIPPINES

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• 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