Claudia Schiess

The daughter of a German father and a Swiss mother,^[2] Schiess graduated with a BSBA from Universidad Del Pacifico – Ecuador. She speaks fluent Spanish, English, French and German.^[3][4]

She is also a professional make-up artist,^[5] social media personality and motivational speaker. She likes dance, theater and music. She also studies modern dance in Galápagos.

Before her participation in Miss Ecuador 2011, Claudia was summoned by the organization of her country to represent Ecuador in Miss Supranational,^[6] held on August 28, 2010, in Plock, Poland.

Schiess competed representing the Galápagos Province, as one of the 19 candidates in the Miss Ecuador 2011 pageant, transmitted live on March 17, 2011, in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas;^[7] where she obtained recognition for "Best Figure", "Best Countenance" and "Best Hair"^[8] becoming the title holder, and earning the right to represent Ecuador in Miss Universe 2011.

Represented her country in Miss Universe 2011 held in Credit Card Hall in São Paulo, Brazil, on September 12, 2011.

Representing Ecuador once again in the Miss American Continent pageant in Spanish Miss Continente Americano (currently called Miss United Continents) in the same year, held in the Palacio de Cristal in Guayaquil, Ecuador on October 22, 2011, becoming the first Ecuadorian to become winner and title holder.^[9]

Her first steps in television were in the Ecuadorian television channel Gama TV. In 2014 she incorporated to Ecuador TV, where she was a presenter for two years in the morning show Café TV,^[10] which aired in July 2016 and was a presenter for BBC specials.

In Santa Cruz, where her parents live she has launched Cucuve Suites hotel, which functions in a property that belonged to her grandparents from Switzerland when they visited the archipelago.^[11]

She currently hosts a local radio program "Entre santos y pecadores", on Radio Forever (92.5 FM).^[11]