User:Diana Stefanescu/Diana stefanescu

Diana Andreea Stefanescu was born in Iasi, Romania, daughter of Irina and Cristian Stefanescu, older sister of Alexandra Stefanescu, grand-daughter of the famous writer, Boris Craciun ( man of literature, TV, and radio), and Aurora Craciun, Literature Teacher, and Director of University, from whom Diana inherited the artistic talent of writing and performing. From the age of twelve she has been a writer for Editura Portile Orientului contributing her editorial and writing talents.

She attended G. Ibraileanu High School in her hometown of Iasi, Romania earning a degree in Humanities.

She began her entertainment career at the young age of fifteen by participating in beauty contests, winning the titles of Miss Boboc, Miss Summertime Iasi, and Miss Iasi amongst other titles.

For three years, Diana played in the Romanian theatrical troupe “Luceafarul” as “Red Riding Hood”, “Snow White”, “Sleeping Beauty”, "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet" and other theatrical lead roles.

Diana has a flourishing international modeling career working in major ad campaigns and fashion houses in Europe. She has been a sought after host for sporting events such as Grand Prix and related activities. She has contributed her time as a presenter for Anti-Aids groups in Austria and other European charity organizations.

Her many conservationist activities include volunteering for the Marine Seaquarium,in Miami where she displayed her passionate love of dolphins, working in promoting awareness of their endangered species status.

She has many passionate pursuits such as painting with specialization in icon design, sculpting, chess, winning second place honors in the Romanian chess championship in Iasi, her hometown. Her sporting skills include skiing, skating, race car driving and her passion for aviation inspired her to graduate as a flight attendant at AACR (Authoritative Romanian Civil Aviation).

In 2009 she enrolled in the University of Journalism, Radio and Television. In 2010, she graduated from the School of Television (SDDT), where she had the honor and pleasure of being instructed by the highest calibre of teachers such as: Teo Trandafir (Entertainment in Television), Sandra Stoicescu (Journalism), Carmen Ivanov (Speech Technique), Vlad Ionescu (Technical Presentation of News and Sports), Mihaela Calin (Television Presentation), Ferenc Vasas (Written Drafting Techniques and Information), Bogdan Ionescu (Foundation of Video Editing and Personal Marketing Skills). Immediately after finishing her studies, she was selected as a presenter-editor for the Antena 1 Ploiesti Television News Network.

Diana Stefanescu graduated the University of Journalism (Hyperion) and Danish Film School.

In 2010, she was employed as a writer for one of the largest newspaper websites in Romania “ Agentia De Presa Mondena”. She was assigned her own editorial page with a following of thousands of readers. She is also editorial writer for the largest Romanian newspaper in Montreal “Impact”.

In 2011, while visiting her parents in Montreal, Canada, Diana graduated the Concordia University Summer English Language program to improve her English language skills. She is fluent in other languages as well such as Romanian, Italian, and Spanish.

In 2012 she attended three semesters at the Danish Academy for Film and Acting. While attending the Academy she was cast as the lead in her first major film production as “Melissa” in the film entitled “Statue Collector”, after an international casting call. The producer of the film has cast Diana in his next production called “The Edge of Shadow” to be shot on location in Copenhagen, Denmark for 2014.