Agnieszka Zakreta

Agnieszka Zakreta was born in Gdansk, Poland on May 2, 1978. At the age of five Agnieszka and her family moved to the United States (Chicago). Agnieszka is the daughter of Krzysztof and Anna Zakreta and has a 3 year older brother named Przemek.

Agnieszka attended the Illinois Art Institute in Schaumburg and earned a BA Degree in Fine Arts and Visiual Communications with a minor in graphic design from ECC. She is also a public speaker certified by the world famous Bill Gove Speech Workshop. Before earning her degrees, she entered a national beauty pageant in Florida called Miss Polonia USA and came home a winner. One of her prizes was to fly to Poland to participate in the Miss Polonia S.p.Z.o.o contest in Poland. Even though Agnieszka wasn't able to take part in the competition, she was awarded the opportunity to represent Poland in the Miss Tourism International contest in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 1999, Agnieszka Zakreta won the title of Miss Tourism International beating dozens of representatives from other counties and signed a one year modeling contract with Sassy cosmetics. Agnieszka Zakreta became modeling and acting. She graced magazine covers of Renja, Express, Sukces, Alfa, and more. She had roles in commercials (OMEGA), music videos (SWING BILLY), and films ("The Wizard of Austin Boulevard" directed by Louis Antonelli in 1994, "Life is a dream in cinema : Pola Negri" directed by Mariusz K. Kotowski in 2005).Agnieszka's pageant days didn't stop there! In 2000, Agnieszka won the title of Miss Polonii Swiata organized by TV POLONIA in Krakow, Poland. In 2003, Agnieszka entered to compete in the Miss Illinois USA 2003. In november of 2002, Agnieszka Zakreta becoming the first Polish speaking Miss Illinois USA ever in the largest competition with over 100 contestants. In early 2003, Agnieszka competed in Miss USA in San Antonio, Texas.

In November of 2007, Agnieszka Zakreta became Mrs. Agnieszka Iskra when she married her long time boyfriend Bartek Iskra. Currently, they live in Chicago and have a dog named oscar.