In 2002, she finished as runner-up in the world championships in the kumite 60 kg+ category. For the achievement, she won the title of Luxembourgish Sportswoman of the Year. On 7 December 2009 she announced her retirement for personal reasons.
She is a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). In the 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies, Scholtes ran in the Centre constituency.[1] She finished thirteenth on the CSV list.[2] On 3 May 2011 she was sworn into parliament in order to replace Mill Majerus, who had recently died in a car accident.[3]