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The eighth season of Germany's Next Topmodel aired on ProSieben February to May 2013 under the catch phrase Closer than ever.
| Germany's Next Topmodel | |
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| Season 8 | |
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| Judges |
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| No. of contestants | 26 |
| Winner | Lovelyn Enebechi |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
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| Original network | ProSieben |
| Original release | 28 February – 30 May 2013 |
| Season chronology | |
The winner was 16-year-old Lovelyn Enebechi from Hamburg. Her prizes include a modeling contract with Günther Klum's OneEins Management, an Opel Adams automobile, a spread and a cover in German Cosmopolitan, and a €250,000 cash prize.
The international destinations for this cycle were set in Dubai, Los Angeles, New York City and Honolulu.
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Due to a decrease in ratings for the show, several changes were done. For the first time the show was produced by RedSeven GmbH, who were also previously producing Austria's Next Topmodel.[1] Fashion photographer Enrique Badulescu joined the panel along with Thomas Hayo, who became the first judge - aside from Klum - since Peyman Amin returned for a third time to the show.
As in the last preceding years, a pre-selection was done, and open castings were not part of the show anymore. The first episode started off with 26 semifinalists of whom however only 25 were introduced to the audience. The show however was off with a disappointing launch as it showed a ratings drop in comparison to the last cycle's premiere.[2]
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(ages stated are at start of contest)
| Contestant[3] | Age | Height | Hometown | Finish | Place |
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| Clara Zaveta | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Hamburg | Episode 1 | 26 (quit) |
| Katharina Oltzow | 16 | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | Bad Arolsen | 25 | |
| Merle Lambert | 16 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Goch | 24 (quit) | |
| Nancy Limonta | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Dresden | 23-21 | |
| Lisa Quack | 17 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Schüttorf | ||
| Linda Niewerth | 17 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Reken | ||
| Lisa-Giulia Wende | 17 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Hamburg | Episode 2 | 20 |
| Michelle Maas | 16 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Tholey | 19 | |
| Höpke Voss | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Altenholz | Episode 3 | 18-17 (quit) |
| Bingyang Liu | 18 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Cologne | ||
| Leandra Martin | 18 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Würzburg | 16 | |
| Laura 'Sophie' Jais[4] | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Farchant | Episode 4 | 15 (quit) |
| Anna Seebrecht | 16 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Prien am Chiemsee | 14 | |
| Jessika Weidner | 16 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Au am Rhein | Episode 5 | 13 |
| Janna Wiese | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Schortens | Episode 6 | 12 |
| Veronika Weddeling | 22 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Borken | Episode 7 | 11 |
| Jacqueline Thießen | 16 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Hamburg | Episode 8 | 10 |
| Leonie Marwitz | 16 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Prien am Chiemsee | Episode 9 | 9 |
| Carolin Sünderhauf | 20 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Munich | Episode 10 | 8 |
| Christine Gischler | 16 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Essen | Episode 11 | 7 |
| Marie Czuczman | 16 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Lüdenscheid | Episode 12 | 6 |
| Anna Maria Damm | 16 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Neuenbürg | Episode 13 | 5 |
| Sabrina Elsner | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Gägelow | Episode 14 | 4 |
| Luise Will | 18 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Rostock | 3 | |
| Maike van Grieken | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Emden | 2 | |
| Lovelyn Enebechi | 16 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Hamburg | 1 |
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| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 104 | 1 | "Dream Come True" | 28 February 2013 | |
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The episode began with Heidi visiting the 26 finalists in their hometowns to tell them they have made it onto Germany's Next Topmodel. The girls did a photo shoot in Wiesbaden. Shortly afterward, Clara decided to leave the competition.
The 20 girls who impressed Heidi and Thomas were advanced through to the next round in Dubai. From the five worst-performing girls (Janna, Katharina, Lisa, Lisa-Giulia and Nancy), Katharina was chosen to leave the competition.
The remaining 24 finalists were flown to Dubai, where they walk in a fashion show for Amato Haute Couture. Anna Maria and Sabrina were deemed the best performers. At elimination, Merle was chosen to move on to the next round, but asked to leave the competition, much to the disappointment of Heidi, Thomas and new judge, photographer Enrique Badulescu. The bottom four girls were Anna, Linda, Lisa and Nancy. Anna was chosen to advance and the other three girls were eliminated.
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| 105 | 2 | "Shooting Edition" | 7 March 2013 | |
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The girls were divided into two groups of ten, with one group modelling couture dresses while suspended from cranes and the other group shooting underwater. The bottom two girls for the high-rise shoot were Carolin and Lisa-Giulia. Carolin was saved and Lisa-Giulia was sent home.
Luise was announced as the best performer at the underwater shoot. The judges said that all the girls did well, so they were all saved.
Sophie comes out to the other girls as lesbian, and Anna Maria talks about her difficult childhood in the Philippines, where she lived in a slum. Sabrina receives the news that her grandmother has died. At elimination, Michelle is eliminated. Carolin lands in the bottom two for the second time, along with Anna, but both are saved. At the end of the episode, Heidi reveals that the journey continues in Los Angeles.
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| 106 | 3 | "Beauty Edition" | 14 March 2013 | |
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The girls arrive in Los Angeles and are greeted by Heidi, who informs them that two girls have left the competition: Höpke, who withdrew for personal reasons, and Bingyang, who did not receive a visa.
Makeovers are administered to girls before the photo shoots. For the first shoot, they take photos for a sedcard, and for the second, they are taken to a hospital and pose with male model Rick "Zombie Boy" Genest. At elimination, Leandra and Leonie land in the bottom two with Leandra being eliminated.
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| 107 | 4 | "Runway Edition" | 21 March 2013 | |
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The episode begins with Carolin being told that she has been booked by a designer for Hong Kong Fashion Week. Booked for job: Carolin Sünderhauf This week's topic is Runway. The girls are taught three different styles of walk with the assistance of three models for each walk - the sexy walk taught by Irina Shayk, Prêt-à-porter by Jessica Stam and Haute Couture by Chanel Iman. At the training for the sexy walk, Lovelyn and Leonie are deemed best while Luise, Sophie and Anna Maria perform best at the Prêt-à-porter training. The photo shoot is a face shot. The girls walk as geishas in a Haute-couture-walk. Sophie is deemed to have the best walk and photo, but quits due personal reasons. She is allowed to keep her photo. Anna, Janna, Christine and Maike land in the bottom four. Anna is ultimately eliminated.
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| 108 | 5 | "Film Edition" | 28 March 2013 | |
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The remaining girls did a video shoot with different briefs. They also had a challenge where they had to act a scene in front of a green wall and sitting in a car. The challenge winners were Anna Maria and Leonie. At elimination, Sabrina was criticized for having a bad attitude in front of the make up artist. Veronika is told she has also great potential to become an actor because of her fantastic performance. Christine, Janna, Jessika, Lovelyn and Sabrina landed in the bottom five and Jessika is eliminated.
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| 109 | 6 | "Sports Edition" | 4 April 2013 | |
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The girls wake up early to do sport with a rugby team. They later dance as cheerleaders at a basketball game. The photo shoot is about boxing. Christine and Janna perform worst while Maike is deemed best. At the casting for an editorial in the German Gala, Sabrina, Marie and Carolin are booked. Janna is eliminated for her bad photo shoot and a fauxpas on the runway. Jacqueline is also heavily criticized and told to perform better next week. The remaining 11 girls go to New York City.
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| 110 | 7 | "New York/Casting Edition" | 11 April 2013 | |
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In New York, the girls do a group photo shoot on a bus. Maike and Lovelyn are deemed best and get to go to the AmfAR gala with Heidi as reward for their performance. The girls are sent to castings for New York Fashion Week. Marie and Anna Maria both walk in two shows, Lovelyn, Maike, Luise and Carolin are booked for one show. During a meeting at IMG Models, Luise is called a million dollar face. Last year's winner, Luisa, is also seen walking in one of the shows the girls walk in. At panel, Veronika and Jacqueline are in the bottom two in the wake of their weak performance during the week's photoshoot. Even though Jacqueline's walk is worse than Veronika's, the judges feel that Veronika's potential is exhausted and let Jacqueline advance to the next round.
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| 111 | 8 | "Sexy Edition" | 18 April 2013 | |
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The girls do a sexy photo shoot in lingerie. Lovelyn is deemed best again. When Heidi goes shopping with Jacqueline because of her bad outfits, the other girls feel treated unfairly. At a casting for German Cosmopolitan Maike, Marie, Leonie, Anna Maria and Carolin reach the second round with Maike, Carolin and Anna Maria being booked. Alessandra Ambrosio teaches the girls how to do a sexy walk as part of this week's theme and also serves as a guest judge. Leonie and Jacqueline are in the bottom two. It's not revealed who gets eliminated, leaving the episode with a cliffhanger.
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| 112 | 9 | "Transformation Edition" | 25 April 2013 | |
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The episode picks up directly were last week's episode ended with a cliffhanger. It is revealed that Jacqueline is sent home. The week starts with a casting for German Joy. The girls are told to embody different types of characters while walking around in the pedestrian street. While Luise, Marie and Sabrina reach the second round, Carolin is the only one to struggle. In the end Marie gets booked her fourth job. Luise, Lovelyn, Marie, Maike, Anna Maria and Sabrina get great feedback for their photos, while Carolin, Christine and Leonie are criticized. At panel, Heidi tells Maike she had been the best at the shoot. At the casting for Opel, Lovelyn books her second job. A controversial remark by Maike regarding what type of looks Opel is looking for leads to her ostracization by the other contestants. At panel, each of the girls has to present three different styles of runway. Leonie is sent home for her weak performance at both photo shoot and runway. Christine and Carolin are also heavily criticized.
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| 113 | 10 | "Action Edition" | 2 May 2013 | |
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The girls do an action shoot in water. Luise is deemed best and wins the price to go shopping with Lena Gercke, winner of cycle one while Carolin is the weakest. At the second photo shoot Carolin struggles again while Christine surprises the judges. At panel, Carolin and Marie are deemed the weakest. Carolin is sent home because the judges feel that the others girls have overperformed her. The remaining girls go to Hawaii.
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| 114 | 11 | "Hawaii Edition" | 9 May 2013 | |
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The girls arrive at Hawaii, where they go camping with Heidi. The weekly shoot is dedicated to shooting each girl in an individual editorial. Luise and Sabrina have fully nude shoots. At this week's casting Anna Maria is booked for an editorial and cover shoot for a surfer's magazine. At panel, Thomas Hayo criticizes Luise for going blank at the casting and Marie for not taking care of her physique. Anna-Maria is criticized for her photoshoot and is told that, if she had not won the casting, she could have been sent home as well. However, Christine gets eliminated as she is the weakest at the weekly photo shoot as well as for her overall weak performances over the past couple of weeks.
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| 115 | 12 | "Music Edition" | 16 May 2013 | |
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The premise of this week's episode is to embody music icons. Maike is deemed the weakest while Anna Maria and Sabrina perform the best. At the casting for Maybelline, Luise, Anna Maria and Maike reach the second round. Luise and Anna Maria are told that it was a neck and neck between the two, but Luise ultimately gets picked as her beauty-shots are stronger than Anna Maria's. While Luise shoots the campaign, the other girls go to a casting for a music video of the song "Without you" for English boy band, Blue. Anna Maria is booked for the main role while Sabrina, Maike and Marie are booked for supporting roles. Lovelyn is the only one without a job this week. At panel, Marie and Maike land in the bottom two. Although Marie has a better week, Maike has had a stronger overall performance. Marie places sixth.
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| 116 | 13 | "Semifinale-Evolution Edition" | 23 May 2013 | |
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At the casting for Gillette Luise, Lovelyn and Maike reach the second round. Luise wins the casting and Lovelyn is disappointed for only placing second. Anna Maria struggles at this week's photo shoot for Cosmopolitan cover. At panel, the girls have to walk in Prêt-à-porter, Sexy and Haute couture outfits. Luise is the first girl to reach the final. Anna Maria is eliminated before Lovelyn also reaches the final. Maike and Sabrina land in the bottom two for struggling on the runway. Surprisingly, both reach the final.
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| 117 | 14 | "Live finale" | 30 May 2013 | |
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The final starts with the girls walking as Superwomen. During a live performance by Robin Thicke, the girls walk the runway and pose in Burlesque style. The girls third challenge is to walk as the four elements with High fashion dresses and poses. Maike embodies fire, Sabrina is water and Luise is earth which leaves air to Lovelyn. After the walk Sabrina is eliminated. The remaining girls do a photo shoot on stilts where Maike is deemed best. Afterwards they have to walk in futuristic outfits. Luise is second to be eliminated. Anna Maria is chosen to open the Top-20-walk after online voting between the girls who didn't reach the final. The Top 20-walk is done with a live performance by PSY. The final two have to pose in a surprise photo shoot where they have to dance. Lovelyn impresses once again. In the end, Lovelyn becomes Germany's Next Topmodel.
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Results table
| Place | Model | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lovelyn | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Winner | |||||||||||
| 2 | Maike | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||
| 3 | Luise | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Sabrina | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Anna Maria | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Marie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Christine | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Carolin | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | IMM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Leonie | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Jacqueline | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Veronika | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Janna | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Jessika | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Anna | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Sophie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | QUIT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Leandra | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17–18 | Bingyang | SAFE | SAFE | QUIT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Höpke | SAFE | SAFE | QUIT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Michelle | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Lisa-Giulia | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21–23 | Linda | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lisa | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nancy | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Merle | QUIT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Katharina | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Clara | QUIT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- The contestant won best photo
- The contestant quit the competition
- The contestant was immune from elimination
- The contestant was in danger of elimination
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 1 photo shoot: Haute couture in Wiesbaden
- Episode 2 photo shoots: Posing underwater; harnessed to a Crane in couture gowns; desert beauty shots
- Episode 3 photo shoots: Professional comp cards; taken by Zombie Boy to the underworld
- Episode 4 photo shoot: 'Flower power' beauty shots[6]
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Model mug shots
- Episode 6 photo shoot: Boxing in pairs
- Episode 7 photo shoot: New York City sight-seeing
- Episode 8 photo shoot: Rodeo Drive street walkers
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Mystical fairies in the woods
- Episode 10 photo shoot: Rooftop spies
- Episode 11 photo shoot: Editorials in Hawaii
- Episode 12 photo shoot: Famous musicians
- Episode 13 photo shoot: Cosmopolitan covers
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Episode 8 ended with a cliffhanger, but the fate of the bottom two was "accidentally" revealed on the official website of ProSieben two days before the broadcasting of episode 9.[7] Another faux pas happened during Episode 9. The remaining girls competed for an Opel commercial but before the winner of that was revealed, the spot has already been shown on television.[8]
In Episode 13, the 'top 3' for the live finale were going to be selected, but before the episode aired, it was revealed online and in badly edited episode promos that four girls actually made it through, and Anna Maria was eliminated.[9][10][11] As a result, the cycle has come under heavy criticism from many viewers due to the mishaps in editing, fan favorites being eliminated, and the season's ardent focus on quarrels amongst its contestants.[12][13][14][15]
During the live finale, topless FEMEN activists led by Zana Ramadani stormed the stage calling the show "Heidi's Horror Picture Show".[16]
In February 2023, the Berliner Zeitung published an article about the show with the headline: "Why isn't Germany’s Next Topmodel actually canceled?" [17]
In April 2023, Heidi Klum said about everything that happens at Germany's Next Topmodel: "At the end of the day I'm the boss and I make the rules!" [18]
In June 2023, the German TV broadcaster ZDF released a 70-minute investigative documentary about the machinations of the makers of Germany's Next Topmodel called "Pressure, hatred, manipulation: how sick does Germany's Next Topmodel make you?". For this documentary, around 50 former contestants, judges and members of the show's crew were interviewed, some anonymously. The makers of the documentary admitted that they are familiar with difficult investigations, but they have never experienced it before that so many people were afraid to talk about what happened as these former participants and employees of Germany's Next Topmodel. A crew member of the show who wished to remain anonymous is quoted as saying: "If you film a young woman from morning to night, you'll get every sectional image you want. So you can cut and tell what you want. A lot of things are cut together wildly. The jobs depend on it. It's about ratings." In addition, former contestants report how the show's editors deliberately foment manipulation, lies and discord among the contestants behind the scenes. The contestants are shielded from the outside world so they lose their nerve and argue. So 20 candidates have to sleep together in one room without contact to the outside world. The statements by Heidi Klum, the broadcasting TV station Pro7 and the production company are presented as hypocrisy. Pro7 is said to have earned 87 million euros with the Season 18, and Heidi Klum 10 million euros. The contestants receive no money. Germany's Next Topmodel has driven some contestants into depression and suicidal thoughts.[19][20][21][22][23][24]
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Contestant Carolin Sünderhauf proved to be the most successful model from the season, booking fashion spreads for Oyster, Elle South Africa, Superpaper, Marie Claire Australia, Elle Sweden, Cosmopolitan Germany, Grazia Germany, L'Officiel Paris, Glamour UK & Teen Vogue. Lookbooks for Altuzarra, Zara & Espirit. And Runway shows for Sonia Rykiel, Malene Birger, Brock Collection, Self Portrait and Junya Watanabe. And did a spreads and was on the covers of Gloria, Coco Indie & Annabelle Magazine.
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