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, cycle 11'' was the eleventh cycle of ''Germany's Next Topmodel''. It aired on

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from February to May 2016. The international destinations for this cycle were

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and

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. The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Kim Hnizdo from

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. Her prizes included a modeling contract with ''ONEeins'' fab Management, a spread and cover in the German

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, a €100,000 cash prize and an

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Contestants

''(ages stated are at start of contest)''

Episode summaries

Episode 1: Neue Regeln. Neue Jury. Neuer Style.

''Original airdate:'' This was the casting episode. The top 50 girls were narrowed down to the top 30 after meeting the judges for the first time. The top 30 contestants then had their first live runway show. After the runway concluded, 24 contestants were chosen to advance into the competition. The contestants were divided into two teams of twelve. Half of them would be in Team Michael and the other half in Team Thomas.

Episode 2: Zwei Teams, zwei Inseln

''Original airdate:'' Team Michael and team Thomas were divided to two islands -

and

. After arriving at their new accommodation, they soon noticed all luxury and glamour was gone. Team Michael did a photo shoot in the dunes, where Fred struggled to deliver. Meanwhile, team Thomas had a group shoot challenge with

Toni Garrn Antonia Pettyfer ( née Garrn; ; born 7 July 1992) is a German fashion model and actress. She rose to prominence in the fashion industry after signing an exclusive contract with Calvin Klein in 2008. In October 2020, Garrn married British acto ...

. After finishing the photo shoot in the dunes, the girls in team Michael faced a runway challenge featuring Toni. Team Thomas continued on the beach for their first shoot. While the whole group received praise for their results, Heidi called out Saskia and Lara-Kristin as the weakest of the group. At elimination, the unsafe contestants were Fred, Lara-Kristin, Saskia, Sophie and Laura Penelope, who was originally safe from elimination but landed in the bottom for refusing to have her

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cut, and was given the choice of staying in the competition on the condition that she allow her dreadlocks to be cut, or going home. Out of the unsafe girls from team Michael (Fred and Sophie), Fred was eliminated, and out of those from team Thomas (Lara-Kristin and Saskia), Saskia was sent home, while Laura Penelope decided against her makeover and was also out of the competition. After the airing of the episode, it was revealed by ProSieben that Luisa from team Michael withdrew from the competition for personal reasons before the other members of team Michael travelled to Fuerteventura. Her withdrawal was not shown during the episode. *Quit: Luisa Bolghiran *Challenge winner: Shirin Kelly *Bottom five: Fred Riss, Lara-Kristin Bayer, Laura Penelope Baumgärtner, Saskia Böhlcke & Sophie Schweer *Quit: Laura Penelope Baumgärtner *Eliminated: Fred Riss & Saskia Böhlcke *Featured photographer: Matt McCabe *Special guests:

Episode 3: Das Sirupshooting

''Original airdate:'' 18 February 2016 After castings in

and

, the teams reunited in

. *Booked for job: Julia Wulf, Lara Helmer, Shirin Kelly & Yusra Babekr-Ali *Eliminated: Shirin Kelly & Sophie Schweer *Featured photographer: Blake Little

Episode 4: Das große Umstyling

''Original airdate:'' 25 February 2016 The makeovers took place this week, with some girls receiving more drastic changes than others. The girls then did a sedcard photoshoot. *Challenge winner: Lara-Kristin Bayer *Immune from elimination: Lara-Kristin Bayer *Eliminated: Cindy Unger *Guest judge:

Andreja Pejić Andreja Pejić (; formerly Andrej Pejić, born 28 August 1991) is an Australian model and actress. Since coming out as a trans woman in 2013, she has become one of the most recognisable transgender models in the world. Early life Pejić was bo ...

*Featured photographer: Max Montgomery

Episode 5: Es geht hoch hinaus

''Original airdate:'' 3 March 2016 The girls did a shooting at great heights. Afterwards, Team Thomas flew to

while Team Michael headed to

. *Best photo: Fata Hasanovic *Booked for job: Elena Carriere, Elena Kilb, Fata Hasanovic, Jasmin Lekudere, Julia Wulf, Luana Florea & Taynara Silva Wolf *Eliminated: Jennifer Daschner & Laura Bräutigam *Guest judge: Eva Cavalli *Featured photographer: Robert Erdmann

Episode 6: Lasst die Puppen tanzen

''Original airdate:'' 10 March 2016 For the photoshoot, the girls were divided into four groups, with each group receiving a different color theme and accessories. They later faced a runway challenge vying for a chance to participate in a casting for

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. *Booked for job: Team Michael *Eliminated: Christin Götzke *Bottom two: Laura Franziska Blank & Yusra Babekr-Ali *Eliminated: Yusra Babekr-Ali *Special guests:

Winnie Harlow Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young (born July 27, 1994), known professionally as Winnie Harlow, is a Canadian fashion model and public spokesperson on the skin condition vitiligo. She gained prominence in 2014 as a contestant on the 21st cycle of th ...

*Featured photographer: Rankin

Episode 7: Nackt im Dschungel

''Original airdate:'' 17 March 2016 The teams headed to

for a nude photo shoot in a

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. *Booked for job: Luana Florea *Immune from elimination: Luana Florea *Bottom three: Camilla Cavalli, Lara Helmer & Lara-Kristin Bayer *Eliminated: Lara-Kristin Bayer *Special guests: Michael Costello *Featured photographer: Damian Bennett

Episode 8: Jetzt wird's heißkalt

''Original airdate:'' 24 March 2016 The models did a photo shoot in an ice truck and had to prove themselves on a runway. *Best photo: Fata Hasanovic *Challenge winner: Jasmin Lekudere *Bottom three: Camilla Cavalli, Elena Kilb & Laura Franziska Blank *Eliminated: Camilla Cavalli *Featured photographer: Henryk Lobacezwski

Episode 9: Die Goldenen Zwanziger

''Original airdate:'' 31 March 2016 The models did a casting for Heidi's underwear line and flew to Los Angeles to have a group photo shoot with a snake in a theatre. *Best photo: Jasmin Lekudere *Booked for job: Elena Carriere *Quit: Julia Wulf *Bottom three: Lara Helmer, Laura Franziska Blank & Luana Florea *Eliminated: Laura Franziska Blank *Featured photographer: Adam Flipp, Mario Schmolka

Episode 10: Blind Marriage

''Original airdate:'' 7 April 2016 The models acted out a scene with a male model, and did a photoshoot with a perfume campaign in mind. They then took part in a fashion film depicting a wedding ceremony with an "ugly" groom. *Booked for job: Elena Carriere *Bottom three: Elena Kilb, Lara Helmer & Laura Bleicher *Eliminated: Laura Bleicher *Featured photographer: Christian Anwander *Special guests: Aladdin Ishmael, Del Keens, John Economou, Marcellus Williams

Episode 11: Blanker Horror

''Original airdate:'' 14 April 2016 This week's photo shoot took place in a haunted mansion with male model Tim Neff, while the runway was located in a desert. *Booked for job: Jasmin Lekudere *Challenge winner: Elena Carriere *Bottom two: Lara Helmer & Luana Florea *Eliminated: Luana Florea *Featured photographer:

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Episode 12: Tränen über Tränen

''Original airdate:'' 21 April 2016 Kim and Elena C. flew to New York City after being chosen by Heidi last week to go to the amfAR Gala. Crying in the rain while posing with a car was the brief for the photoshoot. A casting for Opel concluded this week's challenges with Kim booking her first job. *Booked for job: Kim Hnizdo *Featured photographer: Brian Bowen Smith *Special guests:

Zac Posen Zachary E. Posen (; born October 24, 1980) is an American fashion designer. Early life Posen was born and raised in a Jewish family in New York City, residing in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan. He is the son of Susan (née Orzack), ...

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Episode 13: Einzug ins Halbfinale

''Original airdate:'' 28 April 2016 The casting for Gillette Venus took place this week. The girls then did a photoshoot with their family members. *Booked for job: Fata Hasanovic *Bottom four: Elena Kilb, Fata Hasanovic, Lara Helmer & Taynara Silva Wolf *Eliminated: Elena Kilb *Featured photographer: Andrew Macpherson *Special guests: Patrick Karcher

Episode 14: Das Halbfinale

''Original airdate:'' 5 May 2016 *Eliminated: Lara Helmer *Bottom two: Jasmin Lekudere & Taynara Silva Wolf *Second eliminated: None *Featured photographer: *Special guests:

Stefanie Giesinger Stefanie Giesinger (born 27 August 1996) is a German model. She was the winner of the ninth season of the modeling-competition ''Germany's Next Topmodel'', and was on the cover of the German '' ''Cosmopolitan' in June 2014. Early life Giesi ...

Episode 15: Das große Finale

''Original airdate:'' 12 May 2016 The girls attended castings in

. Before the first elimination Elena came out as bisexual and revealed she has had a crush on Kim. Taynara was eliminated first. Laura Bl. was chosen to open the Top 21 walk after an online voting between the girls who did not reach the final. Jasmin was eliminated second, followed by Fata after a photoshoot. After the final walk, Kim was declared the winner, with Elena placing second. *Booked for job: Elena Carriere, Fata Hasanovic, Jasmin Lekudere, Kim Hnizdo & Taynara Silva Wolf *Final five: Elena Carriere, Fata Hasanovic, Jasmin Lekudere, Kim Hnizdo & Taynara Silva Wolf *Eliminated: Taynara Silva Wolf *Top 21 walk opener: Laura Bleicher *Final four: Elena Carriere, Fata Hasanovic, Jasmin Lekudere & Kim Hnizdo *Eliminated: Jasmin Lekudere *Final three: Elena Carriere, Fata Hasanovic & Kim Hnizdo *Eliminated: Fata Hasanovic *Final two: Elena Carriere & Kim Hnizdo *Germany's Next Topmodel: Kim Hnizdo *Featured photographer: Kristian Schuller *Special guests:

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, Rebecca Mir,

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Summaries

Results table

: 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 2 photo shoots: Swimwear on the beach;

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in B&W * Episode 3 photo shoot: Wearing swimwear covered in

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* Episode 4 photo shoot: Sedcards * Episode 5 photo shoot: Swing couture * Episode 6 photo shoot: Colorful outfits in groups * Episode 7 photo shoot: Nude with animals in the jungle * Episode 8 photo shoot: Ice fairies * Episode 9 photo shoot: 20's lingerie in groups with a snake * Episode 10 video shoot: Brides with an "ugly" model * Episode 11 photo shoot: Exorcism with a male model * Episode 12 photo shoot: 40's styling while crying in the rain * Episode 13 photo shoot: Posing with family members * Episode 14 photo shoot: ''

'' covers * Episode 15 photo shoot: Posing on the beach with inflatable toys

References

External links

''Official Website''
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