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Contestants

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

Episodes

I am from Austria

:''Title translation:'' "I am from Austria" :''Original airdate:'' January 9, 2009 *Guest judges: Sabine Landl & Thang de Hoo

Küss die Hand, schöne Frau

:''Title translation:'' "Kiss the hand, beautiful lady" :''Original airdate:'' January 15, 2009 *Challenge winners: Larissa Marolt & Victoria Hooper *Bottom two: Birgit Königstorfer & Piroschka Khyo *Eliminated: Piroschka Khyo *Featured photographer: Sepp Gallauer *Guest judges: Sabine Landl & Sepp Gallauer

Es lebe der Sport

:''Title translation:'' "Long lives the sport" :''Original airdate:'' January 22, 2009 *Challenge winner: Constanzia Delort-Laval *Casting winner: Julia Mähder *Featured photographer: Gery Keszler & Andreas Bitesnich *Guest judge: Stefan Maierhofer

Out of the dark

:''Title translation:'' "Out of the dark" :''Original airdate:'' January 26, 2009 *Bottom two: Birgit Königstorfer & Kim Sade-Tiroch *Eliminated: Birgit Königstorfer *Bottom three: Christiane Pliem, Constanzia Delort-Laval & Kordula Stöckl *Eliminated: Christiane Pliem & Kordula Stöckl *Challenge winners: Constanzia Delort-Laval, Kordula Stöckl, Tamara Puljarevic & Victoria Hooper *Guest judge: Domenique Melchior

Schickeria

:''Original airdate:'' January 29, 2009 *Bottom two: Julia Mähder & Tamara Puljarevic *Eliminated: Julia Mähder *Challenge winner: Constaniza Delort-Laval & Julia Mähder *Guest judge: Eva Dichand & Gery Keszler

Engel fliegen einsam

:''Title translation:'' "Angels fly alone" :''Original airdate:'' February 2, 2009 *Bottom three: Constanzia Delort-Laval, Kim Sade-Tiroch & Larissa Marolt *Eliminated: Kim Sade-Tiroch *Challenge winner: Larissa Marolt *Featured photographers: Mato Johannik & Mike Asato *Guest judge: Julia Wagner

Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

:''Title translation:'' "This portrait is enchantingly beautiful" :''Original airdate:'' February 5, 2009 *Bottom two: Constanzia Delort-Laval & Tamara Puljarevic *Eliminated: Constanzia Delort-Laval *Bottom two: Larissa Marolt & Tamara Puljarevic *Eliminated: Tamara Puljarevic *Final two: Larissa Marolt & Victoria Hooper *Austria's Next Topmodel: Larissa Marolt *Featured photographer: Rafaela Pröll *Guest judge: Atil Kutoglu

Summaries

Call-out order

: The contestant won the reward challenge and was immune from elimination : The contestant was eliminated : The contestant won the competition *Episodes 3 and 5 ended with a cliffhanger and the elimination was shown in the following episode

Bottom two / three

: The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two : The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two : The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two : The contestant was eliminated and placed as the runner-up

Photo shoot guide

* Episode 1 photo shoot: Cobenzl runway * Episode 2 photo shoot: Casual attire * Episode 3 photo shoot: Life Ball's style bible; skiing snow queens * Episode 4 photo shoot: Body painting * Episode 5 photo shoot: Chrystal worlds calendar * Episode 6 photo shoots: Miss covers; made in Austria * Episode 7 photo shoots: Swarovski campaign; tradition trifft moderne

Judges

(Host) *Andrea Weidler *Alamande Belfor

References

External links

Official website
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