The second season of ''

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'' aired on German television network

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from 1 March 2007 to 31 May 2007. The winner of the show was 20-year-old

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from

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. Her prizes include: *A contract with ''

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'' in

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. *A contract with ''ProSiebenSat.1 Media'' *A cover and spread in the German edition of ''

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''. *An advertising campaign for '' C&A'' worth €250,000. *An '' Opel Tigra Twin Top'' The international destinations for this season were set in

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and

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Contestants

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

Episode summaries

Summaries

Results table

: The contestant withdrew from the competition : The contestant was in danger of elimination : The contestant was eliminated : The contestant was one of the best performers of the week, and was declared safe before the elimination ceremony : The contestant won the competition

Photo shoot guide

*Episode 2 photo shoot: Wind tunnel *Episode 3 photo shoot: Bald heads *Episode 4 photo shoot: Falling fairy tale characters *Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing on ice blocks *Episode 6 photo shoot: Advertising spot *Episode 7 photo shoot: Action and explosion *Episode 8 photo shoot: Wildlife with Tarzan *Episode 9 photo shoot: Superheroes *Episode 10 photo shoot: Body painting *Episode 11 photo shoots: "We hate peyman";

Germany Cover *Episode 12 photo shoot: Contestants' choice *Episode 13 photo shoots:

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; caught in the act

Controversy

Many fans were able to find out the eliminated contestant from the next week's episode beforehand. *Eyerlina Sanchez had entered in Miss Dominican Republic 2002. *Denise Dahinten's elimination was confirmed by studio guests of that day's episode of late night show ''

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,'' where the eliminated contestants appeared after their elimination. *Host channel

booked a web domain for each contestant's name, e.g.
www.fiona-erdmann.de
' – the only names that were not booked were Tonia Michaely, Aneta Tobor, and Michaela "Milla" Gräfin von Krockow, so their elimination was indirectly confirmed. *An Austrian newspaper published a report on Anja Platzer being home again, confirming her elimination the next week. *Mandy's friends divulged her elimination in several internet forums. *As the 11th episode ended with a

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, making it ambiguous whether Fiona Erdmann or Anni Wendler would be one of the final three, fans began to collect details that would reveal the last finalist. Some television guides accidentally published photos of Wendler, Barbara Meier, and Hana Nitsche.

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photos of the three were shot and leaked into the internet. Finally, in the 11th episode, judges Heidi Klum and Peyman Amin could be heard stating "those three really deserve to get into the final show". When these words were said, there was a brief visual of three photos separated from two others. The two put aside were those of Erdmann and Mandy Graff.

References

External links

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