The third season of '' Germany's Next Topmodel'' aired on German television network

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from 28 February to 5 June 2008, under the catch phrase "Sie laufen wieder" ("They walk again" – as in ''to walk the runway''). For this season the number of contestants was expanded to 19. However, this season started with 120 semi-finalists in the competition. The winner of the show was 16-year-old

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from

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. Her prizes include: *A contract with ''

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. *A cover and spread in the German edition of ''

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'' The international destinations for this season were set in

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Contestants

Ages stated are at start of contest.

Episode summaries

Summaries

Results table

: The contestant was eliminated : The contestant was immune from elimination : The contestant was in danger of elimination : The contestant withdrew from the competition : The contestant won the competition

Photo shoot guide

* Episode 1 photo shoot: Emotions (casting) * Episode 2 photo shoot: Sedcard (casting) * Episode 3 photo shoot: Cobra * Episode 4 photo shoot: Angels and demons * Episode 5 photo shoot: Animal * Episode 6 photo shoot: Beach love * Episode 7 photo shoot: Drag queens * Episode 8 photo shoot: Hair and nude * Episode 9 photo shoot: Surf * Episode 10 photo shoot: Baywatch * Episode 11 photo shoot: Martial arts commercial * Episode 12 photo shoot: Showgirls * Episode 13 photo shoot: Five course meal * Episode 14 photo shoot: ''

'' covers

Post–''Top Model'' careers

Vanessa Hegelmaier, who withdrew due to an accident, became an internationally successful topmodel after the show.

Controversy

* Aline Tausch, who was eliminated in episode four, did a nude photo shoot for

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. She was confronted with it by Heidi Klum during the show. * Gisele Oppermann became known for her whiny voice and her bursting into tears permanently when being confronted with one of her many

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. She is the first contestant in the history of ''Germany's Next Topmodel'' to quit a photo shoot. (See '' Willkommen in New York''.) * On 15 May it was reported that Gisele Oppermann used to be a

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to seventh graders, consuming drugs herself and eventually getting the boot. This happened to be the day of the broadcast of her elimination. * On 12 April, a "secret list" was published on a fan forum which foresaw all the eliminations correctly. On 22 and 23 May tabloid newspaper ''

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'' published two articles referencing to the list. In February 2023, the

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published an article about the show with the headline: "Why isn't Germany’s Next Topmodel actually canceled?" In March 2023 former judge Peyman Armin apologized to Lijana Kaggwa for what she had to experience on Germany's Next Topmodel. He also apologized for being part of Germany's Next Topmodel and promised to never take part in the show again. All of this was broadcast in the format "13 questions" on

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. In March 2023

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published the following message: "If the contestants get along too well, they will receive instructions from the crew to argue and produce beef." The participating contestants are also too young and inexperienced and cannot assess the extent of the show. 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!" In June 2023, the German TV broadcaster

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

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, the broadcasting TV station

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and the production company are presented as hypocrisy. Pro7 is said to have earned 87 million euros with the

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, and Heidi Klum 10 million euros. The contestants receive no money. Germany's Next Topmodel has driven some contestants into depression and suicidal thoughts.

References

External links

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