“Germany’s Next Topmodel”
Six models don’t make it through the catwalk
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Heidi Klum’s modeling circle is drastically reduced in episode ten of “Germany’s Next Top Model”: First she sent her models into the wind tunnel, then a sea of tears followed.
The times when there was mercy seem to be over in the latest episode of “GNTM”. Heidi Klum, 50, says goodbye to several candidates. In an extremely challenging fashion walk, she exposed her models to 20 wind machines on the runway. In the end, six models had to pack their bags, which caused great sadness.
Grace impresses customers on “Germany’s Next Top Model”.
During the casting of the Italian underwear label “Intimissimi”, it is candidate Grace, 24, who stands out. She exudes a relaxedness and joy of life. Which is not a given, because she spent her youth in a Syrian village and it wasn’t until 2015 that she managed to escape with her severely disabled aunt. They came in a boat across the Mediterranean to Greece and finally to Germany. During the casting, the female models were asked to showcase their morning routine. In addition to top favorite Kadidja, 21, who was once again completely convincing, Grace was best received by the customer and grabbed the job. As the face of a Germany-wide underwear campaign, she is following in Superstar’s footsteps Jennifer Lopez, 54, model mom Heidi Klum and her daughter Leni Klum, 19.
Your uniqueness will be rewarded
Before the big fashion walk finale, Heidi wanted to bring fun and relaxation to the luxurious model shared apartment. She offered a $500 shopping prize for the model who produced the best short video under the motto “I am unique.” But the “fun” quickly turned into stress: the models only had one smartphone for each and four hours of time. What was intended as a relaxed change turned into group stress. Some models took too much time during the first-person shoot and thereby blocked the creativity of others. So little teamwork didn’t just upset Dominic, 20, and Lucas, 24. The male favorites Armin, 27, and Frieder, 24, as well as Stella, 34, solved the task best. Her short parody about her double life as a mother of four and aspiring top model received the biggest applause. In the end, Stella and Frieder won the prize money.
Is there a photo or not?
After the funny but no less stressful video shoot, things got dramatic: Heidi had a seemingly endless catwalk set up in a monstrous industrial hall. The monster runway was to become the path of fate for half a dozen models. First, Heidi, supported by Canadian supermodel Winnie Harlow, 29, asked the wobbly candidates from episode nine to go on the mega walk: Jana, 25, Nuri, 22, Stella, Dominik, 28, Felix, 20, and Yusupha were up for grabs everything. While Dominik and Stella were initially able to preserve their chances, Jana, Nuri, Felix and Yusupha suffered an early exit before the episode finale. A shock that was visibly visible to the models.
Swept away by Heidi Klum and the wind machines
For everyone who remained, the toughest test so far was to come: Heidi had 20 wind machines aimed at the winding catwalk. The models had to pose skillfully five times with their heads wrapped in a black cloth and convince Heidi and Winnie with their steadfastness and charisma. While the guest juror felt “goosebumps” during Frieder’s walk and said shooting star Lea, 24, had “a lot of self-confidence”, others were clearly noticeable about the insecurity in the balancing act in the storm. “Girl, you’re running for your life here now,” thought wobbly candidate Stella. She saved herself into the next round.
For Dominik, on the other hand, the final end came. The stunned Armin lost his two closest people in an episode with Dominik and Jana. Even for Lilli, 23, who had to improvise too much on the runway due to the wind, episode ten was over. The fact that they had to say goodbye to a total of six colleagues in one episode was too much for some models. The joy of making progress became irrelevant and the tears flowed freely. Aldin, 22, summed it up for everyone: “Nobody goes to sleep smiling today. The mood is very, very depressing.” Episode eleven next week will show how quickly the models find their smile again.