Germany's next top model: These ex-participants made the breakthrough

Your names have long been forgotten? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that! After participating in the casting show "Germany's next top model", a number of young models made their breakthrough on the catwalk or through photo shoots – even though they did not make it to the top of the TV show.

Brenda wreath

Brenda Kranz (30) participated in "GNTM" in 2009. The then 18-year-old with the dimensions 84-63-90, however, only made it into the top 30 in the fourth season. Then the Heinsberger was discovered while strolling through Hamburg and received a contract in 2010 with the agency Place Models. There followed one catwalk job after another and appearances at fashion weeks in Milan, New York and Paris. In the meantime, she has had designers like Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana and Giorgio Armani in her vita. Brenda has also appeared in an editorial of the Italian "Vogue" edition.

Ivana Teklic

Ivana Teklic (24) also did not have to be sad for long that it was only enough for her in season 9 for third place and Stefanie Giesinger (23) won. Even without a "GNTM" title, she was able to convince luxury labels like Christian Dior or Roberto Cavalli. Teklic also ran for Wolfgang Joops (75) Wunderkind label. He had loved the blonde from the start at the casting show.

Vanessa Hegelmaier

Vanessa Hegelmaier (32) has done what many young models dream of. In 2008 she took part in the third season of "GNTM", but had to leave the show prematurely due to a fall and a recent concussion – no reason for the Lower Saxony woman not to continue her path as a model. In 2010 she was counted among the eight best newcomer models by "Vogue". She has already run at fashion shows in London, Paris and New York for labels such as Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani or Louis Vuitton.

Lara Helmer

In the eleventh season, she barely made it to the finals – but that didn't stop her modeling career: Munich-based Lara Helmer is now successfully signed to several modeling agencies and calls New York her second home. The brunette beauty was already running for Dior, graced the cover of the Arabic "Harper's Bazaar" and has her own swimwear collection.

Laura Weyel

In 2010 Laura Weyel worried about the "GNTM" crown. In the end, she was "only" third – and then had the right feeling. At the age of 23, the Düsseldorf native aspired to a modeling career abroad and did not choose Paris or New York. Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai: The blonde beauty took the Far East by storm. In recent years, Weyel has been to Bali and Dubai and has dealt with topics such as spirituality, yoga and health. In addition to modeling, her daughter Seven is her center of life, as she regularly shows to her Instagram fans.

Ajsa Selimovic

In 2015 Ajsa Selimovic was in the final and finished third, in the end Vanessa Fuchs was chosen as Germany's young model. But the then 19-year-old Austrian remained in the memory of the fashion world due to her extraordinary look. She got jobs for Rebekka Ruetz and Riani and was seen at Berlin Fashion Week in 2016. The former protégé of Heidi Klum (46) is particularly in demand among photographers today, as she shows on Instagram with many shooting pictures.

Sarina Nowak

After all, she made it to sixth place in season four. But then Sarina Nowak (26) also ended with "Germany's next top model". After participating, the blonde decided to escape the slimming craze in the fashion industry. In the USA, she followed a new model path and made a name for herself with her curves as a curvy beauty. She ran the catwalk for the legendary "Sports Illustrated" and shot, among others, for Khloe Kardashians (35) fashion label Good American. She describes her path to success in her book "Curvy: My path to more happiness and self-confidence".

Hana Nitsche

Hana Nitsche (34) got off to a good third place. After the casting show in 2007, the Czech native emigrated to New York. She ran on fashion shows by Unrath & Strano, Mango or Allude and graced as cover girl magazines like the American "Women's Health". With its sensual curves, it is also a popular underwear and bikini model, as numerous Instagram photos prove. In her private life, she also found happiness: with her fiance Chris, she celebrated the birth of her little daughter in August 2018.