Germany’s next top model: What are the winners doing today?

Germany’s Next Topmodel
What are the winners doing today?

Lena Gercke and Barbara Meier were the first to be named “Germany’s Next Top Model”.

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The “GNTM” final will take place on May 27th. Who will be chosen as the best young model? These beauties have made it over the past few seasons.

Heidi Klum (47) will choose her 16th winner of “Germany’s next top model” on May 27th. Who made it to the throne in recent years and what are the winners doing today?

Lena Gercke and Barbara Meier

In 2006 she was chosen as the first “Germany’s next top model”: Lena Gercke (33) had the steepest career of all winners after her victory. In addition to the model, a TV career followed: Among other things, she presented “Austria’s next top model” and was on the jury of “Das Supertalent” and “Das Ding des Jahres”. Since 2015 she has been leading the music show “The Voice of Germany”. Her relationship with Dustin Schöne has been known since April 2019. In July 2020 Gercke, who is also successful as a designer of her own fashion brand, became a mother for the first time. She was a guest judge in the current “GNTM” season.

Barbara Meier (34) succeeded Lena Gercke. Born in Amberg, she completed numerous photo shoots for magazines and some catwalk jobs after her victory. Meier later went to New York to take acting classes. In 2018 she also took part in the RTL dance show “Let’s Dance”. In June 2019 she married the Austrian entrepreneur Klemens Hallmann (45). In July 2020 she also became the mother of a daughter.

Jennifer Hof and Sara Nuru

Jennifer Hof (29) won the third “GNTM” season. To this day, the tax clerk is still in front of the camera as a model, but currently she is mainly concentrating on her family and her third pregnancy. Sara Nuru (31) was celebrated as the fourth winner of the model casting show. The highly competitive business should not remain her life path. Again and again they led their roots to Ethiopia. She eventually founded a social business with her sister, an association that aims to enable women to lead a self-determined life in the country.

Alisar Ailabouni and Jana Beller

Alisar Ailabouni (32) won the fifth season of “Germany’s Next Top Model” in 2010. She is one of the few winners with great international success. In September 2011 it ran at Fashion Week in London, the following year Alisar was booked by 17 different fashion labels for New York Fashion Week. To this day she can be seen on catwalks and in advertising campaigns. Jana Beller (30) cleared in 2011 and was then booked in large numbers as a professional model. In August 2012 she stood in front of the camera for Hugo Boss and also worked for the well-known fashion label Esprit. She still works as a model. At the end of 2014, she also opened a few bakery stores as a second mainstay with her boyfriend.

Luisa Hartema and Lovelyn Enebechi

In 2012, Luisa Hartema (26) turned from a shy girl from East Friesland to a radiant winner. Then it went on successfully. She has appeared in fashion magazines such as “Elle” and “Harper’s Bazaar”, and has already modeled for brands such as Escada. As a 16-year-old girl, Lovelyn Enebechi (23) won Heidi Klum’s casting show in 2013 and has also remained true to the profession. But: “Victory didn’t open any doors in the modeling business for me,” she said in an interview with spot on news in May 2020. “If I had wanted to make a career in TV, it would have been a lot easier and right with the Klum agency.” But giving up was not an option for them. “Modeling is just my passion.”

Stefanie Giesinger and Vanessa Fuchs

In 2014, the winner of “Germany’s next top model” was Stefanie Giesinger (24). She achieved a career as a model, influencer and entrepreneur. Since 2016 she has formed a power couple with the British Internet star Marcus Butler (29). Together they were also part of the current “GNTM” season as coaches. Vanessa Fuchs (25) followed Stefanie Giesinger in 2015. In an interview with spot on news in February 2020, the model, who is still active in business, drew an ambiguous “GNTM” conclusion: “On the one hand, I was the new ‘GNTM’ winner; on the other hand, the agency took away the including profit came, as good as all possibilities. “

Kim Hnizdo and Celine Bethmann

The “GNTM” from 2016, Kim Hnizdo (25), is also still working as a model. The blonde lets her fans share her successes on Instagram, such as a shoot for “Harper’s Bazaar”. The model also knows the darker side of the job, had to struggle with weight loss and symptoms of stress, as the “Gala” in April 2021 revealed. “What helped me a lot: I adopted a dog from Spain, that was half the battle for me. I’m also currently doing my yoga trainer license.” As a shy 18-year-old, Celine Bethmann (22) won “Germany’s next top model” in 2017. Today the Berliner by choice wears a cheeky bob and confidently poses on her Instagram profile. It was already running for big brands like Balmain at the Paris Fashion Week and was featured in magazines like “Elle”.

Toni Dreher-Adenuga and Simone Kowalski

Toni Dreher-Adenuga (21) is the name of “Germany’s next top model” from 2018. Even if she has not yet made her big breakthrough, the student is a frequently booked model. On Instagram, she shows her versatility with a wide variety of outfits and hairstyles. Simone Kowalski (23) won the title in May 2019. She landed a few modeling jobs in the summer, after which it became quieter around her. In 2020 she pulled blank in “Playboy”, parted ways with ONEeins fab and continued to work as a model. She is currently enjoying a change of scenery on the island of Bali, as she revealed on Instagram with several photos.

Jacky Wruck

For the last time to date, Jacky Wruck (22) was celebrated as “Germany’s next top model”. The start into the modeling business was not easy for her: “I think I made the best possible use of the time after my victory and saw opportunities in Corona and made the most of these opportunities,” she said in an interview with spot on news in February 2021 . She will never exclude her profession as a veterinary assistant as an option “and there is security, if things don’t go well, that I have learned a profession. First of all, however, I concentrate on my current profession, love it and see what the future will bring brings itself. “

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