The third season of Germany's Next Topmodel aired on German television network ProSieben 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 Jennifer Hof from Rodgau. Her prizes include: A contract with IMG Models in Paris. A cover and spread in the German edition of Cosmopolitan. An advertising campaign for C&A worth €250,000. A Volkswagen Tiguan
The international destinations for this season were set in Barcelona, Vienna, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, New York City and Sydney.
Contestants Ages stated are at start of contest. Contestant Age Height Hometown FinishPlace Rubina Radwanski 20 FrankfurtEpisode 3 Aisha Grone 16 Modautal Sandra Korte 22 LeipzigAline Tausch20MunichEpisode 416–15 Tainá Santos Silva 18 Brühl Elena Rotter 20 Salzburg, Austria Episode 514 Katharina Harms 18 Bremen Episode 613–12 Gina-Lisa Lohfink 21 Seligenstadt Bianca Schumacher 20 Krefeld Episode 711 Sophia Maus 19 Aachen Episode 810Anna Vanessa 'Vanessa' Hegelmaier20BielefeldEpisode 109 (quit) Sarah Knappik 21 Bochum8 Raquel Alvarez 22Bern, SwitzerlandEpisode 117 Gisele Oppermann 20 Braunschweig Episode 126Wanda Badwal23HamburgEpisode 145–4 Carolin Ruppert 24 Kelkheim Christina Leibold 21 VolkachEpisode 163 Janina Schmidt 23 Hamburg 2 Jennifer Hof 16 Rodgau 1
Episode summaries
Summaries Results table PlaceModelEpisodes34567891011121314161JenniferSAFEIMMSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFESAFESAFEWIN2JaninaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEIMMLOWSAFESAFELOWLOWOUT3ChristinaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFELOWSAFESAFELOWLOWOUT4–5CarolinSAFEIMMSAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFESAFELOWLOWOUTWandaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT6GiseleSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT7RaquelSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT8SarahSAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFELOWOUT9VanessaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFE 10SophiaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT11BiancaSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUTSAFESAFESAFEOUTKatharinaSAFESAFESAFEOUT14ElenaSAFESAFEOUTAlineSAFEOUTTaináSAFEOUTAishaOUTRubinaOUTSandraOUT
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: Cosmopolitan 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 penthouse magazine. 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 phobias such as her fear of cockroaches, butterflies ("lepidopterophobia") and elevators. 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 drug dealer in secondary school selling hashish 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 Bild published two articles referencing to the list.
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