Her prizes included a modeling contract with OneEins GmbH Management, a spread and cover in the German Cosmopolitan, and an Opel Adams.

The next day, the girls are met down by the pool with Heidi and this week's photographer Christian Anwander for their very first photo-shoot: a bikini shoot.

Later, a photo-shoot at Gardens by the Bay has the girls posing with a snake, where Ivana produces the best picture, followed by Jolina, Sarah and Aminata.

Unable to attend both the Fashion Show and photo-shoot, Heidi leaves a recorded video telling the girls they are all heading to Los Angeles.

Unable to impress the judges this week is Franziska who is sent home, whilst the 18 remaining girls move into the mansion.

The judges also note Sarah's improvement in her walk, however, Stefanie, Jana, Emma and Laura are unable to impress leaving the latter as the eliminee for her lack of progress.

With this week's focus on the body, the girls head to their casting for Shape magazine, where Stefanie, Betty, Simona, Samantha, Sainabou and Antonia impress the client.

At judging, Ivana and Aminata perform best while Sarah, Stefanie, Lisa, and Nancy are critiqued for their walks as well as Jolina and Emma for their video-shoot, thus placing in the bottom five.

The shoot this week takes place on Malibu beach, shot by renowned photographer Gilles Bensimon.

In this week's photo shoot, the girls have to be hysterical divas who go ballistic, which makes Sarah, Lisa, Sainabou, and Aminata struggle while Ivana, Betty and Nathalie perform best.

In the beginning, Wolfgang Joop books Ivana and Samantha for his Wunderkind show at Paris Fashion Week.

After that the girls do a photo shoot in Utah where Stefanie, Nathalie, and Betty perform best, while Lisa, Karlin, Sarah, and Nancy are unable to impress.

The girls also produce a fashion film, where Ivana, Nancy, and Jolina impress while Stefanie, Lisa, Karlin, Sarah, and Anna fall flat.

Samantha and Sarah are the weakest at the photo shoots, and Nancy struggles on the runway heavily, thus making them land in the bottom three.

The rest of the girls tour Berlin's sights where Nathalie hypocritically asserts she is happy not to be chosen, saying she will only walk in Paris.

The shoot takes place back in LA, however, Karlin's visa is rejected forcing her to remain in Berlin while she awaits a new one.

Most of the girls impress at the photo shoot, with Ivana, Aminata, and Samantha performing best and Betty, Sarah, and Nathalie struggling.

At judging, the girls walk in outfits designed by Wolfgang, where Sarah is once again castigated for regressing in performance, and she is sent home.

The week starts with a runway training where Ivana, Betty, and Aminata are deemed best while Samantha and Anna are the worst.

Aminata struggles at the catwalk, which makes her the original eliminee, but she is saved after it is established asthma caused the problem.

In the final, Jolina is deemed to be the best in the photo shoot, and Ivana wins the challenge to design an outfit herself and to present it on the runway.

[8] In February 2023, the Berliner Zeitung published an article about the show with the headline: "Why isn't Germany’s Next Topmodel actually canceled?"

[9] In March 2023 BILD published the following message: "If the contestants get along too well, they will receive instructions from the crew to argue and produce beef."

[10] 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!"

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.