Germany's Next Topmodel season 2

The second season of German reality TV show Germany's Next Topmodel (GNTM) aired on German television network ProSieben from 1 March 2007 to 31 May 2007, with commercial presentation by Opel Tigra Twin Top and Staatl. Fachingen. The show helped promote the modelling careers of both finalist Hana Nitsche and winner Barbara Meier, with the former working as a lingerie model for Victoria's Secret and the latter working in high fashion. The international destinations for this season were set in St. Moritz, Cape Town, Bangkok and Los Angeles.

Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)

Results table

 * The contestant withdrew from the competition
 * The contestant was in danger of elimination
 * The contestant was eliminated
 * The contestant was one of the best performers of the week, and was declared safe before the elimination ceremony
 * The contestant won the competition

Photo shoot guide

 * Episode 2 photo shoot: Wind tunnel
 * Episode 3 photo shoot: Bald heads
 * Episode 4 photo shoot: Falling fairy tale characters
 * Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing on ice blocks
 * Episode 6 photo shoot: Advertising spot
 * Episode 7 photo shoot: Action and explosion
 * Episode 8 photo shoot: Wildlife with Tarzan
 * Episode 9 photo shoot: Superheroes
 * Episode 10 photo shoot: Body painting
 * Episode 11 photo shoots: "We hate peyman"; Cosmopolitan Germany Cover
 * Episode 12 photo shoot: Contestants' choice
 * Episode 13 photo shoots: Romeo and Juliet; caught in the act

Controversy
Many fans were able to find out the eliminated contestant from the next week's episode beforehand.
 * Eyerlina Sanchez had entered in Miss Dominican Republic 2002.
 * Denise Dahinten's elimination was confirmed by studio guests of that day's episode of late night show TV total, where the eliminated contestants appeared after their elimination.
 * Host channel ProSieben booked a web domain for each contestant's name, e.g. www.fiona-erdmann.de – the only names that were not booked were Tonia Michaely, Aneta Tobor, and Michaela "Milla" Gräfin von Krockow, so their elimination was indirectly confirmed.
 * An Austrian newspaper published a report on Anja Platzer being home again, confirming her elimination the next week.
 * Mandy's friends divulged her elimination in several internet forums.
 * As the 11th episode ended with a cliffhanger, making it ambiguous whether Fiona Erdmann or Anni Wendler would be one of the final three, fans began to collect details that would reveal the last finalist. Some television guides accidentally published photos of Wendler, Barbara Meier, and Hana Nitsche. Paparazzi photos of the three were shot and leaked into the internet. Finally, in the 11th episode, judges Heidi Klum and Peyman Amin could be heard stating "those three really deserve to get into the final show". When these words were said, there was a brief visual of three photos separated from two others. The two put aside were those of Erdmann and Mandy Graff.

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

In March 2023, in a "13 questions" interview on ZDF. former judge Peyman Armin apologized to Lijana Kaggwa for what she had to experience on Germany's Next Topmodel. He also apologized for being part of Germany's Next Topmodel and promised to never take part in the show again.

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." The participating contestants are also too young and inexperienced and cannot assess the extent of the show.

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!"

In June 2023, the German TV broadcaster ZDF released a 70-minute investigative documentary about the machinations of the makers of Germany's Next Topmodel called "Pressure, hatred, manipulation: how sick does Germany's Next Topmodel make you?". For this documentary, around 50 former contestants, judges and members of the show's crew were interviewed, some anonymously. The makers of the documentary admitted that they are familiar with difficult investigations, but they have never experienced the level of fear and difficulty associated with Germany's Next Topmodel. Many former participants and employees of the show were afraid to talk about what had happened. 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. So you can cut and tell what you want. A lot of things are cut together wildly. The jobs depend on it. It's about ratings." In addition, former contestants report how the show's editors deliberately foment manipulation, lies and discord among the contestants behind the scenes. The contestants are shielded from the outside world so they lose their nerve and argue. The statements by Heidi Klum, the broadcasting TV station Pro7 and the production company are presented as hypocrisy. Pro7 is said to have earned 87 million euros with the Season 18, and Heidi Klum 10 million euros, while the contestants receive no money. Germany's Next Topmodel has driven some contestants into depression and suicidal thoughts.