Barbara Meier

Barbara Meier adalah model fesyen Jerman dan pemenang siklus kedua Model Top Jerman Berikutnya. Lahir di kota kecil Amberg, Jerman, Bavaria, Barbara Meier awalnya tidak bercita-cita berkarir di bidang modeling. Sebaliknya, setelah lulus sekolah, ia mendaftar di Fachhochschule Regensburg untuk belajar matematika dan fisika. Saat berbelanja di mal setempat, dia diundang oleh seorang model pramuka ke casting Model Top Jerman Berikutnya. Dari 16.421 peserta casting nasional, ia terpilih di antara 15 kandidat untuk tampil di acara TV tersebut. Selama pertunjukan, dia harus menghadapi serangkaian tantangan untuk mengungguli kontestannya. Bahkan sebelum pertunjukan berakhir, salah satu kompetisi kecil ini membuatnya memenangkan peran utama bersama Heidi Klum dalam iklan TV nasional untuk McDonald's. Di episode terakhir, ia dinyatakan sebagai pemenang gelar "Model Top Jerman Berikutnya". Hadiahnya termasuk kontrak dengan agensi model IMG Models di Paris, penampilan di sampul Cosmopolitan edisi Jerman pada Agustus 2007 dan kontrak sebagai wajah kampanye iklan berikutnya untuk perusahaan pakaian C&A. Setelah Topmodel Jerman Berikutnya, Meier menjadi sampul banyak majalah Jerman seperti Cosmopolitan, Icon, Style International, Tango dan muncul di majalah internasional seperti Vogue Taiwan, Grazia, Madame Figaro, L'Officiel dan masih banyak lagi. Dia juga menjadi wajah dari banyak kampanye periklanan seperti Pantene, Borsalino dan Disneyland Resort Paris.

Barbara Meier is a German fashion model and winner of the second cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel. Born in the small Bavarian town of Amberg, Germany, Barbara Meier didn't originally aspire a career in modelling. Instead, after graduating from school, she enrolled at the Fachhochschule Regensburg in order to study mathematics and physics. While shopping at a local mall, she was invited by a model scout to a casting for Germany's Next Topmodel. Out of 16,421 participants in the national casting, she was chosen among the 15 candidates to appear on the TV show. In the course of the show, she had to face a series of challenges in order to outrival her contestants. Even before the end of the show, one of these minor competitions had her win a leading role alongside Heidi Klum in a nationwide TV commercial for McDonald's. In the last episode, she was declared winner of the title "Germany's Next Topmodel". The prize included a contract with the modelling agency IMG Models in Paris, an appearance on the cover of the German edition of Cosmopolitan in August 2007 and a contract as the face of the next advertising campaign for the clothing company C&A. After Germany's Next Topmodel Meier was on the cover of many German magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Icon, Style International, Tango and appeared in international magazines like Vogue Taiwan, Grazia, Madame Figaro, L'Officiel and many more. She was also the face of many advertising campaigns such as for Pantene, Borsalino and Disneyland Resort Paris.