Lena Gercke

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Lena Gercke
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Born Lena Johanna Gercke
(1988-02-29) February 29, 1988 (age 37)
Marburg, Hessen, West Germany
Website www.lena-g.de
Modeling information
Height 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Blue
Measurements 35½–24½–35 (US)
90–62–89 (EU)
Dress size 6 US/36 EU
Manager IMG Models

Lena Johanna Gercke[1] (born February 29, 1988) is a German fashion model and television host. She is winner of the first cycle of Germany's Next Top Model and host of Austria's Next Topmodel (cycles 1-4).

Early life

Gercke was born in Marburg,[2] Germany and grew up in Cloppenburg, where she attended the Liebfrauenschule Cloppenburg (ULF),[1] a Roman Catholic gymnasium,[3] completing her abitur in 2007.[4][5] Gercke is a hobby chess player. She has a sister and two half-sisters, who are her father's daughters.[2]

Career

Modelling career

On August 14, 2004, Gercke won a casting call for fast food chain Burger King. She was represented by Langer-Pueschel who booked her for photoshoots, catwalk shows, and dance performances. At the beginning of 2006, she attended a casting call for Germany's Next Topmodel hosted by Heidi Klum. Upon winning the competition, she received an advertising contract with the fashion label OuiSet, a modeling contract with IMG Models in Paris, the cover shoot for the June 2006 issue of German Cosmopolitan and an advertising contract with Microsoft for Windows Live. She also appeared in magazines such as the American issues of Cosmopolitan, Sports Week, Glamour and on the cover of French Votre Beauté. She was featured in print campaigns of H&M, Mexx and Geox. In 2010 she walked on New York Fashion Week for the Spring season of Custo Barcelona.[6]

Television career

In 2013, Gercke became a judge on Das Supertalent. In 2014, her sister joined the show for a surprise audition.[7] In 2015, she hosted the prime time hidden camera show Prankenstein.[8]

Personal Life

She has been dating German footballer Sami Khedira from 2011.[9]

References

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Preceded by
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Germany's Next Topmodel winner
Cycle 1 (2006)
Succeeded by
Barbara Meier
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  9. http://www.gala.de/stars/news/172953/Lena-Gercke-und-Sami-Khedira-Private-Einblicke.html Lena Gercke + Sami Khedira: Private Einblicke