Lena Gercke

Lena Gercke
Born Lena Johanna Gercke
(1988-02-29) 29 February 1988
Marburg, Hessen, West Germany
Modeling information
Height 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Blue
Website www.lena-g.de

Lena Johanna Gercke[1] (born 29 February 1988) is a German fashion model and television host. She won the first cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel and is the 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 14 August 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Abiturjahrgang 2007". Abi-Galerie. Liebfrauenschule Cloppenburg. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  2. 1 2 "Lena Gercke - Karriere nach der Castingshow". SHG. Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag. 2008-07-03. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  3. ↑ Kaiser, Heinrich. "Lena versetzt Liebfrauenschüler in Hysterie - Massen wollen Rückkehr auf die Schulbank miterleben". Münsterländische Tageszeitung (in German). Hermann Imsiecke Druck und Verlag. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  4. ↑ "Lena Gercke: Zu dick für Paris". Focus. 2008-03-22. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  5. ↑ Dreyer, Patricia (2007-05-24). "Hey, das ist nur ein Job". Spiegel. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  6. ↑ http://www.erdbeerlounge.de/archiv/fotos/Lena-Gercke-laeuft-fuer-Custo-Barcelona-bei-der-Fashion-Week-New-York-Spring-2010/11040/5
  7. ↑ http://www.rtl.de/cms/sendungen/das-supertalent.html
  8. ↑ "Lena Gercke: Viel Kritik für „Prankenstein"". Retrieved 2015-08-27.
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