Controversies
Many fans were able to find out the eliminated contestant from the next week's episode beforehand.
- Eyerlina Sanchez had enter 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 in which the eliminated contestants used to appear 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 Tober 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.
- Friends of Mandy's divulged her elimination in several internet forums.
- As the 11th episode ended with a cliffhanger leaving open if either Fiona Erdmann or Anni Wendler would be one of the final three, fans began to collect details and indices that would reveal the last finalist. Some television guides accidentally published photos of Wendler, Barbara Meier, and Hana Nitsche. Also paparazzi photos of the three were shot and leaked into the internet. But the most airtight proof was a mumbled statement by judge members Heidi Klum and Peyman Amin who stated they thought “those three really deserve to get into the final show”. For one or two seconds the viewer was able to have a glimpse on three photos separated from two others. The two put aside were those of Erdmann and Mandy Graff.
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