Alisar Ailabouni is an Austrian

Austrians

Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

 fashion model from Mattighofen

Mattighofen

Mattighofen is a town in the district Braunau am Inn, part of the Innviertel region, in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.Initially Mattighofen belonged to the stem duchy of Bavaria, that became a part of Francia. In 757 a Kaiserpfalz of the ruling Carolingian dynasty was documented here...

, Austria and the winner of Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 5

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 5

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 5 is the fifth season of the show that was aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on March 4, 2010...

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Early life

After being born in Damascus, Ailabouni moved to Austria when she was two years old and grew up in Amstetten

Amstetten, Lower Austria

Amstetten is a town in Lower Austria. It is the capital of the Amstetten District.-Geography:Is geographically located between 48 ° 07 ' N and 14 ° 52 ' E , at a height of 275 meters , has an area of 52.22 km ² , its population in 2001 was 22,595 inhabitants, with a population density of 441 habs...

 and Schörfling am Attersee

Schörfling am Attersee

Schörfling am Attersee is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.-References:...

, where she went to school. She has two brothers. Ailabouni plays basketball and played in the Austrian U16 team.

Germany's Next Topmodel

After applying towards an open casting call in Munich

Munich

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 Ailabouni managed to make the top 18 and started to dominate the competition by winning several castings. However due to her shy personality the judges questioned her limelight ability and saw her struggeling several time when she was required to perform out of her comfort zone. Yet she became the first non-German top 3 finalist of Germany's Next Topmodel (although former winner Sara Nuru

Sara Nuru

Sara Nuru is a German fashion model of Ethiopian descent. She was winner of the fourth cycle of Germany's Next Top Model.- Biography :...

 was of Ethiopian heritage she owns the German citizenship) and managed to win beating fellow-contestants Hanna Bohnekamp and Laura Weyel on a live final held in June 2011. She then appeared on the cover of the German Cosmopolitan in July 2010 and in a commercial for Venus Breeze, a job she won on the show.

Withdrawal from ONEeins contract

Like her predecessor Sara Nuru, Ailabouni did not win a contract with a known modeling agency. She was managed by Günther Klums Management ONEeins but decided barely after a year to breach out from the contract due to her feeling that she was given only mediocre, no modelling related work. It marked the first time a winner of the show sued her way out of the contract and obligations not even one year after her victory. Ailabouni was not invited to the final of Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 6

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 6

Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 6 is the sixth season of the show that was aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on March 3, 2011. In difference to the last two years, a preselection was done and open castings were not part of the show anymore. The first episode...

, also a first on the show while several ProSieben-related magazines referred to Sara Nuru as "last years winner" given she was working as a backstage host.

Career

Ailabouni moved to Paris

Paris

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 where she was taken under contract by PARS, the modelling agency of Peyman Amin who was a judge on GNTM but left before her participation. She also managed to get signed with other modeling agencies, Eskimo Models, City Models in Paris, Fashionmodel in Milan

Milan

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 and Elite Model Management in London

London

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She walked for G-Star

G-Star

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SS2011-collection in New York and walked the Berlin Fashion Week the following season.