Die Model WG (Austria)
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Die Model WG
Die Model WG
Die Model WG, German for The Model Community, is the name of two versions of the reality television show Modelville. It may refer to:* Die Model WG * Die Model WG...

(German for The Model Community) is an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n reality
Reality television
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 documentary
Documentary film
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 which follows the first steps of six former contestants from the first season of Austria's Next Topmodel
Austria's Next Topmodel
Austria's Next Topmodel is an Austrian reality documentary based on Tyra Banks America's Next Top Model that pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win title of Austria's Next Topmodel, with prizes including the cover of a magazine, a contract with a...

trying to breakthrough in the modelling business.

The contestants face a competition where they collect photos for their Comp card
Comp card
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 as new faces on Wiener Models for each job they get booked for and perform well in. The contestant who first collects four photos will become the face of the newest BIPA campaign and move to New York
New York
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 where she will go on to trying to work on her international breakthrough.

In the first episode Andrea Weidler, judge on Austria's Next Topmodel] and agency chef of Wiener Models invited the finalists from the other show (excluding winner Larissa Marolt) to compete for five places in a Model Loft. Although actually being the first choice, Constanzia Delort-Laval was forced to withdrew because she underperformed in school after her participation on Austria's Next Topmodel] and therefore made room for two more girls to compete when it was revealed that Kim Sade-Tiroch got a wildcard.

Contestants

  • Birgit Königstorfer, 22 from Linz
    Linz
    Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...

  • Julia Mähder, 20 from Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

  • Kordula Stöckl, 21 from Naviz
  • Kim Sade-Tiroch, 17 from Baden
    Baden
    Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....

  • Tamara Puljarevic, 18 from Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

  • Victoria Hooper, 16 from Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...


Weekly Performances

Name 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Kordula JOB SED SED SED JOB SED JOB JOB JOB WIN
Victoria SED SED SED JOB JOB EXIT
Birgit SED JOB SED JOB JOB SED JOB EXIT
Julia JOB SED SED JOB SED JOB EXIT
Kim SED JOB JOB SED SED EXIT
Tamara SED JOB SED JOB SED EXIT
Christiane EXIT
Piroschka EXIT
Constanzia JOB QUIT
The contestant who won the competition
The contestant received a photo for her sedcard
The contestant was booked for a job but did not receive a sedcard
The contestant was asked to leave the competition
  • Episode 5 was a recap episode
  • In Episode 7 Julia was absent from judging
  • In Episode 7 one of Kordula's photos was removed from her sedcard and replaced by a new one

Criticism

The show was accused for being a permanent advertisting for its sponsor BIPA where the name of the drug-store-product-line is quite often mentioned as well as for the striking resemblance of its logo to the one of the show.

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