Kim Feenstra
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Kim Feenstra is a Dutch model of Indonesian descent. She was named the winning contestant of Cycle 2
Holland's Next Top Model, Cycle 2
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 of Holland's Next Top Model
Holland's Next Top Model
Holland's Next Top Model is a Dutch reality television show hosted by writer and former model Daphne Deckers, who also serves as the lead judge...

. Her prize was a €50,000 modeling contract with Max Models, a cover for Glamour
Glamour (magazine)
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magazine, 3 months all expenses paid modelling in South Africa
South Africa
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 for Ice Models, and a Mercedes-Benz A-Class
Mercedes-Benz A-Class
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.

HNTM

Mendoza came to prominence as a contestant on cycle two of Holland's Next Top Model
Holland's Next Top Model
Holland's Next Top Model is a Dutch reality television show hosted by writer and former model Daphne Deckers, who also serves as the lead judge...

. She became known for her irritating voice. Later in the show she confessed to being partly deaf at both ears due to an accident when she was a child. Mendoza gained popularity by her comic sentences and grammar mistakes, while the jury confessed not being 'wowed' by her sexy posing. However, by the end of the competition she won over the jury members with her skill at posing, and her walk. In the final Yfke Sturm
Yfke Sturm
Yfke Sturm is a Dutch model.-Youth:Becoming a top international model was the last thing 15-year-old sports enthusiast Yfke Sturm expected until in 1997 the 5'11” teen was approached in her hometown of Almere, Netherlands, by a Elite Model Management scout. Shortly thereafter, she entered the...

 (host of HNTM) called her the perfect candidate with potential for both runway and photographic modelling, and that Mendoza had the most potential of all the contestants to make it on either the national or international stage. Mendoza will star on the cover of Glamour
Glamour (magazine)
Glamour is a women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Founded in 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood....

magazine's Summer edition.

Mendoza is signed to Scoop Models in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Beatrice Model agency
Beatrice Model agency
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 in Milan, Italy.

She has also played in the movie: "The Last ottoman" in a love scene with Turkish actor Kenan İmirzalıoğlu

Personal life

In July 2007, Mendoza was sentenced to 80 hours of community service, for stealing a bank card from a disabled man and using it to withdraw €500 (EUR
Euro
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) from an ATM. The conviction does not have any direct consequences for her contract with MAX Models. Also, news leaked out about Feenstra appearing in an adult movie at the age of 17 and was a prostitute. This was disclosed by the man from whom she stole the bank card.

On August 9, 2008, Mendoza's partner Joshua Bathoorn was murdered.

On July 21, 2010, Mendoza's married to DJ Michael Mendoza.

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