Lena Gercke

Born : February 29, 1988
Height : 1.79m (5ft 10.5in)
From : Germany

          -Lena Johanna Gercke, better known as Lena Gercke is a German fashion model and television host. She was winner of the first cycle of Germany's Next Top Model.

          -Gercke was born in Marburg and grew up in Cloppenburg where she attended the Liebfrauenschule Cloppenburg (ULF), a Roman Catholic gymnasium, completing her abitur in 2007. She has a sister and two half-sisters, who are her father's daughters.

          -On August 14, 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 is now the host of Austria's Next Topmodel.