Barbara Meier

Barbara Meier is a German fashion model and winner of the second cycle of Germanys Next Topmodel Born in the small Bavarian town of Amberg Germany Barbara Meier didnt originally aspire a career in modelling Instead after graduating from school she enrolled at the Fachhochschule Regensburg in order to study mathematics and physics While shopping at a local mall she was invited by a model scout to a casting for Germanys Next Topmodel Out of 16421 participants in the national casting she was chosen among the 15 candidates to appear on the TV show In the course of the show she had to face a series of challenges in order to outrival her contestants Even before the end of the show one of these minor competitions had her win a leading role alongside Heidi Klum in a nationwide TV commercial for McDonalds In the last episode she was declared winner of the title Germanys Next Topmodel The prize included a contract with the modelling agency IMG Models in Paris an appearance on the cover of the German edition of Cosmopolitan in August 2007 and a contract as the face of the next advertising campaign for the clothing company CA After Germanys Next Topmodel Meier was on the cover of many German magazines such as Cosmopolitan Icon Style International Tango and appeared in international magazines like Vogue Taiwan Grazia Madame Figaro LOfficiel and many more She was also the face of many advertising campaigns such as for Pantene Borsalino and Disneyland Resort Paris