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Germany’s Next Topmodel Celebrates 20th Season by Crowning Daniela Djokic and Moritz Rüdiger

Viewer frustration over reunion focus underscores enduring concerns over restrictive post-show agreements

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Overview

  • Daniela Djokic of Ostfildern and Berlin’s Moritz Rüdiger won the live June 19 finale, each earning €100,000, a Harper’s Bazaar cover feature and a L’Oréal Paris campaign.
  • The jubilee finale opened with a runway reunion of 20 former winners, prompting fans to complain about limited screen time for the season’s finalists.
  • Former champions Sara Nuru and Jana Beller were absent from the reunion segment, and Season 11 contestant Julia Wulf publicly questioned her own exclusion.
  • Winner Daniela plans to balance her new modeling opportunities with ongoing English and German teaching studies while Moritz highlighted the value of his early model jobs.
  • Revealed contract clauses bar contestants from paid TV appearances, advertising or sponsored social-media posts for up to six months after the show, drawing criticism for constraining self-promotion.