Overview
- Safia, who returned this season on a promised wildcard, refused to pose nude during Wednesday's episode and chose to leave the competition.
- Heidi Klum voiced frustration, saying the team arranged visa, travel, insurance and on‑site support to bring Safia back, then sent her off with a pointed farewell.
- The Rankin shoot cast models as “high‑fashion fish” using scale‑effect body spray, long artificial nails, bleached brows and an empty glass tank, and Merret was cut after judges found no usable image.
- Before the shoot, ProSieben host Christian Düren led a media‑training gauntlet that drew out flirts, rivalries and nerves as Klum observed the interviews.
- Two women exited in Episode 17, and the season continues on ProSieben and Joyn with the remaining contestants facing more shoots and eliminations.