How were you discovered?
My friends and I went to Hamburg to enjoy a relaxing day in the city. During our lunch in a fancy restaurant, a scout from Iconic Management approached our table. She asked me to visit the agency after lunch. This was the beginning of my following trips across Germany with a little piece of paper containing some addresses of photographers and studios.
What are the best characteristics of your agent?
Well, I felt special from the very first moment walking through the door of Iconic Management because of its positive atmosphere. They are already my second family and I enjoy visiting them. And my motheragent Ingo - who is the owner of Iconic Management - formed the attitude with this personality. What I find behind the doors of Iconic Management is mind setting. Ingo is not only a manager, gate keeper and protector to me, but more importantly he became a real friend during this short time. With the mix of discipline and his attitude lending a helping hand when needed, we have created a perfect basis for a professional collaboration - and important to mention: With his proactive character and determining mind, he pushes me forward. It's this combination of pleasure and fun and professionalism in the job that brings excellent results - and in my case hopefully soon, too (Laughs). And he is the driver behind it with his way of working with people.
Your favourite and least favourite German city?
Definitely Hamburg! Also due to visiting my sister who lived there for some years. I call Hamburg my second home, already. I have to admit that I didn't manage to visit a lot of other cities yet. So this is kind of not easy to select. In Germany we tend to say "Don't judge what you don't know".
What is the most harmful thing you have ever done at school?
As I am a real peaceful character, I never did any severe things in my entire school life. Even when I was ill, I tended to join classes instead of staying at home. Accordingly, I barely stayed at home without reason. As a matter of education, I carry an attitude of being responsible for what I do and act reasonable. That does not mean that I always had my homework done - Especially in mathematics!
How does being from Germany help you in the industry?
Often you hear that Germany is said to bring out the typical blond models - A special type of girls who can be really successful. Well, I am not experienced enough to state this as a solely claim about German women. I think Scandinavia is a good spot and certainly other European countries, too. Generally I'm quite sure you can come from each part of the world if you have the certain attributes the industry is looking for, when body and mind are connected and express what you should be: a real person with good level of professionalism - and spirit. Then, wherever you may come from is not important in my point of view.
Your favourite and least favourite German dish?
You could think that a vegetarian like me will always tend to mark all dishes containing meat, beef, poultry or fish as bad meals. But I'm not the kind of "vegetarian worrier", I can accept other people's lifestyle and food choice. But there is one real disgusting thing for me which is a real delicatessen in Bavaria and which most tourists try out over there: "Eisbein" - Legs of a pig with lots of flabby fat all around. Favourite meals are pasta and all kinds of salads! The very best are home made by my mom!
Which German models are you friends with?
As I have been dealing with modelling, respectively the preparations such as photo shoots for no longer than 4 weeks now, I haven't met a lot of signed models, yet. But I was lucky enough to spent the last week in New York together with two others girls from Iconic Management, one of them was already signed with an agency in America, the other girl in the same situation as me. We all had lots of fun and it was a wonderful time of harmony. So, no jealousy feelings, competition or challenges between us - Just a good time together sharing interesting experiences of shootings in the streets of New York. I am in general a very friendly person, this is part of my character. I don't see that this may change with my potential career. The opposite is the case as professional people may even support each other in a certain manner to create even better results and success for all parties.
Your favourite and least favourite song at the moment?
My favourite song for the moment being is "Feel Alive" (Tim Royko mix) but during my trips I like to listen to music that friends and family enjoy - I am tolerant against all types of music and it creates a certain connection to my accompanying parties. In general I like music with a nice melody that can be called joyful songs. Still I don't prefer to listen to my Dad's band and watch their performances (Laughs).
Your favourite and least favourite German celebrities at the moment?
Good question and apparently difficult to answer, I think. In modelling I would like to point out Heidi and Claudia because they've made their impact throughout all those years and are still successful and just amazing supermodels. I think Germany is more the origin of engineering and famous cars rather than the home of internationally "reputable" celebrities, and this is not bad after all.
We Germans are not exactly talented when it comes to styling and so on. Give the Germans at your age some style advice!
I think most important thing is to be truly yourself. Being a real person including to dress and present yourself as you really are. In general, I don't like to follow so called "trends" since usually a lot of people follow with just "in person" acting. In my eyes it's exactly the wrong way of reflecting the personal character with dresses that you "must" wear instead of creating your own way. I like the phrase "Only dead fish follow the stream" - It summarizes my basic ideas about things in life. And that goes for styling as well: Individuality is the key - and cool!
