A storm called “Heidi” swept through the jungle camp on day seven…
Cared for in the Australian bush Tessa Bergmeier (33) for a lot of Zoff. But she was given the Zicken stamp much earlier. More than ten years ago, the riot candidate Heidi Klum’s catwalk show “Germany’s Next Top Model” stirred up. Tessa’s finger is legendary to this day, as is her sacking afterwards.
in the jungle camp the reality star now told how the casting show went behind the scenes – and relentlessly settled with model mom Heidi.
The memories caught up with Tessa at the nightly fire station. Your listener: Papis Loveday (46), who is very familiar with the glamor business. When the top model wants to know from his fellow camper how she came to GNTM, Tessa says she didn’t even apply herself at the time. Bergmeier: “They called me because they already knew me, because I had done other things before.”
The young model had no idea what it was getting into. Tessa’s verdict is all the harder today. She says: “They turned me into a monster there. Just because I’m confident and knew what I could do. They turned it around as arrogant and conceited.”
The show damaged her catwalk career – Tessa quickly had the reputation of being a super bitch. She about the consequences: “I couldn’t continue modeling in Hamburg. No customer wanted me anymore.” For the newcomer, there were only model jobs, if at all, abroad.
Tessa tells papis about her time at GNTM around the campfire
When the conversation around the campfire comes to Heidi Klum, the ex-candidate leaves no good hair on the GNTM boss. “It doesn’t matter to him. They don’t care about the girls. They don’t care about lives. It’s freezing. Business, business, business …” Heidi Klum has “no empathy” and is “fake”.
At the campfire, Tessa gets really angry, scolds the model mom: “She laughs at little girls. You have to imagine that alone.” Tessa only wants to have seen her in front of the camera. In truth, Heidi is “a person who can torment others without any feeling of guilt”. Papis also made acquaintance with Klum: “I once met her professionally. She only thinks of herself. No one should shine more than she does,” he says.
Top model Papis Loveday about Heidi Klum: “She only thinks of herself. No one should shine more than she”
Finally, Tessa clears up a myth. Her finger was not – as shown in the show – Heidi Klum. Bergmeier on the famous scene: “The set photographer took pictures of me when I was crying. And I couldn’t understand on earth why he photographed me crying. I found that so disrespectful.” That’s why she gave him the finger, “so that he can no longer use the photo”. By the way, Tessa now has “LOVE” tattooed on her finger.
Despite her riot departure after four episodes, Heidi’s father Günther Klum (77) wanted to include her in his model agency and sent a letter with a seal. Bergmeier on the offer: “At the time I thought: ‘Nope! And you can put your stationery somewhere else.’” Instead of on the catwalk, she has now made a career on trash TV and is currently hoping for the jungle camp crown.
Tessa’s difficult childhood
Tessa also talked about her childhood in the jungle camp. “I used to think everyone had to like me. But nobody liked me. Not at school and not at home either,” reveals YouTuber Jolina Mennen (30). At home she was “beaten up badly”. The ex-model about the bad time: “My mother then diagnosed me with ADHD herself. Then I had to take pills.” If Tessa cried, she was locked away. “Sometimes for days and without eating. I was always left alone with my feelings.”
