The 15 finalists arrived in St. Moritz and went to their first photoshoot on a snow covered mountain for German Cosmopolitan. After this photo shoot, Sophie and Alina decided to leave the show to return to school. Then the contestants had their first challenge, won by Aneta Tober. Finally, they went to their first important photo shoot, posing in front of a gigantic fan with a car behind them. Previously eliminated contestants Tonia Michaely and Denise Dahinten replaced Alina and Sophie. Heidi Klum, watching the photo shoot, spoke highly of Dahinten's creative poses, saying she hasn't ever seen poses like them before. In the end, Janine Mackenroth was the first model eliminated, due to a lack of expression in her photos.