Germany's Next Flopmodel

This is something that was brought to my attention by my mother, so credits to her.

It's probably pretty safe to assume, that most countries have their <insert country name>'s Next Topmodel show, so, not much explanation of the principle is needed. Basically, it's a casting show, where every girl, who has ever been told by a dude who wanted to get in her pants that she's model-material, can apply (and they apply in thousands, every year) to be judged by a jury, which consists of a leading supermodel of that country (the US-original is led by Tyra Banks, the German version by Heidi Klum) and a few others who no one ever heard of, but are big in model business ... probably.

Getting to the point. The final 10 candidates, who get into the actual training- and elimination-shows, will tell you two things. All of them. It's like the casting-version of "world peace". Mind you, the punch line is in the concurrence of the two:

1. They have always dreamed of becoming a model.
2. They never, or hardly ever, wear high heel shoes.

That's quite amazing. That would be, kind of, like ... if I would show up to a basketball training camp and declare, that I always dreamed of becoming an NBA-pro, but so far never bothered to learn how to dribble.
Or if someone would say they've always been dreaming of becoming a singer, but cannot even read music. Oh wait. There's the Idol-shows, where exactly this happens. Never mind!

But, hey, let's not be too surprised. After all, this is exactly what all these shows offer and promise: fame, without that tedious talent-and-labour business.