Larissa Marolt

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Larissa Marolt
Born Larissa-Antonia Marolt
(1992-07-10) 10 July 1992
Modeling information
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Hair color Blond
Eye color Grey / Green
Measurements 34.5-25-34.5 (US)
84-63-84 (EU)
Website
http://www.larissa.cc

Larissa-Antonia Marolt (born 10 July 1992 in Klagenfurt[1]) is an Austrian fashion model and actress. She was the winner of the first cycle of Austria's Next Topmodel.[2] After her victory she also participated in the fourth season of Germany's Next Top Model, where she was placed eighth.[3] She lives in New York City.

Early life

Larissa Marolt was raised in the Carinthian town of St. Kanzian, where her father, Heinz Anton Marolt, a former member of the Austrian Freedom Party and retired local politician, owns a hotel. She has three siblings (two brothers and one older sister). Marolt attended a Gymnasium and passed her A-Levels in 2010. Marolt has since 2012 a close friendship with the American screenwriter and film-director Whitney Sudler-Smith,[4] although neither of them has confirmed they have a steady relationship.[5]

Career

At the age of 16, Marolt auditioned for Austria's Next Top Model, where she was chosen as one of the ten girls to appear on the TV show. In the last episode she was declared winner of the title "Austria's Next Topmodel". The prize included a contract with the modelling agency Wiener Models, an appearance on the cover of the Austrian Magazine Miss in February 2008, a contract as the face of the next advertising campaign for Swarovski Crystallized and a participation in Germany's Next Topmodel by Heidi Klum, making her the second (After Andrea Akmazdic from Croatia and Bosnia) contestant worldwide to appear on two different Top Model shows.

Despite being a former winner and the audience's favourite, Marolt failed to garner the sympathy of her fellow contestants, which resulted in her isolation from the group.[6] After her participation in the two shows, she walked the runway in the Amber Fashion Show[7] and the Vienna Life Ball in 2009. She also landed the covers of several Austrian magazines such as Madonna or Live.

Marolt (second from the right) with the other finalists of Germany's Next Topmodel 2009

In early 2010 Marolt participated in a spin-off show from Germany's Next Top Model based on the US reality series Modelville called Die Model WG. Despite getting booked for a runway show in the first episode Marolt decided to quit in Episode 2 in favour of school where she was busy with the preparation of her exams for her upcoming A-Level which she has passed. She went to New York and studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute. After she graduated she went to Berlin where she played the role of Maxi Koenig in the German series Anna und die Liebe. Beside she played a role in the TV series Danni Lowinski.

Marolts first movie, the Austrian production Rise Up! And Dance directed by Barbara Gräftner, will be premiered in March 2014.[8] Marolt also plays in the 2013 Austrian horror movie Hopped Up - Friedliche Droge, directed by Michael Fischa,[9] the lead role. The film will be shown early 2014 in the cinemas.[10]

In 2014, she participated in the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and finished 2nd place. Marolt had to perform alltogether ten bushtucker trials which are used to allow the contestants to gain food and treats for the camp. She was selected by the TV viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to eight trials in a row setting a new world record, as no other celebrity in any of the international shows has been chosen that often consecutively.[11][12]

TV appearances

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Larissas Vater: Offener Brief an Petzner". oe24.at (in German). 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2014-01-22.  (German)
  2. ↑ "Austria's Next Topmodel: "Mediale Zeitbombe" gewinnt".  (German)
  3. ↑ "GNTM: Aus für Larissa!".  (German)
  4. ↑ 'Dschungelcamp'-Zicke Larissa Marolt - Das ist ihr Freund! (German)
  5. ↑ Larissa Marolt: Jetzt spricht ihr Freund! (German)
  6. ↑ "Mobbing bei Germany's Next Topmodel: Wie lange hält Kandidatin Larissa Marolt das durch?".  (German)
  7. ↑ "Larissa Marolt & Birgit Königstorfer for AMBER Fashion Show in Monaco". 
  8. ↑ Larissa Marolt im Film "Rise up and dance" (German)
  9. ↑ Hopped Up official website
  10. ↑ Larissa kommt ins Kino! (German)
  11. ↑ "Dschungelprüfungs-Weltrekord für Larissa Marolt". Wochenblatt - die Zeitung für alle. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.  (German)
  12. ↑ "Weltrekord statt Zepter: Marolt Zweite bei RTL-“Dschungelcamp“". Tiroler Tageszeitung. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.  (German)

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Cycles
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Cast members
Current
  • Melanie Sheriau
  • Carmen Kreuzer
  • Rolf Scheider
Former
  • Alamande Belfor
  • Sabine Landl
  • Andreas Ortner
  • Andrea Weidler
  • Lena Gercke
  • Atil Kutoglu
  • Elvyra Greyer
Winners
Related articles
Preceded by
None		 Austria's Next Topmodel winner
Cycle 1 (2009) 		Succeeded by
Aylin Kösetürk


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