Lydia Obute

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Lydia Obute
Born
Lydia Nnenna Obute

1993 (age 2829)
Modeling information
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown
AgencyWiener Models

Lydia Nnenna Obute is an Austrian model, best known for being the winner of the Cycle three of Austria's Next Topmodel.

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Early life

Obute was born in Lower Austria to Nigerian parents. Prior to her participation on AtNTM, she had some experience as a model walking for fashion designer Thang De Hoo. [1] [2]

Austria's Next Topmodel

Being chosen among 4,500 hopefuls to be among the top 36, Obute qualified for the show among the top 4 from the Vienna auditions for the round of the final 14. She was involved in a controversy when fellow contestant Magalie Berghahn referred to her as "Neger Oide" (derogatory Austrian slang equivalent to "negro chick") in Episode 3 while having a phone conversation with her boyfriend that was taped and aired on television. Obute was confronted with that scene which was followed by a disqualification of Berghahn from the show. [3] After being a favourite for the title, Obute won several castings during the show most namely a testimonial for Evian .
On 28 February 2011 she won the competition over Katharina Theuermann, the youngest contestant on the competition. She won the cover of Woman as well as a testimonial for a Hervis Sports campaign and two runway jobs in Milan and Paris. [4]

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References

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  2. "Austria´s next Topmodel - Lydia". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  3. "Lydia Obute ist "Austria's next Topmodel"". 27 February 2011.
  4. "Austria's next top model 2011: Lydia Nnenna OBUTE won the 2011 edition « M-MEDIA".
Preceded by Austria's Next Topmodel winner
Cycle 3 (2011)
Succeeded by