MEET WIEBKE SCHWARTAU

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Wiebke Schwartau is used to either catching basketballs or the attention of modelling agencies. The German beauty has been dubbed the 'world's sexiest basketball star'.

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She plays for Alba Berlin, who look set to earn a play-off place in the women's Bundesliga. But when not impressing with her basketball skills, Wiebke also turns heads as a model.

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The beauty has appeared on Germany's Next Top Model. Contestants were judged by catwalk queen Heidi Klum.

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While Wiebke didn't win the TV contest German's Next Top Model, it has helped her gain 71,000 Instagram followers. She often posts stunning snaps of herself on the basketball court and in an array of stylish outfits.

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The sporting stunner stands at 6ft 5in tall and used the show as a platform to promote body positivity.

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Wiebke is back in Germany after studying biology at Towson University in Maryland, USA. If she wasn't busy enough as a model and basketball star, she is also working on launching a clothing brand aimed at taller women.

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On sport giving her belief, she said: "As a child and teenager, I was not a self-confident person. But basketball was always a safe place for me."

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