Nanna Grundfeltd

"Top Model" names its first lesbian winner--Nanna Grundfeltd

Nanna Grundfeltd is the first openly gay contestant to have won the title of "Top Model" in Searching For Finland's Top Model, the Finnish version of "America's Next Top Model."

The 25-year-old Finnish model is the first lesbian contestant to have taken the top prize in over 30 versions of the hit show around the world.

During the competition, Nanna (and the other contestants) were challenged to paint a word on their clothing which best described them. Nanna chose the word "homo," which is Finnish for "gay."

After that episode, Nanna responded: ""I'm so proud to be gay. I'm so lucky: I'm a woman and like women too! There's nothing better. I thought at first I'd put something more than just "Homo" on the hoodie, like "homo — who cares" but ... It was a strong word and that was needed."

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