Uschi Obermaier was discovered by the magazine Twen. Thin and petite, but feminine, she represented a new type of model and posed nude from the front for the first time on a magazine cover.[citation needed]

In Munich, Obermaier was briefly involved with Pamir survivor Othello (a.k.a. Rudolf Liebzeit). Obermaier moved from Munich to the Berlin-based Kommune 1 after Rainer Langhans had become her boyfriend. Obermaier and Langhans talked openly to the media about their relationship, becoming symbols of the sexual revolution. Some commentators in Germany[who?] claim that John Lennon and Yoko Ono, among others,[who?] followed their example.[citation needed]

Obermaier was not viewed by most[who?] in the Ausserparlamentarische Opposition as one of their activists.[citation needed] She did not take part in radical feminist campaigns like other female members and friends of the Kommune 1. She was best known for appearances in German magazines Der Spiegel and Stern, in which she appeared nude and using marijuana.

Rainer Langhans mentions in his autobiography that he and Uschi Obermaier met Fleetwood Mac guitarist, Peter Green, in Munich, where they invited him to their "High-Fish-Commune". They were not really interested in him; they just wanted to contact Rolling Stones guitarist, Mick Taylor: Langhans and Obermaier wished to organize a "Bavarian Woodstock", and wanted Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones as leading acts.[citation needed]

Obermaier was the German groupie whose name is most intimately connected with the 1960s student rebellions in the minds of many Germans. She was briefly a member of the Krautrock-band Amon Düül, and is said[by whom?] to have had affairs with Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and Jimi Hendrix with whom she can be seen kissing and cuddling farewell outside his West Berlin hotel Kempinski in the movie 'Last Experience'.[citation needed]

Obermaier, had featured roles in several films. In "Detektive" (1968, directed by Rudolf Thome) she played alongside Iris Berben. She was the main protagonist of the movie Rote Sonne (1969). (Rote Sonne at IMDB). Together with Rainer Langhans, she had a small role in the movie Haytabo. She portrayed Marlene in the film adaption of the novel Blutrausch.

In 1973, Uschi Obermaier fell in love with Dieter Bockhorn, the wealthy owner of a club in Hamburg's Reeperbahn red-light district. They traveled the world in a customized bus, first spending three years in Asia, then going to Mexico and the U.S. for another three years. Obermaier said in an interview (Galore, Issue 25) that reports that she and Bockhorn had a traditional wedding in every country they traveled in were untrue. They married only once, in India. Their relationship ended abruptly after ten years. Dieter Bockhorn died in a motorcycle accident in Mexico on New Year's Eve, 1983.

By then, Uschi Obermaier had been granted American citizenship. Today, she lives in Topanga Canyon near Los Angeles, working as a jewellery designer.

Her life has been depicted in a biopic called Eight Miles High (original German title, Das wilde Leben). The controversial movie was directed by Achim Bornhak and released in February 2007. It is based on the bestselling book, High Times, an authorized biography of Obermaiers life written by Olaf Kraemer, who also wrote the Eight Miles High screenplay. The book reached third place on the best seller list and stayed there for five months. The movie was reclassified by distributors from PG 16 to PG 12 and reached to number ten at the box office.