Tall. Ninewho see overthe crowd.

Violetta, 30, Oud-Zuid, 178 cm. Sleek black hair, desert-gold glamour, deadpan humour. Stacy, 22, De Pijp, 176 cm. Metallic nightlife style, a camera in her bag, a comedy club habit. Milena, 25, Jordaan, 175 cm. Direct, glossy, editorial. Short espresso, strong opinions.

Three very different nights sit at the top of this list: a gala table, a late comedy room, a mirrored cocktail bar with no sign on the door. Height is the one thing these three share, and even that reads differently on each of them.

Karolina and Samanta, both 27, both 174 cm. Karolina: poised, discreet, opera and architecture. Samanta: composed, violin, new languages, design obsessive.

Michelle, 27, and Vanessa, 25, both 173 cm. Michelle talks, sails and mixes a serious cocktail. Vanessa cycles, collects scents and asks the questions nobody else thinks of.

Angelika, 24, and Patricia, 28, both 172 cm. Angelika plays tennis and hunts down late jazz rooms. Patricia paints, reads and watches noir.

Formal ones. A black tie dinner. A reception in a museum hall. A congress night in Zuidas where every suit is dark and the plus-one gets noticed. Karolina, Samanta and Violetta are made for business events: composure, conversation, a silhouette that holds a long room.

Loud ones as well. A club with a strict door. A rooftop bar. Stacy and Milena turn height into nightlife presence, and both know how to walk past a queue with a smile rather than a scene.

Opera or a black tie gala: Karolina. A congress dinner full of strangers: Samanta, who reads a table in one pass. A formal dinner that should end in laughter: Violetta. A rooftop party: Stacy. A glossy club night: Milena. A Saturday of museums and cocktails: Michelle. The evening after a long flight: Vanessa. Galleries into a jazz room: Angelika. A candlelit dinner that runs late: Patricia.

Tall companions get asked about heels. Short answer: most of them enjoy wearing them, and all of them ask what the evening involves before choosing. Standing reception for three hours? Different shoe. Cobbled walk from the Jordaan to Centraal? Different again. Say so when you book.

Worried about being out-heighted at your own dinner? Do not be. Mention it, and she picks a flat or a low block heel without any fuss. Nobody at the table will notice the shoes. Everybody will notice her.

Violetta, Stacy, Samanta, Karolina, Vanessa and Patricia are also slim. Four of the nine have black hair. Michelle and Milena appear under curvy, and Angelika under athletic.

Booking any of the nine starts from €180 per hour. A gala or a late reception is quoted on request, confirmed on WhatsApp once you share the invitation. Book with a name, a venue and a dress code.