Set the default value for an HTML <select> element in angular2
<p>How can I set the default value for an HTML  element in angular2?
The simplest way to go would be my following attempt.
This does not work yet, could somebody help me please?</p>

<pre><code>// extract from template
&lt;div class="form-group"&gt;
  &lt;label for="status"&gt;Status: &lt;/label&gt;
  &lt;select class="form-control" name="status" #status="ngModel" [(ngModel)]="statusValueToSet" required&gt;
    &lt;option selected disabled&gt;Choose here&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option *ngFor="let status of statuses" [value]="status"&gt;{{status}}
    &lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

// in the component class  
statuses:string[] = ["New", "Accepted", "Invalid"];
</code></pre>