Heidi Klum was born in Bergisch Gladbach, a small city near Cologne,
Germany, in 1973. 18 years old and still in high school, Heidi came
across an ad for a model competition in her area while reading a
magazine. She submitted her photos for The "Model '92" competition,
organized by the Petra magazine and a New York Model agency. Klum
won the competition, and signed with Metropolitan, the German
modeling agency.
Heidi's first modeling gigs were for the Petrol catalogue. Before
heading to the other side of the Atlantic, she modeled in fashion
capitals such as Paris and Milan. When she finally did move
overseas, Heidi found work in Miami before making the move to the
highly competitive Big Apple.
With patience and effort, the work
offers started to pour in for Heidi. Heidi Klum appeared in many print
advertisements, including: Bonne Bell, Finesse, Gerry Weber,
Givenchy's Amarige, I-N-C, and she hit it big with the Victoria's
Secret campaign.
This brought her to the pinnacle of modeling and, in 1998, the
coveted cover of Sports Illustrated's annual Swimsuit Issue,
cementing her status as one of the world's top models. Along with
that came lucrative marketing opportunities, including her own
signature lines of sandals, jewelry, and perfume.
In addition to modeling, she has appeared in several TV shows,
including ‘Spin City’ and ‘Sex and the City’. She had a role as an
ill-tempered hair model in the movie ‘Blow Dry’, played a giantess
in the movie version of Ella Enchanted and was cast as Ursula
Andress in ‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers’. In December of
2004, she became the host of a reality show called Project Runway on
the U.S. TV station Bravo.
She is an avid painter and has had several of her paintings appear
in various art magazines in the U.S.
After being married to hairdresser Ric Pipino from September 1997 to
November 2002, she had relationships with more famous men, including
singer Anthony Kiedis and Formula-1 racing team manager Flavio
Briatore. The relationship with Briatore was broken off during her
pregnancy with daughter Leni. Klum announced her engagement to the
British soul singer Seal on January 4, 2005, and they married on May
10, 2005.
Heidi Klum's daughter, named Leni (after Heidi's grandmother), was
born on May 4, 2004.The father is Flavio Briatore, but Heidi says
Seal treats Leni if she were his own child.
On March 17, 2005, Heidi Klum and Seal announced that they were expecting
a child. Heidi gave birth to a baby boy, named Henry Günther Ademola
Dashtu, in Los Angeles on September 12, 2005. On April 16, 2005,
Heidi raised eyebrows among media types and mothers alike when she
commented that caring for newborns was a simple chore since, "babies
take care of themselves—they know how to poop on their own."
While Heidi Klum is best known for her beauty and perfect figure (one of
her nicknames being "The Body"), the tall Klum remains surprisingly
down-to-earth for a supermodel - a middle-class Westphalian girl
from a small city - and has an endearingly goofy, engaging sense of
humor. She is famously close to her father, Gunther.
Heidi Klum Latest News:
Heidi’s little son’s passion for Bikes
The renowned actress, TV presenter, fashion designer, television producer and singer, Heidi Klum’s 1.5 year old son has a predilection for motorbikes. Contrary to the kids of his age who find a great delight in toys and similar stuff, Henry is passionate about big bikes which he has to wait for several years to ride.
While walking down the streets of New York West Village with his popular mommy and siblings, Henry was mesmerized to see a sleek motorbike parked at a side. He paused to scrutinize the gleaming machine as his mom and grandmom watched his little fingers roving over the speedy vehicle.
Heidi Klum, the third richest models of the world is currently filming the fourth season of the ‘Project Runway’ and is due to shoot ‘Germany’s Next Top Model’ at her native. On the other side Heidi is quite contended with her married life and the British hubby Seal. She says "On a typical day I can see the mountains and the blue sky, and look out over my lovely garden or pool." Heidi added "My husband and I have an office in the corner of the house. We sit on either side of this big partner desk, which is an old French antique, and spend the day working, or talking, or watch the children playing by the pool. It is quite a beautiful life."
Heidi’s boobs are christened
The beautiful and sexy German supermodel Heidi Klum does consider her breasts as the symbol of her girlhood or call them as ‘her girls’. Rather she has christened her boobs as ‘Hans’ and ‘Franz’. The names are a tribute to her homeland.
To the Sun Heidi said “its been an ongoing joke for 12 years. When I began modeling I used to say ‘These are German breasts- one is called Hans and one is called Franz’ ”.
Also known as ‘The Body’, Heidi, is known for her sexy curves. She is a mother of three yet boasts an enviable figure. She has recently become the face of the leading jeans brand Jordache in place of the British model Elizabeth Hurley.
Talking about the maintenance of her sexy figure, Heidi Klum revealed that she does not believe in dieting. She said “I have never been prepared to do crazy stuff to be like a thin rail and fit into clothes.”
Heidi Klum knocked by opportunity
The German supermodel Heidi Klum has gained at the loss of the British model, Elizabeth Hurley. Hurley was dropped as the face of an American clothing company and to add to her insult the German beauty Heidi Klum is bestowed the opportunity. Hurley has signed on for the company last year itself. Klum did a new advertising campaign for the jeans line last week with the director of the famous movie ‘Rush Hour’, Brett Ratner.
However this is the second contract that Hurley has lost. In the month of March too she was dropped as the face of a fashion label and someone younger to her was chosen instead. Hurley had signed a contract worth £ one million with the same fashion brand but when only half the time had past, the company decided not to renew the contract due to the poor sales.
Heidi Klum…the heat is on!!
The German supermodel, one of the sexiest beauties on earth, Heidi Klum is endorsing jewelry line these days. In the latest photo shoot, Heidi babe went wet from head to toe for the promotion of the jewelry line as she slipped and did fell in the swimming pool. The incident happened at the Beverly Hills hotel while Heidi was revealing her voluptuous beauty for the marketing of gems. But the jovial Klum did not feel embarrassed or bad about the mishap. In fact it is said that she invited the male models present there to join her in the pool and told the photographers to keep taking the stills. When she dried off she said “I think the boys had a little talk before I got here, because I was running late, and just pushed me in.
Heidi Klum has now issues with Seal’s style
The Victoria’s secret model revealed something new about her personal life. The German beauty confessed that initially she found her hubby Seal’s choice of clothes somewhat strange. But as of now the Douglas Perfume model is fine with the preference of the great singer. In fact, now Heidi Klum is really fond of Seal’s eclectic style. Heidi has a predilection for fashionable clothes. Besides her sexy figure and modeling she keeps an owl’s watch on latest trend in apparels. Heidi admits that she made an adjustment to Seal’s taste in order to strike a balance between them. She told contactmusic that “it took some getting used to in the beginning. I was like ‘Wow, what is that?’ He does not like to wear normal, boring things.”
Heidi Klum poses for the “Douglas” perfume
The sensational German beautyHeidi Klum, the lady who woos the heart of a million with her charming smile and peculiar personality is set to baffle you with her latest Douglas perfume photo shoot. She was shot the advertisement in the month of January this year.
The news is also in the air that Heidi Klum will confront challenge from renowned Czech model Petra Nemcova. Nemcova is hosting her own reality show on fashion world and this comes as a great challenge to her primary career rival, Heidi Klum.
Apart from these Klum is also in news because of her nude pictures with her husband Seal. Their naked portraits hung on the walls on Los Angeles house. The pictures are of the time when the beautiful lady was pregnant with her now two month’s old son Jonathan. In the photo you will find Heidi, Seal, Heidi’s daughter Leni and the celebrated couple’s 16 month old son Henry. "There are big, naked portraits of them with the kids. They are tasteful, but, you know, confronting," Hollywoodrag.com quoted a friend of the couple, as saying. Regarding her toned figure in the pictures, the Victoria’s Secret model says “"I ate well during pregnancy - anything I felt like, even cookies, ice cream and fries. But with David I had to watch everything I ate. When I need to get back in shape fast I know he is the man.