- Born
- Nickname
- The Body
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Heidi Klum was born in Bergisch Gladbach, a small city near Cologne, Germany, in 1973. Her career as a top fashion model and swimsuit star began almost by accident when, on a lark, she submitted photos to a model competition hosted by Petra, a young woman's magazine. Klum won the competition, and signed with Metropolitan, the German modeling agency. After modeling in Europe for a few years to great success, she went to the United States to pursue modeling there, and met with more success, culminating in her relationship with Victoria's Secret. 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.
Like many other models, most notably Famke Janssen, Klum then sought to parlay her fame into a career in Hollywood. She has appeared frequently on TV in the US and in Germany, and has had several small parts in movies, including a cameo playing Swiss bombshell Ursula Andress in the Peter Sellers biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). Klum is married to British singer Seal and, as of June 2005, was expecting a child with him -- she has a daughter, Leni, with a boyfriend from a previous relationship. While she is best known for her beauty and perfect figure (one of her nicknames being "The Body"), the tall and willowy 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.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Larry-115
- SpousesTom Kaulitz(February 2019 - present)Seal(May 10, 2005 - November 17, 2016) (divorced, 4 children)Ric Pipino(September 6, 1997 - November 2002) (divorced)
- Children
- ParentsErna KlumGunther Klum
- Rescued her son, Henry, and two nannies from a dangerous riptide on Oahu on March 31, 2013.
- She has insured her legs for two million dollars.
- Has a rose named after her, known as the Heidi Klum rose.
- Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2001.
- Keeps a small bag full of the teeth she lost as a child as a good-luck charm.
- I'm very lucky. As I get a lot of role because of my name as a model and I probably wouldn't have got them without it. You have to make the best of your situation.
- Michael J. Fox is a great, sexy, funny, short man. I had so much fun on that show [Spin City (1996)]. There was this scene where we were lying in bed together after sex. But instead of having a cigarette, I start yodeling, because I'm German, see? He kept making me laugh, we were cracking up.
- Going blonde is like buying yourself a light bulb!
- I believe that when you put a smile out there, you get a smile back.
- When I came to America, I was really into all the things people eat here. . . . People called me Muffin because I would eat muffins all the time.
- Project Runway (2004) - $1,350,000 /yr. (2007) + $350,000/yr as executive producer
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