Heidi Klum

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Heidi Klum
Image:Heidi Klum at Project Runway party - 2006.jpg
Date of birth June 1 1973 (1973-06-01) (age 35)
Place of birth Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair color Blonde (dyed)
Eye color Hazel
Measurements 35-24-34 (US); 89-61-86 (EU)
Weight 54 kg (120 lb/8.5 st)
Spouse(s) Seal (2005 - present)
[www.heidiklum.com Official web site]

Heidi Klum (pronounced [ˈklʊm]; born June 1, 1973[1]) is a German supermodel, actress, TV presenter, fashion designer, television producer and singer. She is best known as the hostess of Project Runway and Germany's Next Topmodel, and for her modeling work with Victoria's Secret.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and discovery

Klum was born in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She was raised by her parents, Günther (a cosmetics company executive) and Erna (a hairdresser)[2] According to Klum, "in 1991, my friend, Karin, persuaded me to fill out a magazine coupon: I enrolled for the national contest 'Model 92', with the chosen winners shown on Gottschalk, a top German television show, sort of similar to late night shows with David Letterman or Jay Leno in the United States."[3] Out of 25,000 contestants, Klum was voted the winner on April 29, 1992 and was offered a modeling contract worth US$300,000.[4] She accepted the contract a few months later after graduating from school and decided not to try for an apprentice position at a fashion design school.[5] Heidi has two brothers, thirty year old twins John and Dylan, and one sister, sixteen year old Jessica.

[edit] Modeling and acting

Klum has been on the cover of most of the well-known fashion magazines, including Vogue Magazine, ELLE and Marie Claire. She became widely known after appearing on the cover of Playboy and for her work with Victoria's Secret. She has been a spokesmodel for McDonald's, Braun, H & M, and Liz Claiborne, among others. She is currently the latest celebrity spokesmodel for Jordache.[6] In addition to modeling, she has appeared in several TV shows, including Spin City, Sex and the City, and Yes, Dear. She had a role as an ill-tempered hair model in the movie Blow Dry, played a giantess in the movie Ella Enchanted and was cast as Ursula Andress in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. She also had cameo appearances in The Devil Wears Prada and Perfect Stranger.

In July 2007, having earned an estimated $8 million in the previous 12 months, Klum was named by Forbes as third in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.[7]

Klum guest-starred on How I Met Your Mother (episode: "The Yips") on November 26, 2007 with her fellow Victoria's Secret supermodels (Adriana Lima, Selita Ebanks, Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr and Alessandra Ambrosio).

[edit] Project Runway

Image:Emmys-bennett-klum-seal.jpg
Project Runway season three finalist Laura Bennett interviews Klum and Seal at the 59th Emmy Awards.

In December 2004, she became the host and judge of the reality show Project Runway on the U.S. cable television channel Bravo, in which fashion designers compete for the opportunity to show their line at New York Fashion Week and receive money to launch their own fashion line. She received an Emmy Awards nomination for the show for each of the first three seasons.[8]

[edit] Designing and perfume

Klum has designed her own clothing lines (including one for infants) that were featured in the German mail-order catalog "Otto." She also has designed shoes for Birkenstock, jewellery for Mouawad, and swimsuits – featured in the 2002 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue – that, for a limited time, were available for sale through her personal website. She was one of the designers of the Victoria's Secret lingerie line "The Body", which was named after the nickname she received following her first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show appearance. Her Mouawad jewelry collection debuted on the cable shopping network QVC on September 14, 2006, and 14 of the 16 styles sold out after only 36 minutes.[9] A second line of her jewellery collection debuted on QVC on April 14, 2007, with similar success.[10]

She has produced two fragrances, called "Heidi Klum" and "Me", which are currently available for sale through her official website.

She was also involved in the development of a namesake rose, the Heidi Klum rose,[11] which is available in Germany.

[edit] Germany's Next Topmodel

Germany's Next Topmodel is a German reality television show which pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win a modeling contract with IMG. Klum is the host and co-producer of the show along with model Tyra Banks. The first season or "cycle" of the show was won by Lena Gercke and the second cycle was won by Barbara Meier.

[edit] Other

Klum is also an artist and has had several of her paintings appear in various art magazines in the U.S. On September 27, 2002 she dedicated a sculpture she painted called "Dog with Butterflies" to commemorate the role of rescue dogs in the aftermath of September 11.[12]

In 2004, Klum co-authored Heidi Klum's Body of Knowledge with Elle magazine editor Alexandra Postman. The book gives Klum's biography as well as her advice on becoming successful. Prior to that, Klum had been an occasional guest columnist for the German television network RTL's website. She has also written an essay for the German newspaper Die Zeit.[13]

Her other projects have included music and video games. She is featured in the 2004 James Bond video game Everything or Nothing, where she plays a villain Dr. Katya Nadanova.[14] She has appeared in several music videos, including Jamiroquai's video "Love Foolosophy" from their album A Funk Odyssey, and Kelis's "Young, Fresh N' New," off her second album Wanderland.

In November 2006 Klum released her debut single "Wonderland," which was written for a series of television advertisements for the German retailer "Douglas." Proceeds from the single were given to a children's charity in her hometown of Bergisch Gladbach.[15] She also contributed to her husband Seal's 2007 album System, singing the duet "Wedding Day", a song that Seal wrote for their wedding.[16] Klum is also said to appear on cycle 10 of America's Next Top Model as one of the judges for the first couple of episodes.

[edit] Personal life

Klum was first married to Ric Pipino, a celebrity hairstylist, in 1997. The couple divorced in 2002.[17] Following the divorce, she had brief relationships with Red Hot Chilli Peppers lead singer Anthony Keidis and Formula-1 mogul Flavio Briatore. In the Autumn of 2003, Klum announced she was pregnant with Briatore's child. On the day she announced the pregnancy, Briatore was photographed kissing Fiona Swarovski, a jewelery heiress.[18] Klum and Briatore split up shortly thereafter. Klum gave birth to Helene "Leni" Klum on May 4, 2004 in New York City, New York.[19]

In early 2004, while still pregnant, Heidi began a relationship with musician Seal.[20] Klum and Seal married on May 10, 2005, on a beach in Mexico. They have two children together, both boys: Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu Samuel, born September 12, 2005 in Los Angeles, California[21] and Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel born November 22, 2006 in Los Angeles.[22] According to Klum, Flavio Briatore is not involved in Leni's life, and she has stated emphatically that "Seal is Leni's father." [23]

[edit] Controversy

In December 2007, Klum was sued by jewelry maker Van Cleef & Arpels for allegedly misappropriating a clover design for her own bauble line.[1]

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
1998 54 VIP Patron
2001 Blow Dry Jasmine
2004 Ella Enchanted Brumhilda
2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Ursula Andress
2007 Perfect Stranger


Klum appeared in episodes of Malcolm in the Middle (as a toothless hockey player) and Cursed, and has made several guest appearances as herself in various shows, including Spin City, Sex and the City, CSI: Miami and How I Met Your Mother.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Heidi Klum. heidiklum.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-28. “1. June 1973: My birthday in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.”
  2. ^ Mark Seal. Celebrated Living Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. “A few weeks later, the telephone rang in her little town, where she lived with her father, Günther, a cosmetics company executive; her mother, Erna, a hairdresser; and her little brother.”
  3. ^ Heidi Klum. heidiklum.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. “Winter”
  4. ^ Heidi Klum. heidiklum.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. “More about "Model 92": More than 25,000 girls had sent their measurements, details and photos to the model contest. 45 of us were selected and presented on the show Gottschalk (RTL) by Germany's most famous TV host, Thomas Gottschalk. The audience chose me as the 'winner of the week' on April 15th, 1992. One week later, I became the 'winner of the month.' The final competition took place on April 29th. At that final stage, the judging panel was composed of fashion experts and celebrities, and their votes let me win the contest! My reward was a modeling contract, running over three years and guaranteeing a minimum sum of $300,000 dollars.”
  5. ^ Heidi Klum. heidiklum.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. “Summer 1992 I stop studying to be a fashion designer and instead, decide to pursue a career as a model”
  6. ^ Heidi Klum is the new face of Jordache. Yahoo! News (2007-05-19). Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  7. ^ Kiri Blakely (2007-07-16). The World's Top-Earning Models. Forbes. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  8. ^ Heidi Klum Celebrates Emmy Nom. US Weekly (2007-07-19). Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  9. ^ Luck Was a Lady Last Night: The Heidi Klum Jewelry Collection a Run-way Hit on QVC. backchannelmedia.com (2006-09-18). Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  10. ^ http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070412/LIVING/704120415/1007/LIVING
  11. ^ Heidi Klum Rose. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  12. ^ Heidi Klum and her dog Shila. celebritydogwatcher.com (2007-03-30).
  13. ^ Ich habe einen Traum. Die Zeit. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
  14. ^ IGN Staff (2004-03-12). Interview with Heidi Klum. IGN. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  15. ^ http://www.express.de/servlet/Satellite?pagename=XP/index&pageid=1004976768169&rubrik=221&artikelid=1171013976426
  16. ^ http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/klum%20i%20felt%20intimidated%20singing%20with%20seal_1048329
  17. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/celebwatch/celebwatch.htm?csp=34
  18. ^ Guy Adams (2007-05-20). Heidi Klum: A supermodel with a sense of humour. The Independent. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  19. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,633063,00.html
  20. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1039808,00.html
  21. ^ Klum Names Son After Her Dad and Seal. People magazine (2005-09-14). Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  22. ^ Stephen M. Silverman (2006-11-23). Heidi Klum and Seal Have a Boy. People magazine. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  23. ^ William Keck (2007-12-03). [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/celebwatch/celebwatch.htm?csp=34 Celeb Watch: Heidi Klum relishes her model family life]. USA Today. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.

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Former AngelsTyra Banks · Gisele Bündchen · Laetitia Casta · Helena Christensen · Karen Mulder · Daniela Pestova · Maria Inés Rivero · Stephanie Seymour
Related articlesEdward Razek · Limited Brands · List of Victoria's Secret models · Pink (Victoria's Secret) · Victoria's Secret
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Project Runway
SeasonsSeason 1 (December 2004–February 2005) – Official site
Season 2 (December 2005–March 2006) – Official site
Season 3 (July 2006–October 2006) – Official site
Season 4 (November 2007 - ) - Official Site
PersonnelHeidi Klum · Tim Gunn · Nina Garcia · Michael Kors
ContestantsSeason 1: Jay McCarroll (Winner)  · Kara Saun  · Wendy Pepper  · Kevin Johnn  · Daniel Franco
Season 2: Chloe Dao (Winner)  · Daniel Vosovic  · Santino Rice  · Kara Janx  · Nick Verreos  · Diana Eng  · Daniel Franco
Season 3: Jeffrey Sebelia (Winner)  · Uli Herzner  · Laura Bennett  · Michael Knight  · Kayne Gillaspie  · Robert Best  · Keith Michael  · Malan Breton
Season 4: Elisa Jimenez
International versionsDesignerspirene  · Project Catwalk · Project Runway Canada  · Project Runway Malaysia  · Project Runway Philippines
RelatedParsons The New School for Design
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NAME Klum, Heidi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION German model
DATE OF BIRTH June 1 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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