Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum (; born June 1, 1973) is a German-American model, television personality, businesswoman, fashion designer, singer, television producer, and occasional actress. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and in 1999 became the first German model to become a Victoria's Secret Angel.
Following a successful modeling career, Klum became the host and a judge of Germany's Next Topmodel and the reality show Project Runway which earned her an Emmy nomination in 2008 and a win in 2013 for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program (shared with co-host Tim Gunn); Klum has been nominated for six Emmy Awards. She has worked as a spokesmodel for Dannon and H&M, and has appeared in numerous commercials for McDonald's, Volkswagen and others. In 2009, Klum became Barbie's official ambassador on Barbie's 50th anniversary. As an occasional actress, she had supporting roles in movies including Blow Dry (2001), Ella Enchanted (2004), and made cameo appearances in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Perfect Stranger (2007). She has also appeared on TV shows including Sex and the City, How I Met Your Mother, Desperate Housewives and Parks and Recreation. Currently, Klum is a judge on the NBC reality show America's Got Talent.
In May 2011, Forbes magazine estimated Klum's total earnings for that year as . She is ranked second on Forbes list of the "World's Top-Earning Models", behind Gisele Bündchen. Forbes noted that since ending her 13-year run as a Victoria's Secret Angel, Klum has become more of a businesswoman than a model. In 2008, she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship."Solid Gold" Cityist"Heidi Klum: "Ich bin ein deutsches Mädel" 7 September 2010, Op Online (in German)
==Early life and discovery==
Klum was born and raised in Bergisch Gladbach, a town outside Cologne, Germany. She is the daughter of Erna, a hairdresser,The Times magazine. p48, 2 May 2015 and Günther Klum, a cosmetics company executive. A friend convinced her to enroll in a national modeling contest called "Model 92". Out of 25,000 contestants, Klum was voted the winner on April 29, 1992, and offered a modeling contract worth by Thomas Zeumer, CEO of Metropolitan Models New York. After winning, she appeared on the Gottschalk Late Night Show, a German television show with host Thomas Gottschalk. 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.
==Career==
===Modeling and acting===
Klum has been featured on the cover of French, German, Portuguese and Spanish Vogue magazines, as well as Elle, InStyle, Marie Claire, Glamour and Russian Harper's Bazaar magazines. She became widely known after appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and for her work with Victoria's Secret as an "Angel". Klum has hosted the 2002, 2006, 2007, and 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows. On October 1, 2010, the New York Post reported in its "Page Six" gossip column that Klum would be leaving Victoria's Secret, which was later confirmed by Klum."Heidi Klum quitting Victoria's Secret" NYPost.com [online]. (2010)
In addition to working with well-known photographers on her first husband's Sports Illustrated shoots, she was the object and subject of Joanne Gair body painting works in several editions from 1997 to 2010. She wrote the foreword to Gair's book of body paint work, Body Painting, Masterpieces. She was a spokesmodel for McDonald's, Braun, Dannon, H & M, and Liz Claiborne, among others. Since 2007, she has been a celebrity spokesmodel for Jordache and Volkswagen. In addition to modeling, she has appeared in several TV shows, including Spin City, Sex and the City, Yes, Dear, and How I Met Your Mother. 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 had cameo appearances in the films The Devil Wears Prada and Perfect Stranger.
Her other projects include dance and video games. She is featured in the 2003 video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, where she plays the villain Dr. Katya Nadanova. She has appeared in several music videos, including Jamiroquai's video "Love Foolosophy" from their album A Funk Odyssey, Kelis's "Young, Fresh n' New", off her second 2001 album Wanderland and, most recently, the second video for her husband Seal's song "Secret" off his 2010 album Seal 6: Commitment. The latter video depicts the married couple sharing intimate moments while naked in bed; the concept was Klum's idea.
In July 2007, having earned in the previous 16months, Klum was named by Forbes as third on the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.
In 2008, Forbes estimated her income at , putting Klum in first place. For 2007, Forbes estimated her income at . Klum is signed to IMG Models in New York City. In 2008, Klum was a featured guest on an American Volkswagen commercial, where she was interviewed by a black Beetle. When she commented that German engineering is so sexy, she caused the Beetle to blush and turn red. She has been a part of several commercials for Volkswagen and McDonald's on German television.
In November 2008, Klum appeared in two versions of a Guitar Hero World Tour commercial, wherein she did a take on Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dancing scene in Risky Business. In both versions, she lip-synced to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" while dancing around the living room with the wireless guitar controller."VIDEO: Heidi Klum's risqué business as she spoofs Tom Cruise's famous air guitar scene". Daily Mail. November 5, 2008
In October 2009, Klum was the often-nude one-woman subject of Heidilicious, a photo book by photographer Rankin. Klum ventured into web-based videos, starring in "SPIKED HEEL: Supermodels Battle the Forces of Evil". The web-series starred model Coco Rocha and was directed by fashion documentarian Doug Keeve. In the story, Klum aka 'The Kluminator,'"Latest News about my Work" Klum web site and her stylish sidekick Coco "The Sassy Superhero" Rocha battle the evil Dr. Faux Pas who is plotting to destroy Fashion Week. The heroines employ everything from blow-dryer guns to fist fights, in order to thwart Dr. Faux Pas' dastardly plans. The Kluminator and Girl Wonder avoid a chain of fashion disasters to neutralize a death ray that threatens to vaporize the community of fashionistas gathered in Bryant Park. In 2010, Klum became the new face and creative advisor for European cosmetics brand Astor, for which she sets artistic direction and designs new products and fashion forward color collections."Heidi Klum represents Astor for Coty" September 10, 2010, Fashion Mag.com In October 2010, Klum parted ways with Victoria's Secret after 13 years of working with the brand. She provided a simple explanation in her official statement, stating: "All good things have to come to an end. I will always love Victoria and never tell her secret. It's been an absolute amazing time!""Heidi Klum Is Retiring From Victoria's Secret At 37! Do You Think She Should Stay?" September 30, 2010, Hollywood Life
It was reported in May 2011 that Klum trails far behind Gisele Bündchen at No.2 with estimated earnings of on Forbes' list of the World's Top-Earning Models (2010–2011). Forbes noted that since ending her 13-year run as a Victoria's Secret Angel, Klum has become more of a businesswoman than a model. She partnered with New Balance and Amazon.com to launch a clothing line and signed a 20-episode deal to host a new show on Lifetime, called Seriously Funny Kids. In fact, some noted fashion designers have long been commenting on Klum's limited role as a fashion model. Karl Lagerfeld, for example, in 2009 agreed with German designer Wolfgang Joop, who called Klum after she had posed naked on the cover of the German edition of GQ magazine, "no runway model. She is simply too heavy and has too big a bust". Lagerfeld observed that neither he nor Claudia Schiffer knew Klum, as she has never worked in Paris and was insignificant in the world of fashion, being "more bling bling and glamorous than current fashion."
===Producing===
In December 2004, Klum became the host, judge and executive producer of the reality show Project Runway on the U.S. cable television channel Bravo (airing on Lifetime television beginning in 2009), 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 Award nomination for the show for each of the first four seasons. In 2008, Klum and Project Runway received a Peabody Award, the first time a reality show won the award. Klum was nominated for an Emmy in 2008 for "outstanding host of a reality or reality-competition show" for Project Runway, the first year that category was recognized by the Emmys. Klum has been the host, judge and co-producer of Germany's Next Topmodel, the German version of the internationally successful reality television show, since 2006. All ten seasons aired on the German TV station ProSieben. In 2013, Klum, along with her co-host Tim Gunn won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program.
===Design and other business ventures===
Klum designed clothing lines (one for men), featured in the German mail-order catalog "Otto". She designed shoes for Birkenstock, jewelry for Mouawad, a clothing line for Jordache, and swimsuits – featured in the 2002 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was one of the designers of the Victoria's Secret lingerie line "The Body", 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 36 minutes. Klum's clothing line for Jordache launched on April 30, 2008.
Klum has two fragrances, called "Heidi Klum" and "Me". She designed makeup for Victoria's Secret as part of their "Very Sexy Makeup Collection", titled "The Heidi Klum Collection". The first run debuted in Fall 2007. A second run was released in Fall 2008.
Klum was involved in the development of a namesake rose, the Heidi Klum rose, which is available in Germany.
For the 2008 US Open, Klum designed a screen print T-shirt which was sold at the US Open shop. It featured childlike butterfly pictures. Proceeds will go to a non-profit organization maintaining the park, which is home to the US Open. Klum became Barbie's official ambassador for the doll's 50th anniversary in 2009, even having made a Barbie doll out of herself. On April 1 that same year, she appeared on the CBS television special, I Get That a Lot, as a girl working at a pizza shop. That same year, she appeared in advertising for Dannon's Light & Fit brand.
Klum and husband Seal announced in June 2010 that they would be making a reality series on Lifetime titled Love's Divine (after Seal's song of the same name.) In January 2010, Klum launched two lines of maternity wear: Lavish by Heidi Klum for A Pea in the Pod, and Loved by Heidi Klum for Motherhood Maternity. Klum stated, "I experienced fashion challenges during my four pregnancies and combined my knowledge of what works in terms of style, comfort and practicality to create these lines"."Heidi Klum Launching Two Maternity Lines!" January 06, 2010, People In October 2010, Klum with New Balance, HKNB, launched a line of active woman's wear fashion clothing on Amazon.com. In January 2015, Klum launched her lingerie line "Heidi Klum Intimates" in Melbourne, Australia. Klum is a "Real Celebrity" on the website Stardoll, where she has a line of virtual jewelry, and a virtual clothing line called Jordache. Users can go to Klum's suite (address) and interact with her by doing interviews, sending pending requests or dressing Klum's doll. In 2015, she appeared in Australian singer Sia's music video "Fire Meet Gasoline", to promote her lingerie line.
===Other work===
Klum is an artist, and 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. 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 wrote an essay for the German newspaper Die Zeit.
In November 2006, Klum released her debut single "Wonderland", written for a series of television advertisements for the German retailer "Douglas". Proceeds were given to a children's charity in her hometown of Bergisch Gladbach. She contributed to her husband Seal's 2007 album System, singing the duet "Wedding Day", a song that Seal wrote for their wedding. In March 2013, it was announced that Klum would be joining America's Got Talent as the show's new fourth judge.
==Personal life==
In 1997, Klum married stylist Ric Pipino. The couple divorced in 2002. In March, 2003, Klum began a relationship with Flavio Briatore, the Italian managing director of Renault's Formula One team. In December she announced her pregnancy. Soon after, the two split and Klum began dating the musician Seal. Klum gave birth to Helene (Leni) Klum in May 2004 in New York City. Seal was present for Leni's birth, and according to Klum, Briatore is not involved in Leni's life; she has stated emphatically that "Seal is Leni's father."
Klum and Seal got engaged in December 2004 on a glacier in Whistler, British Columbia and married on May 10, 2005 on a beach in Mexico. They have three biological children together: sons Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu Samuel (born 2005) and Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel (born 2006), and daughter Lou Sulola Samuel (born 2009). On November 21, 2009, Klum officially adopted Seal's surname and became legally known as Heidi Samuel. Soon after, in December 2009, Seal officially adopted Leni, and her last name was changed to Samuel. During their marriage, Klum and Seal renewed their vows to one another each year on their anniversary in front of family and friends.Wihlborg, Ulrica. "Heidi Klum and Seal Renew Their Wedding Vows" People, May 8, 2010. On January 22, 2012, the couple announced that they were separating after almost seven years of marriage. She filed for divorce from Seal three months later on April 6, 2012. She also requested that her name be restored to her birth name of Heidi Klum."Heidi Klum Files For Divorce" April 6, 2012, TMZ.com Their divorce was finalized on October 14, 2015.
Klum was in a relationship with her bodyguard Martin Kristen from September 2012 until early 2014. Since 2014, Klum has been dating independent art curator Vito Schnabel.
===Bomb threat during GNTM live finale===
During the live finale of the 10th season of Germany's Next Top Model in the Mannheim SAP Arena on May 14, 2015, a telephone call by a woman came in at 9:07 pm, threatening that a bomb would go off during the live show. The organizer decided to have the hall evacuated and then to call the police. In the meantime, the live broadcast had been canceled and a note was shown to the television viewers, stating that the show had been interrupted due to technical issues. Later on, a man was arrested after he came near Klum, issuing another bomb threat. Thereupon, she was taken to a secret place along with her daughter Leni and the two other judges.
A suspicious suitcase was found, which however turned out to be a false alarm.
==Philanthropy==
On April 30, 2011, Klum led Walk for Kids, a community 5k to raise funds as part of Children's Hospital Los Angeles community awareness efforts. In May 2014, Klum was honoured with the Crystal Cross Award by the American Red Cross for her charity work, most notably for her contributions to the Red Cross after Hurricane Sandy.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Role
1998 	54 	VIP Patron
1999 	Spin City 	Herself
2000 	Cursed 	Annika
2001 	Blow Dry 	Jasmine
2001 	Sex and the City 	Herself
2001 	Zoolander 	Herself
2002 	Malcolm in the Middle 	Toothless Hockey Player
2002 	Yes, Dear 	Herself
2003 	Blue Collar Comedy Tour 	Victoria's Secret Sales Girl
2003 	James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (Video Game)	Katya Nadanova (Voice)
2003 	CSI: Miami 	Herself
2004 	Ella Enchanted 	Brumhilda
2004 	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 	Ursula Andress
2004–present	Project Runway 	Host and judge
2006 	The Devil Wears Prada 	Herself
2006–present	Germany's Next Topmodel 	Host and judge
2007 	Perfect Stranger 	Victoria's Secret Party Host
2008 	How I Met Your Mother 	Herself
2009–10 	I Get That a Lot 	Herself
2010 	Desperate Housewives 	Herself
2011 	Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil 	Herself
2011 	Seriously Funny Kids 	Host
2012–16 	Littlest Pet Shop 	Guest voice actor
2013 	Parks and Recreation 	Danish Mayor
2013–present	America's Got Talent 	Judge
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Ceremony 	Category 	Work 	Result	Ref. 	
2007	German Television Awards 	Best Entertainment Program/Best Host in an Entertainment Program	Germany's Next Topmodel	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2008	German Television Awards 	Best Entertainment Program/Best Host in an Entertainment Program	Germany's Next Topmodel	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2008	Online Film & Television Association Award	Best Host or Performer of a Game, Reality, or Competition Show 	Project Runway 	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2008	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice TV Personality 	Project Runway 	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2008	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program 	Project Runway 	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2009	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program 	Project Runway 	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2010	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program 	Project Runway 	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2013	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program 	Project Runway 	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2014	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program 	Project Runway 	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2015	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program 	Project Runway 	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
2016	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program 	Project Runway 	 	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005099/awards?ref_=nm_awd	
==See also==
==References==
==External links==
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* AOL Books interview about the book Body of Knowledge
* Interview in Der Spiegel (February 12, 2006)
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