Heidi klum

Heidi Klum (Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany; June 1, 1973) is a German model, presenter, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer and actress. She is also known for having been one of the Victoria's Secret Angels.

Biography

She became known in the late 1990s for walking for Victoria's Secret, where she became one of the first "Angels" and for posing for Elle magazines, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue or for the German and French editions of Vogue magazine. In addition to modeling, she appeared in numerous commercials for McDonalds, Volkswagen, etc. in several television series, including CSI: Miami, Spin City and Sex and the City and as an occasional actress she played a model with rather temperamental hair in the film Blow Dry, a giantess in the film Ella Enchanted and Ursula Andress in the film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

In December 2004, he began producing the reality show Project Runway on the American-Canadian television channel Bravo, in which contestants compete for a clothing contract for various fashion houses, as well as other prizes.

He participated in the music videos of the British group Jamiroquai, "Love Foolosophy", and of the Australian singer Sia, "Fire Meet Gasoline".

His own clothing designs appear in the mail-order Otto clothing catalogue. She has also designed footwear for Birkenstock, jewelry for Mouawad, and swimsuits (featured in the 2002 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue), whose catalog appears on her own website.

She is an avid painter and several of her paintings have appeared in American art magazines.

Career

She participated in a reality show in Germany called Germany's next Topmodel in which she was the host and producer alongside Tyra Banks. This program had three seasons in which three new models were chosen.

In December 2004, she began hosting the program Project Runway in the United States, which lasted fifteen seasons and for which Heidi was nominated for an Emmy.

He has appeared in episodes of the series Malcolm in the middle, CSI: Miami, Sex and the City and Spin City and in the series Desperate Housewives and How I Met Your Mother, he made an episode of the sixth season (Desperate Housewives) and third season (How I Met Your Mother) playing herself. She also appeared in the film The Devil Wears Prada playing herself. Heidi also made an appearance in the film Ella Enchanted playing the giantess.

In 2007 Forbes named her the third highest-earning model in the world out of a list of 15.

On September 30, 2010, she announced that she was stopping modeling for the Victoria's Secret brand, after thirteen years and four children since she started working for the underwear brand.

He presented the 2012 MTV EMA's ceremony in Frankfurt (Germany) on November 11, 2012.

Personal life

She was married to her stylist Ric Pipino from September 1997 to November 2002. Subsequently, she had an affair with the singer Anthony Kiedis and another with Flavio Briatore, former sports director of the Renault Formula 1 team. The romance with the latter ended when she became pregnant with him. Her daughter is named Helene “Leni,” after one of Heidi's grandmothers, and was born on May 4, 2004. The girl was later adopted by Heidi's husband, Seal, and was never recognized by her real father. Briatore.

While pregnant, Heidi began a new relationship with the British singer Seal. Klum and Seal were married on May 10, 2005 on Careyes Beach in Mexico. They have had three biological children together, two boys and a girl: "Henry" Günther Ademola Dashtu Samuel, born on September 12, 2005, Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel born by cesarean section on November 21, 2006 and lastly Lou Soulola Samuel, a girl who was born on October 10, 2009.

After seven years of marriage, in January 2012, Heidi and Seal announced their separation in a statement published by People magazine.

In May 2018, Heidi appeared at the amfAR Gala with her new partner, Tom Kaulitz, the guitarist of the German band Tokio Hotel. In this way they made public the relationship that they have maintained in private since February 2018. In December of that same year the couple announced their engagement.

According to various media outlets, Heidi legally married in an intimate ceremony with Tom Kaulitz, guitarist of the band Tokio Hotel on August 3, 2019 in California. A second ceremony was held in August on the luxurious yacht “Christina O” in front of the Italian island Capri.