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Heidi Samuel[2]
(born June 1, 1973),[3]
better known by her birth name Heidi Klum,[4]
is a German American[5]
model, actress, television host, business woman, fashion designer, television producer, artist, and
occasional singer. She is married to English singer Seal.Early life
and discovery
Heidi was raised in Bergisch Gladbach, a city outside Cologne,
by her parents Günther, a cosmetics-company executive, and Erna, a
hairdresser. A friend persuaded her to enroll in a national modeling
contest called "Model 92".[6]
Out of 25,000 contestants, Klum was voted the winner on April 29, 1992
and offered a modeling contract worth US$300,000 by Thomas Zeumer, CEO
of Metropolitan Models New York.[7]
As the winner, she appeared on the Gottschalk Late Night Show, a
top 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.[8]
[edit] Acting and modeling
Klum has been on the cover of fashion magazines, including Vogue, ELLE and Marie
Claire. She became known after appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Issue and for her work with Victoria's Secret as an "Angel".[9]
Klum has hosted the 2002, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion
Show.
In addition to working with world class photographers on her Sports
Illustrated shoots, she was the object and subject of Joanne
Gair body painting works in several editions from
1999 to 2006. She wrote the foreword
to Gair's book of body paint work. She was a spokesmodel for
McDonald's, Braun, Dannon, H & M, and Liz
Claiborne, among others. She is currently a celebrity spokesmodel
for Jordache[10]
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 Devil Wears Prada and Perfect Stranger.
In July 2007, having earned $8 million in the previous 12 months,
Klum was named by Forbes as third on the list of the World's 15
Top-Earning Supermodels.[11]
In 2008, Forbes estimated her income at $14 million, putting Klum in
second place. For 2009, Forbes estimated her income at $16 million.[12]
Klum is signed to IMG Models in New York City.
[edit] Project Runway
Project Runway season three finalist Laura
Bennett interviews Klum and Seal at the 59th Emmy Awards.
In December 2004, she 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.[13][14]
In 2008, Klum and Project Runway received a Peabody
Award, the first time a reality show won the award.[15]
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.[14]
[edit] Designing and perfume
Klum designed clothing lines (one for men), featured in the German
mail-order catalog "Otto". She designed shoes for Birkenstock,
jewellery 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.[16]
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.[17]
A second line of her jewelry collection debuted on QVC on April 14,
2007, with similar success.[citation needed]Klum's
clothing line for Jordache launched on April 30, 2008.[18]
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.[19]
Klum was involved in the development of a namesake rose, the Heidi Klum rose,[20][21]
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 child-like butterfly pictures.
Proceeds will go to a non-profit organization maintaining the park which
is home to the US Open.
[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, a judge, and
co-producer of the show (along with model Tyra
Banks). Season winners are Lena
Gercke, Barbara Meier, Jennifer
Hof, Sara Nuru and Alisar
Ailabouni. All four seasons aired on the German TV station ProSieben.
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.[22]
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.[23]
Klum's other projects have included music and video games. She is
featured in the 2004 James Bond video game Everything or Nothing,
where she plays the villain Dr. Katya Nadanova.[24]
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 2001 album Wanderland.
In early 2009, 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,'[25]
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.[26]
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.[27]
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, where she
did a take on a Tom Cruise 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; the director's cut,
however, had her strip to her underwear halfway through the commercial
and was broadcast only after prime time.[citation needed]
Klum is a "Real Celebrity" on the website Stardoll.
On Stardoll Klum has a line of virtual jewelry, and a virtual clothing
line called Jordache. Users can go to Klum's suite and
interact with her by doing interviews, sending pending requests or
dressing Klum's doll.
In what some pundits saw as a heavy-handed approach by Klum's
lawyers, an unemployed Chemnitz butcher, who used Klum's picture in
advertising for a local dance on a flyer and a web page, contested her
subsequent takedown notice in court and lost, forcing him to pay court
costs of 2300€. A German actress has pledged to pay on his behalf.[28][29]
Heidi also became Barbie's official ambassador for the doll's 50th
anniversary in 2009, even having made a Barbie doll out of herself.[30]
On April 1, 2009, Klum appeared on the CBS television
special, I Get That a Lot, as a girl working at a
pizza shop.
In 2009, Klum appeared in advertising for Dannon's Light & Fit
brand.
Klum and husband Seal announced in June 2010 that whey will be making
a reality series on Lifetime entitled Love's Divine (after
Seal's song of the same name.)[31]
[edit] Personal life
Klum married stylist Ric Pipino in 1997; the couple divorced in 2002.[32]
Following the divorce, she dated Flavio Briatore. In the autumn of 2003, Klum announced she
was pregnant by Briatore. The same day she made this announcement,
Briatore was photographed kissing Fiona
Swarovski, a jewelry heiress.[33]
Klum and Briatore split shortly thereafter.
Klum gave birth to her first child, Helene (Leni) Klum (now Samuel)
on May 4, 2004 in New York City.[34]
According to Klum, Briatore, Leni's biological father, is not involved
in the child's life; she has stated emphatically that "Seal is Leni's
father."[35]
In early 2004, while still pregnant, Klum began a relationship with
musician Seal.[36]
Klum and Seal married on May 10, 2005, on a beach in Mexico. They have
three biological children together: sons Henry Gunther Adeola Dashtu
Samuel (born September 15, 2005)[37]
and Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel (born November 22, 2006),[38]
and daughter Lou Sulola Samuel (born October 9, 2009).[39]
In December 2009, Seal officially adopted Leni, and her last name was
changed to Samuel.[40]
Klum and Seal renew their vows to one another each year on their
anniversary.[41]
Klum states:
"It's our time – a lovely family time. It's about remembering this
moment of love we gave to each other and reinforcing it. It's so special
to us, something we love and something our children have gotten
accustomed to. It's like, 'Hey, Mom and Dad love each other and they get
married every year!' "
On hearing her family referred to as a "patchwork family" in a German
newspaper, Klum said, "I was, like, Hmm, is this an insult or is this
positive? I talked to Seal about it, and we’re, like, it’s actually kind
of great—we’re all different shades and we came together and we all
love each other. They may call it black and white, but I’m not white,
I’m a shade of brown and so is our daughter, Leni. She’s the lightest,
then it’s me, then it’s our son, and then it’s Seal. So I think, Hey,
it’s actually kind of nice to have a 'patchwork family.'"[42]
In 2008, Klum became a naturalized American citizen officially taking
the oath to become an American citizen in order to cast her vote for
then presidential candidate Barack Obama.[5]
On November 21, 2009, she officially adopted the surname of her
husband, Seal, and is now legally known as Heidi Samuel. However, she
has not yet officially announced whether she will use that name
professionally or will continue using "Klum" as her stage
name.[2]
As of January 2010, her official web site, heidiklum.com, still uses
"Klum" as her professional name.
[edit] Filmography
Heidi Klum appeared in episodes of TV shows like Malcolm in the Middle (as a toothless hockey
player) and Cursed. She has also guest-starred as herself in I Get That a Lot, Spin
City, Sex and the City, CSI:
Miami, How I Met Your Mother, Yes,
Dear, Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives. Further, the
character of Katya Nadanova in the video game James Bond 007:
Everything or Nothing is modeled after her and features her
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