Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum
Klum at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Born (1973-06-01) 1 June 1973 (age 51)
Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
Citizenship
  • Germany
  • United States
Occupations
  • Model
  • television host
  • television producer
  • actress
  • businesswoman
Years active1991–present
Spouses
Ric Pipino
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(m. 1997; div. 2002)​
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(m. 2005; div. 2014)​
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(m. 2019)​
Children4, including Leni
Modeling information
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Hair color
  • Blonde
  • Brown (natural)[2]
Eye colorHazel[3]
Agency
Websitewww.heidiklum.de

Heidi Klum (pronounced [ˈhaɪdiː ˈklʊm]; born 1 June 1973)[6] is a German-American model, television host, producer, and businesswoman. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1998 and was 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) and Ella Enchanted (2004), and made cameo appearances in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Perfect Stranger (2007) and Ocean's 8 (2018). She has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Sex and the City, How I Met Your Mother, Desperate Housewives and Parks and Recreation. From 2013, with the exception of 2019, Klum has been 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 US$20 million. She was ranked second on Forbes' list of the "World's Top-Earning Models". 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.[7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ Heidi Klum at Fashion Model Directory
  2. ^ Rebeccad (12 May 2012). "Heidi Klum: 'I Felt More Special' as a Blonde". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful special, 3 February 2014
  4. ^ "DManagement – Heidi Klum". www.dmanagementgroup.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Heidi Klum – Model". Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Heidi Klum". heidiklum.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007. 1. June 1973: My birthday in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  7. ^ "Heidi Klum Becomes a Citizen For Her Children". People. 5 November 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Solid Gold: In fashion, you are either in or you are out. Or in Heidi Klum's case, you are rather above it all". cityist.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Heidi Klum: "Ich bin ein deutsches Mädel" Archived 10 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine 7 September 2010, Op Online (in German)
  10. ^ "Heidi Klum may have retired from modeling career but her body won't quit". Todakuaba.com. 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.