Heidi Klum
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Heidi Klum is a German model, producer and television host best known for her work modeling for Victoria's Secret and hosting Bravo's Project Runway.
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Career
Modeling and World Domination
Klum first became an international figure at the age of 18. Her friend encouraged her to use her German good looks to her advantage and to enter a modeling contest in 1992 called “Model 92”. The winner would appear on a German late-night talk show, a David Letterman crossed with Deiter from SNL type show. She won the contest, beating out over 25,000 other beautiful German women, and was immediately offered a modeling contract but she didn’t accept it as she was trying to get an internship at a fashion school. Realizing she was making a mistake of epic proportions, she signed her first modeling contract worth over 300,000 dollars US.
Klum began modeling in Europe, working in Milan and Paris, before heading to Miami. It was 5 years later, in 1997, when she’d take the runway for the first time ever in a Victoria’s Secret show. Becoming a Victoria’s Secret model was just the exposure Klum needed to land magazine covers all over the world. her next job, the first ever German Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover girl and cementing her place in the Masturbation Fodder hall of fame.
From that point on, there was nothing to stop Heidi Klum from taking over the world or mimicking Jennifer Lopez’s career. She had wisely copyrighted her name and a trade-mark design early in her career. This trademark logo appears on her exclusive fashion line for women and infants that she designed herself. She also designed shoes for Birkenstock, a swimsuit line that was marketed on her website and in Sports Illustrated, and jewelry for Mouawad line. She even helped to create a line of lingerie for Victoria’s Secret and then decided to begin her assault on television viewers after the success of Project Runway. Knowing the market of millions of overweight and homely housewives that make up 90% of home shoppers was ripe for the picking, she began selling her clothing and jewelry on QVC. With that being a success, she then marketed her own line of perfume to cater to those who believing wearing a beautiful woman's fragrance will bring sexy men to be your slave and just wearing the scent will make you appear to be a supermodel to all that wear it. In other words, she marketed to women the way the beer industry markets to men.
In order to keep up the Klum empire, Heidi is still modeling and appearing as a spokewoman for many companies. Jordache jeans signed her to be their spokesperson in hopes that the public will forget their horrid clothing from the 80's when they see Heidi's ass in their jeans. She still appears on magazine covers, like Vogue and Elle, plus has done spokesmodeling for McDonald's and Liz Claiborne. Heidi also made the leap into movies and television, appearing as herself on How I Met Your Mother and Sex and the City. As for her appearance on the big screen, she has appeared in the groundbreaking role as herself in Zoolander and The Devil Wears Prada. She developed a close relationship with fellow Victoria's Secret model and media maniac Tyra Banks. Together, they both work together to produce the German version of America's Next Top Model. Germany's Next Top Model began in 2006 with Heidi playing the role of Tyra as host. The show is another success for Klum and the third season begins in 2008.
Heidi Klum is currently the 3rd richest supermodel in the world according to Forbes Magazine. She was named one of People's Sexiest People of the Year in 2001 as well as being included in every FHM 100 Sexiest Women list around the world. Her legs alone are insured for 2 million US dollars.
Project Runway
Taking the idea of appearing as herself on television one step further, Heidi became the host of the reality TV hit Project Runway. As the name implies, it is a fashion competition but one in which a level of skill is required. The contestants are required to make a garment from start to finish in different challenges with someone being eliminated weekly with Heidi being one of the celebrity judges. The show introduced Heidi to a whole new group of fans, reality television junkies, and she became the latest hit. Her signature line that she uses to let a contestant know he’s been eliminated, “Auf Wiedersehen” meaning “hit the bricks loser” in German, became a pop culture quote. The show brought the highest ratings to Bravo TV since the debut of Queer Eye for the Straight Gay so the show was immediately renewed for a second season. This only elevated Klum’s goddess like status in the eyes of all of the reality TV addicts, fashionista wannabes, celebrity addicts, gay men, and chronic masturbators that call themselves her fans.
Music
Heidi decided to follow in the footsteps of many a model and NBA basketball player as she decided to release some of her own music. Just as the world has learned in the cases of Tyra Banks and Shaquille O'Neal, natural beauty and amazing skills do not equal musical talent. Heidi first started off with a single for the German chain Douglas titled "Wonderland" which she released in November of 2006. The song hit number 13 on the German pop charts and the video for the single was featured on blogs around the world. While it was praised in Germany, it was parodied on many different shows in the US. But that meant nothing to Klum, who believes her voice is as angelic as her body, and she was a guest singer on her husband's 2007 CD System.
Personal Life
Klum married stylist Ric Pipino in 1997 and divorced him in 2002. After her divorce, which was surprisingly drama-free, Heidi began dating Italian playboy and Formula-1 mogul Flavio Briatore. If there was ever proof that a man with money can get any woman he wants, check out the photos and financial records of Flavio. But apparently having millions of dollars, a career in which you drive a car fast around a track to be paid many more millions, and banging one of the most beautiful woman in the world like an old screen door wasn’t enough for Flavio. He cheated on Heidi with a blonde heiress in such a blatant way that they were photographed by paparazzi and the photos were published in the UK tabloid News of the World along with a poll asking Brits how big this man’s balls must be to cheat on a woman like Klum in public. This was just weeks after the couple announced they were engaged and the very same day Klum announced she was pregnant with Flavio’s child. Rather than accept responsibility and bask in the glory of having impregnating a supermodel, he decided to make claims questioning if the child was his. He then tried to make Klum deliver the baby in Germany in order to skirt child support payments.
But of the came something better, as she met her future husband Seal while pregnant and dealing with the media following her every move. She met Seal in a New York City not long after ending her relationship with Flavio. They were soon engaged. She was pregnant still with Flavio’s child and this didn’t keep their relationship from blooming after she invited him out for pizza the night they met. They fell in love and as her pregnancy became visible to the world, the couple knew they couldn’t hide their relationship anymore. Heidi gave birth to their first child, Leni, in May of 2004. Seal has been the only father in this child’s life and has no problem lobbing insults at Flavio. He’s stated many times that he has no problem raising another man’s child as any man can get a woman pregnant but staying around to raise a child is much more important . He’s also made sure to clarify that it’s great that Flavio stays away with his cheating Italian ass because he doesn’t want Leni’s life disrupted. Feeling this love from Seal and seeing the love he has for her child from another father only deepened her commitment to him. The lesson here is the way to win over a supermodel is to eat pizza with her and agree to raise her illegitimate child. The two were married May 10, 2005 and have added two more children to their family.
See Also
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Links
- HeidiKlum.com Official website
- Heidi Klum at IMDB