Heidi Klum

Biography

Since the late 90's Heidi Klum is one of the most famous models in the world. Her career began in 1992 when she won the top prize in the Late-Night-Show by Thomas Gottschalk. 19-year-old schoolgirl has won the tournament with 25 thousands of competitors, and as a prize signed a contract with a modeling agency on the $ 300 000. After graduation, she refused to study for designer clothes in Düsseldorf, and instead took up his modeling career. Since 1993, Klum lives in the USA.

World fame came to Heidi Klum in 1998, when her photo was printed in a swimsuit on the cover of U.S. magazine Sports Illustrated, whose circulation reached 20 million in the U.S. In addition, Klum has become one of the leading models of Victoria's Secret, one of the "angels" . Also out popular magazines Vogue and ELLE Heidi with a photograph on the cover. However, Klum has never belonged to a group of models who took to the podium during the big shows in Paris, Milan or New York.

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Klum is involved in advertising campaigns Katjes (produce sweets) since 2005 for fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. It also advertises shoe brands Stiefelkönig, Birkenstock, styling the hair of the Taft group Henkel Group, a supermarket chain SPAR, is involved in the campaign Douglas, and the fall of 2007 with her husband Shiloh advertises a new model of Volkswagen Tiguan.Svoyu popularity Klum uses successful sale of products sold under the name of Heidi Klum. This, for example, candy, jewelry, clothing collection (together with Otto), perfumes. New York jeweler Mouawad creates together with a collection Klum, who is also annually prepares a bra with diamonds, which is on the show Klum Victoria's Secret. In December 2004 the first book Klum Klum's Body of Knowledge: 8 Rules of Model Behavior (to Help You Take Off on the Runway of Life).

Movies, Music, TV

Heidi Klum is sometimes offered roles in movies and television, where she often performs the role itself. For example, in the sitcom "Spin City", she played seven series, fashion model Heidi Klum, as well as episodic roles in TV series "Sex and the City", "How I Met Your Mother," "Desperate Housewives" and the movie "The Devil Wears Prada" .

In December 2004, came on the television show Project Runway, in which the jury selects one of twelve (and later - sixteen) of candidates may be called the best designer. Klum is not only one of 11 producers, but also co-host, as well as chairman of the jury.
With her husband Shiloh

In 2006, on German TV (channel ProSieben) came reality TV show Germany's Next Topmodel, where girls compete for the grand prize - a contract with modeling agency IMG Models, the car and the cover of the German edition of Cosmopolitan. This was followed the next four seasons the TV show in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Life Style

From 1997 to 2003 Heidi Klum was married stylist Ric Pepin. After divorcing him, she met with the manager of Formula 1 Flavio Briatore, with whom she has a daughter, Leni, born May 4, 2004. For him, Heidi was supposed to marry, but shortly after the pair broke up. The official reason was lack of time for both partners. May 10, 2005 Klum married the British singer's strength. From him Klum gave birth to two sons. October 9, 2009 gave birth to daughter Heidi Lou Sulolu Samuel (Lou Sulola Samuel), which, according to the pair should be their last child. In autumn 2009, the model took her husband's surname, becoming Heidi Samuel.