Heidi Klum Fashion Blog

Heidi Klum is a German-American model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer and occasional actress. She became internationally known for her appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and in 1999 she became the first German model to become a Victoria's Secret Angel. She is host and judge of Germany's Next Topmodel and of Project Runway, which earned her an Emmy nomination in 2008 and a win in 2013, and she is a judge on America's Got Talent. This page collects the fashion blog coverage of her style.

Heidi Klum is a German-American model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional actress.

Klum became internationally known for her appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In 1999, she became 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). 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), Ella Enchanted (2004), and made cameo appearances on The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Perfect Stranger (2007). She has also appeared on TV shows including Sex and the City, How I Met Your Mother, Desperate Housewives and Parks and Recreation. Currently, Klum is 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 $20 million. She is ranked second on Forbes' list of the "World's Top-Earning Models", behind Gisele Bündchen. 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. She was married to English R&B singer Seal from 2005 until 2012.

In 2008, she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship.

Klum designed clothing lines (one for men), featured in the German mail-order catalog "Otto". She designed shoes for Birkenstock, jewelry 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. 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. Klum's clothing line for Jordache launched on April 30, 2008. Klum in September 2010 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. Klum was involved in the development of a namesake rose, the Heidi Klum rose, which is available in Germany.

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Model, Host, Designer: Three Careers in One Biography

Heidi Klum's biography is the longest in the H group, and it divides into three clear careers. The first is modeling: international recognition from the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and in 1999 the first German model to become a Victoria's Secret Angel — a 13-year run in that role, after which Forbes noted she had become more of a businesswoman than a model. The second career is television: host and judge of Germany's Next Topmodel and of Project Runway, with an Emmy nomination in 2008 and a win in 2013 for Outstanding Host shared with Tim Gunn, plus a judge's seat on America's Got Talent, spokesmodel work for Dannon and H&M, commercials for McDonald's and Volkswagen, an official Barbie ambassador role on Barbie's 50th anniversary in 2009, and occasional acting from Blow Dry and Ella Enchanted to a cameo in The Devil Wears Prada. Forbes estimated her total earnings for May 2011 at $20 million and ranked her second on its list of the World's Top-Earning Models, behind Gisele Bündchen.

The third career is design, and the biography documents it in unusual detail: clothing lines for the German mail-order catalog Otto, shoes for Birkenstock, jewelry for Mouawad, a clothing line for Jordache, swimsuits featured in the 2002 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and work as 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. Two launches are dated precisely — the Mouawad jewelry collection debuted on QVC on September 14, 2006, with 14 of 16 styles selling out after 36 minutes, and the Jordache line launched on April 30, 2008. Add two fragrances, "Heidi Klum" and "Me," a Victoria's Secret makeup collection in two runs in Fall 2007 and Fall 2008, and a namesake rose available in Germany, and the design record rivals Gwen Stefani's in this batch for breadth. Fashion blog coverage of Klum therefore spans runway history, television wardrobe and her own products at once.

Resources on This Page

The resources link the blog search for her name, her own website, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts, and Wikipedia and IMDb references, closing with a link to the fashion models section of Apparel Search. In the H index she sits at the center of five names — between Haylie Duff and Helen Mirren — and her page is the letter's fullest example of the model-turned-designer path that this guide tracks across many letters: Gigi Hadid's biography in the G group shows the early-career version of the same profession, which makes the two pages natural companions.

Common Questions

What modeling milestones made Heidi Klum internationally known?

She became internationally known for her appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and in 1999 she became the first German model to become a Victoria's Secret Angel. She ended her 13-year run as a Victoria's Secret Angel before becoming, in Forbes' words, more of a businesswoman than a model.

Which television shows has Heidi Klum hosted or judged?

She became the host and a judge of Germany's Next Topmodel and of the reality show Project Runway, which earned her an Emmy nomination in 2008 and a win in 2013 for Outstanding Host (shared with co-host Tim Gunn). She is also a judge on the NBC reality show America's Got Talent.

What products has Heidi Klum designed?

She designed clothing lines featured in the German mail-order catalog Otto, shoes for Birkenstock, jewelry for Mouawad, a clothing line for Jordache, and swimsuits featured in the 2002 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Her Mouawad jewelry collection debuted on QVC on September 14, 2006, and her Jordache clothing line launched on April 30, 2008.