Heidi Klum German Model And Actress Photos

Monday, 26 December 2011 |

Top Female Supermodels Heidi Klum
Born: Heidi Klum, June 1, 1973 (age 38), Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
Other names: The Body
Ethnicity: German
Occupation: Actress, television host, model
Height: 5 ft 9.25 in (1.76 m)
Spouse: Ric Pipino (1997–2002), Seal (2005–present)

Heidi Samuel is a German model, actress, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional singer. In 2008 she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship. She is married to English musician Seal with whom she shares the legal last name, Samuel.

Early life
Klum was raised in Bergisch Gladbach, a town outside Cologne, by her German parents Günther, a cosmetics-company executive, and Erna, a hairdresser. A friend persuaded her to enroll in a national modeling contest called "Model 92". 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. 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.

Personal life
Klum married stylist Ric Pipino in 1997; the couple divorced in 2002.
After dating then 53 year old Flavio Briatore (the managing director of Renault's Formula One team) for about one year, Klum announced she was pregnant. Klum gave birth to her first child, Helene Boshoven "Leni" Klum on May 4, 2004 in New York City. According to Klum, Leni's biological father Flavio Briatore, is not involved in the child's life; she has stated emphatically that "Seal is Leni's father".

In early 2004, while still pregnant, Klum began a relationship with musician Seal;[48] he was present for Leni's birth. Klum and Seal married on May 10, 2005, on a beach in Mexico. They have three biological children together: sons Henry Gunther Ademola Dashtu Samuel (born September 12, 2005) and Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel (born November 22, 2006), and daughter Lou Sulola Samuel (born October 9, 2009). In December 2009, Seal officially adopted Leni, and her last name was changed to Samuel. Klum and Seal renew their vows to one another each year on their anniversary in front of family and friends.

In 2008, Klum became a naturalized American citizen.

On November 21, 2009, she officially adopted the surname of her husband, Seal, and is now legally known as Heidi Samuel.



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