Saturday, November 1, 2008

Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum born June 1, 1973[1] is a German model, actress, TV presenter, fashion designer, television producer and occasional singer.

Klum has also the been the Emmy Award-nominated hostess of Project Runway and Germany's Next Topmodel, and is known for her modeling work with Victoria's Secret.

Klum has been on the cover of most of the well-known fashion magazines, including Vogue Magazine, ELLE and Marie Claire. She became widely known after appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and for her work with Victoria's Secret and gained popularity as part of Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models.[6]In addition to working with world class photographers on her Sports Illustrated shoots, she was the object/subject of Joanne Gair body painting works in several editions from 1999 to 2006.[7][8][9][10] She wrote the foreword to Gair's most recent book of body paint work.[11] She has been a spokesmodel for McDonald's, Braun, H & M, and Liz Claiborne, among others. She is currently a celebrity spokesmodel for Jordache[12] and for Volkswagen. In addition to modeling, she has appeared in several TV shows, including Spin City, Sex and the City, Yes, Dear, and How I Met Your Mother. She had a role as an ill-tempered hair model in the movie Blow Dry, played a giantess in the movie Ella Enchanted and was cast as Ursula Andress in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. She also had cameo appearances in The Devil Wears Prada and Perfect Stranger.

Her measurements are 35-24.5-35.5, but it will be often given as 34-24-34 to fit the ideal measurements of a today's fashion model.

In July 2007, having earned an estimated $8 million in the previous 12 months, Klum was named by Forbes as third on the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.[13] In 2008, Forbes estimated her income to be $14 million, which put Klum in second place on the list, surpassing Kate Moss ($7.5 million), but still well behind Gisele Bündchen ($35 million).[14] Klum is signed to IMG Models in New York City.

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