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Heidi Klum
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Born: 1 June 1973, in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
Heidi Klum is a German supermodel, actress, TV presenter, fashion designer, television producer and singer. She is also the hostess of Project Runway and Germany's Next Topmodel, and is known for her modelling work with Victoria's Secret.
Klum was raised by her parents, Günther (a cosmetics company executive) and Erna (a hairdresser) She enrolled for the national contest 'Model 92'; out of 25,000 contestants, Klum was voted the winner on April 29, 1992 and was offered a modelling contract worth US$300,000. 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.
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. She has been a spokesmodel for McDonald's, Braun, H & M, and Liz Claiborne, among others. She is currently the latest celebrity spokesmodel for Jordache. In addition to modelling, she has appeared in several TV shows, including Spin City, Sex and the City, and Yes, Dear. 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.
In December 2004, she became the host and judge of the reality show Project Runway on the U.S. cable television channel Bravo, and she received an Emmy Awards nomination for the show for each of the first three seasons.
Klum has designed her own clothing lines (including one for infants) and has also designed shoes for Birkenstock, jewellery for Mouawad, and swimsuits – featured in the 2002 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue – that, for a limited time, were available for sale through her personal website. She has produced two fragrances, called Heidi Klum and Me. 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.
When I came to America, I was really into all the things people eat here. . . . People called me Muffin because I would eat muffins all the time. 
In November 2006 Klum released her debut single Wonderland, which was written for a series of television advertisements for the German retailer Douglas. She also contributed to her husband Seal's 2007 album System, singing the duet Wedding Day, a song that Seal wrote for their wedding.
Klum married stylist Ric Pipino in 1997; the couple divorced in 2002. Following the divorce, she had brief relationships with Red Hot Chilli Peppers lead singer Anthony Keidis and Formula-1 mogul Flavio Briatore. In the autumn of 2003, Klum announced she was pregnant with Briatore's child; however, the couple split up shortly thereafter. In early 2004, while still pregnant, Heidi began a relationship with musician Seal. Klum and Seal married on May 10, 2005, on a beach in Mexico. They have two sons together, in addition to Klum's daughter from her previous relationship.
