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Heidi Klum
Profile
Heidi
Klum born June 1, 1973) is a German-American model,
actress, television host, business woman, fashion
designer, television producer, artist, and occasional
singer. She is married to singer Seal.
Klum was the Emmy Award-nominated hostess of Project
Runway and Germany's Next Topmodel, and is a Victoria's
Secret Angel.
Early
life and discovery
Klum
was raised by her parents, Günther P. (a
cosmetics company executive) and Erna (a hairdresser)[4]
in Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany, a small city
outside Cologne. Klum was persuaded by a friend
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, similar to late night
shows with David Letterman or Jay Leno in the
United States. 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.
Acting
and modeling
Klum
has been on the cover of fashion magazines, including
Vogue, 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 as an "Angel." 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.
She
wrote the foreword to Gair's most recent book
of body paint work. She has been a spokesmodel
for McDonald's, Braun, H & M, and Liz Claiborne,
among others. She is currently a celebrity spokesmodel
for Jordache and 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 had cameo appearances in The Devil Wears Prada
and Perfect Stranger.
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. 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).
Klum is signed to IMG Models in New York City.
Project
Runway
In
December 2004, she became the host, judge and
executive producer of the reality show Project
Runway on the U.S. cable television channel Bravo,
in which fashion designers compete for the opportunity
to show their line at New York Fashion Week and
receive money to launch their own fashion line.
She received an Emmy Awards nomination for the
show for each of the first four seasons. In 2008,
Klum and Project Runway received a Peabody Award,
the first time a reality show had won the award.
Klum herself was nominated for an Emmy in 2008
for "outstanding host of a reality or reality-competition
show" for Project Runway, the first year
that category was recognized by the Emmys. (Credit:
Wikipedia).
Articles
Heidi
Klum and Elle Macpherson Wrestle for ‘The Body’
There
can be only one! Both supermodels consider themselves
entitled for “The Body”. An expensive, legal
battle could actually issue if Macpherson has copyrighted
her long-held title.
Klum
has recently launched a bra called “The Body”.
“They call me The Body, and now I have one named
after me” Klum claims in American TV ads for
the lingerie.
“It's
a big honor having a bra named after my nickname that
people know in the business.”
Other
advertising materials picture Klum beside a huge sign,
shamelessly reading “Introducing The Body”.
"We
have press clippings and newscaster reports for nearly
10 years calling Heidi The Body. Who are we to argue
with the media?" says Ed Razek, Victoria secret’s
CEO.
"Elle
Macphearson Intimates", Macphearson’s own
lingerie line is outraged. She has ruled under the
title “The Body” since 1986 when Time magazine
labeled her like that in a cover story.
A
spokesperson for MacPherson's fashion line tells the
New York Daily News, "We saw that and were like,
'Oh my god!' We were initially flabbergasted. We have
numerous press clippings in the office referring to
her as 'The Body'. Everything from Harper's Bazaar
to Vogue to the recent Sports Illustrated calls her
that. In terms of public record, that name belongs
to Elle."
Aussie
Macpherson has made a career by being the original
'Body', and it was her who used her body as a brand
for the first time, not Heidi Klum. Even now, after
two births, at the age of 43, she shows no signs of
slowing.
Ed
Razek on the other hand claims that the Aussie model
can’t keep the title forever and should step
aside.
"You
cannot say that using the name 'The Body' for a bra
is passing yourself off as the nickname Elle Macpherson
has. If Ms Macpherson has copyrighted her moniker
under intellectual property laws she could in theory
start legal proceedings-but she would pay out a great
deal more than she would potentially make from the
case," copywriting expert Arthur Pottersman said.
"It simply would not be worth it," he added.
Profiles
Elle
Macpherson
Fashion
Lingerie
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