Heidi Klum is a German and American television host, model, producer and businesswoman. She was born on June 1, 1973, in Bergisch Gldbach, a city near Cologne in West Germany.
Her parents are Erna Klum and Gunther Klum . Erna Klum is a hairdresser and Gunther Klum is a cosmetics company executive.
Heidi Klum was convinced by her friend to partake in a national modeling contest called Model 92. She emerged winner out of 25,000 contestants on April 29, 1992.
Afterwards, she landed a modeling contract worth $300,000 from Thomas Zeumer. Thomas Zeumer was the Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan Models New York.
For winning the modeling contest, she had the chance to appear on the Gottschalk Late Night Show. The Gottschalk Late Night was a German television show hosted by Thomas Gottschalk.
Heidi Klum was a host and judge of Germany’s Next Top Model and the reality show called Project Runway. Through that, she got nominated for an Emmy award and she also won Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program in 2013.
Heidi Klum subsequently got nominated for six Emmy Awards. She worked as a spokesmodel for Dannon and H&M and has appeared in commercials for McDonald’s as well as Volkswagen.
was the official ambassador for Barbie during its 50th anniversary. As an actress, some of the movies she has appeared in include Blow Dry(2001), Ella Enchanted (2004), The Devil Wears Prada(2006), Perfect Stranger (2007) as well as Ocean’s 8(2018).
Heidi Klum has also made appearances on several television shows and she was made a Judge for America’s Got Talent from 2013 till date with the exception of 2019.
Heidi Klum Fortune; Net worth
Heidi Klum’s career started when she was only 19 years old. She earned $300,000 for winning a modeling contest.
She is a household name in the modeling industry and over the years, she has become one of the highest-paid models in the world.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Heidi Klum is estimated to be worth about $160 million.
It was reported that she was one of the highest-paid models in the world in 2011 and she was said to be earning $20 million for walking on runways.
Heidi Klum was able to build an empire as a business woman. She has worked with great fashion designers such as Givenchy and Marc Jacobs as well as global brands. Some of these global brands include New Balance, McDonald’s, Carl’s Jr as well as Volkswagen.
She has amassed so much money and wealth over the years working with all the fashion designers as well as global brands.
Heidi Klum is also reported to earn about $40 million on a yearly basis.
She earns that much from her commercial endorsements, licensing deals.TV production deals and TV hosting deals.
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