Heidi

Heidi Klum was conceived in Bergisch Gladbach in Germany on June 1, 1973. Erna, her mother was stylist. Gunther Klum was a director of a cosmetics company. Heidi's father worked as Director of Production for the 4711 fragrance company. Her hometown was Bergisch Gladbach, a small city of about 100,000 inhabitants located six miles from Cologne was the place where she grew up. German-American former fashion model, TV host, now a businesswoman and fashion designer. Heidi Klum 2019 Heidi Klum attending the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on March 14 2019 in Los Angeles California. Klum's modelling career started in 1992 when she was a barmaid working in an Dusseldorf club. Karin, a girlfriend of the 18-year old student who was at the time, encouraged her to participate in the German talent show called Model 92. The German women's magazine Petra was the sponsor of the show that was a part of Thomas Gottschalk's late-night talkshow. Klum had to compete against 25000 contestants from Germany and Europe for the chance to be among the three semi-finalists. In the month of April, 1992, Klum won a Top Model prize of $300,000.