Heidi

Heidi Klum was born in Bergisch Gladbach Germany on June 1 1973. Erna Klum was her mother. Gunther was her father, as well as a top executive in a cosmetics manufacturer. Heidi's father was previously an executive producer at 4711, a perfume company. Heidi was raised in Bergisch Gladbach which is a town with a population of 70,000, just 6 miles away from Cologne. German-American ex fashion model and present host of a television show, fashion designer and businesswoman. Heidi Klum 2019 Heidi Klum in attendance at the Heidi Klum at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on March 14 2019 in Los Angeles California. PHOTO: Glenn Francis (Wikimedia Commons) Klum's modeling career started in 1992 when she was employed as a barmaid at a Dusseldorf discotheque back in 1992. Karin was a friend of the 18-year old student who was at the time, encouraged her to join an German talent show called Model 92. It was part a Thomas Gottschalk hosted late night talk show. Klum had to compete against 25,000 contestants across Germany as well as Europe before she became the third semi-finalist. In the month of April, 1992, she won the top model prize worth $300,000.