SUPERMODEL, MUM-OF-THREE, BUSINESSWOMAN - AND HALF OF SHOWBIZ'S SOPPIEST COUPLE, HEIDI KLUM REVEALS HER ROMANTIC SIDE. JEALOUS? US?
By Polly Graham
Most people only expect to get married once in their lifetime, but supermodel Heidi Klum walks down the aisle every year. Yes, every year. But don’t call the bigamy police just yet because the groom is always the same man – her husband Seal.
Showbiz’s soppiest couple skip off every year to an idyllic beach near their holiday home in Mexico’s Careyes, the venue for their original wedding in May 2005.
“We get married every year at the same place and on the same date,” explains Heidi, who was born in Germany.
“It’s very romantic. I see it as an excuse to celebrate, get the family together, and have a little holiday at the same time.”
Her confession seems sentimental from a steely businesswoman whose estimated personal fortune of £30million makes her the third-highest-earning supermodel, behind Gisele Bündchen and Kate Moss.
Heidi, 34, was told to forget a career on the catwalk because her figure was too curvy, and at 5ft 9, she was also too short.
Undeterred, she forged a lucrative career after getting her big break as a cover girl for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 1998.
She currently has a £13million contract as the face of Victoria’s Secret – a favourite of stars like the Spice Girls – as well as her own ranges of jewellery, underwear, perfume and cosmetics.
Then there’s her TV career, fronting the US reality show Project Runway and Germany’s Next Top Model.
“People think I travel all the time, but I spend just 10 weeks filming and when I do, the whole family stays together,” she says.
“My husband loves being a father and participating,” she says.
“He’s great. He plays guitar with them. He runs around in the garden or plays in the pool.”
Heidi is besotted with Seal, 45, who she met during a low point in her personal life.
After a failed first marriage to a hairdresser, and then breaking up with Formula One tycoon Flavio Briatore, 57, Heidi had hit an all time low particularly when she discovered she was expecting his baby.
But just days later she met Seal at an awards bash.
Eight months on, when Heidi gave birth to daughter Leni in May 2004, Seal was in the delivery room with her.
“He’s Leni’s father and always has been as far as I’m concerned,” she says, frostily.
The couple now have two children of their own – Henry, two, and 15-month-old Johan – and live in America, although Seal holds on firmly to his British roots.
“He has to have PG Tips and those awful English cookies – digestives – which he gets from a special English shop,” she reveals.
“And he’s so particular about the way he likes his tea. If I make it, it’s never right.”
Seal thinks Heidi’s perfect in every other way, but she’s quick to point out her own flaws.
“I have laughter-lines around my mouth and eyes,” she reveals.
Heidi is one of the few celebrities you believe when she insists she hasn’t resorted to the surgeon’s knife or even to Botox.
“I haven’t done it and don’t know if I will,” she says.
“I don’t want to look 19 when I’m 35. It’s more natural to have a few lines.”
“I never get too skinny or too big,” she says, “and it’s the same when I get pregnant.
"If you use it as an excuse to indulge, you’ll have to fight harder to lose the weight afterwards.
"It’s all about eating healthily.”
You won’t find Heidi slobbing around in tracksuit bottoms, like other mums.
“I still want to look attractive at home even if I’m not squeezed into my tightest jeans,” she says.
“I got rid of my bad clothes so I wouldn’t go there, and I don’t do jogging pants!”
Take heed, girls. If Heidi can’t pull them off, there’s little hope for the rest of us.
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