I got the Australian Men's Style magazine on eBay. Here's the article. Scans will follow at a later date.

Thrilling Heidi

Legend dictates most women in the bare-n'-wear caper are whippets subsisting on cocaine and Gauloises, so talking to one of them about food can seem cruel and unusual.

Even for a clean-living model, a mention of carbohydrates will elicit a wild-eyed lust and possibly a purge. Take the mouth-watering Heidi Klum. The woman radiates health, but in less than a half-hour while talking to Men's Style she expressed:

- a sentimental familiarity with blood sausage: "I can do blood sausage because I'm from Germany. I bet you can't do blood sausage."

- an appreciation for Australian fruit: "I love the food there. It's so healthy. I love the avocados. You guys put avocados on everything. On eggs - on everything!"

- an anything goes policy with eggs: "I like them all different ways. Sometimes I like hard boiled, sometimes I like them with the yoke still soft, sometimes I like them poached."

- a passion for pork: "Yeah! We were in Germany for Oktoberfest and we had a pig with the crackling, which was just delicious. We do it a really great way with the red 'kraut, white 'kraut - sauerkraut - all those things. I love the knödel, which is the potato dumplings. I love food like that. I wish I had that right now. In fact, I wish I had a side plate full of cracklings. It's the best."

And for the moment, both of our mouths are watering.

The 34 year old mother of three is holed up in New York's St. Regis Hotel having her make-up done. Her afternoon consisted of champagne accompanied by "those little tea sandwiches" with 60 editors of beauty magazines, launching the cosmetics range "In An Instant by Heidi Klum". It's part of the expanding Klum portfolio which includes shoes, jewellery, lingerie, musical performances and the television shows Germany's Next Top Model and Project Runway.

In the 12 months to July she pocketed about US$8 million (AU$9 million), which landed her in the third spot on Forbes's 15 top earning models list behind Gisele Bündchen and Kate Moss.

Later in the evening, Heidi will receive an ACE award for the intriguing Fashion Influencer category and later she and Seal will go, if you will forgive the phrase, clubbing.

This lavish life is light years away from the provincial fraülein plucked from 25,000 hopefuls to win a modeling competition back in 1991. History is littered with broken beauty queens: glorious gams do not make the model "super" on their own.

British photographer Rankin reckons Heidi's magic is a mash of Protestant work ethic and vision. "She's very creative," he told Men's Style. "She'll often email me with ideas for shoots and she's really involved in post-production, and that's very unique amongst models. She has this fantastic energy that you can't fault. She's quite sexual and I can almost be quite embarrassed. She'll be naked and she'll come up and lean on you and it's always quite disconcerting to me. She's married to Seal and I love him - he's a really nice guy and he's not scary at all - but it's like, 'Heidi, you're married and I'm engaged and you scare me.' She's very empowered in a sexual way."

Not that he's complaining.

Klum reciprocates. "He's a great photographer - a great guy. [but] to be honest, maybe he thinks about it more than I do. I mean, I'm free in front of the camera and I just move around. I wouldn't do that with too many photographers, either. But with him I do because I know he will only ever show me from the best angle. But I like to move around and do sexy poses in front of the camera. I have no problem with that. I like it. It's fun."

Of course. But, doesn't one get tired waving around one's tush? "I don't really wave it around! Is that an Australian word? Tush? No. You say bum... Yeah, you say bum - or arse! Ha!"

Klum's mastery of the Australian accent is good, certainly better than any other German supermodel. Or any German, for that matter. She digs the place, especially Sydney's Curl Curl Beach, but there are limits. "One thing I can't do is Vegemite. I cahn't. Ha ha ha! I love talkin' Aw-stray-lian. Yearh. I've been to Australia many times. Have you ever climbed the Harbour Bridge?"

It's this goofy artlessness that sets Heidi Klum apart. She's not a phone-chucker or a drug sink, she's a healthy woman who loves to giggle and isn't afraid to say what she thinks. For example, in October she and Seal were interviewed on Oprah. Klum caused a squawk of consternation across tabloid America when she described meeting Seal. "I met him in a hotel lobby in New York City and he came in just from the gym. I was sitting there and I was like, 'Wow!' I pretty much saw everything - the whole package. He had bicycle shorts on. Tight, short bicycle shorts."

Today she says, "People always take things out of context. I was talking about the whole package from head-to-toe. I think they [journalists] got a little bit carried away and changed the package I was talking about to a different kind of package."

Anyone who has seen the clip knows this is sophistry. The package in question and an agog Oprah laugh along with a whooping audience and you know exactly which package Ms. Klum is talking about. Would their first meeting be any different had he been wearing, say, overalls?

"But he wasn't. He was wearing what he was wearing," Klum says slyly, before adding a pointed, "You know?"

Sure do. Blood sausage, madam?

Thanks!!

Thanks Everyone for this cool stuff. Great article. EZ_C.

The Best SI Cover

-The Semifinal

Vendela vs. Heidi Klum

vote here

Resource: Hollywoodrag

Everday Should Be Valentine’s Day

Heidi Klum says Valentine's Day is "sad".

The 'Victoria's Secret' model - who is married to 'Kiss from a Rose' singer

Seal - hates making a fuss on the traditionally romantic day, and prefers to

"make every day special".

She told France's Elle magazine: "I don't know what we are doing, we'll see

what my husband does. Maybe he'll take me out, maybe we'll cook.

"But we try making every day special. If you're only in love once a year

that would be very sad!"

Heidi - who has a three-year-old daughter Leni from a previous relationship

and a two-year-old son Henry with Seal - recently revealed what first

attracted her to the musician.

She laughed: "I met him in a hotel lobby in New York and he came in just

from the gym and I was sitting there and I was, like, wow.

"He was wearing bicycle shorts and I pretty much saw everything - the whole

package!"

I think she likes Valentines. They seem like a very romantic couple.

I love this photo!!! Seal looks so funny.

Various VS ones - mostly backstage - as requested before.

All medium quality; if anyone has any of these particular images in HQ, please post!!!

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I think she likes Valentines. They seem like a very romantic couple.

I love this photo!!! Seal looks so funny.

Had these been posted before? These are HQ!

Anyone - please post this in HQ!!!!

amazing job stefkay

Thanks for the updates gals.

Thanks!!

This styling is funny. She looks so innocent!

Does anyone have this video of Heidi on Jay Leno??

With Leni