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Here's a interview with The Sunday Times April 19, 2009:

Heidi's diet tips for everyday

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story...5007195,00.html

SHE'S the supermodel who tells it like it is. Beautiful, likeable, successful and a brilliant businesswoman to boot.

If there's one role model that our up-and-coming Australian models should look up to, it's Heidi Klum. And the host of the US reality television show Project Runway has some good advice for anyone treading the catwalks for the first time at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week on April 27.

"Eat healthily,'' she urges. "You don't need to starve, but you have to learn to look after yourself. In many cases, the girls (on Project Runway) eat garbage - things like pancakes and waffles and a lot of junk - which is not going to help them. You'd hardly see any of them eating vegetables or salads. Not even an apple. It was kind of shocking. I try to explain to them that they have to be fit. Models need to have some energy to be able to deal with long days on a photo shoot and taking red-eye flights and managing job after job. You won't last if you're not eating healthily.''

German-born Klum began her modelling career when she won a model search as a teenager. She hit the big time when she became a Victoria's Secret model in the '90s. At 35, married to singer Seal and a mother of three and reportedly pregnant with her fourth child, she's a multi-million-dollar business empire. She has designed clothing, jewellery, perfume, make-up and a range of Birkenstock shoes, released records and turned herself into video-game star The Kluminator. All this as well as presenting Project Runway and Germany's Next Top Model. So she knows what she's talking about.

"Modelling is a job,'' Klum says. ``For girls who want to be successful, it's not something they should approach lightly. You should be professional, show up on time, prepare and earn your money.''

At a Los Angeles cafe, Klum looks cool, radiant and stunning, making her defence of body-image issues even more pertinent. When Jessica Simpson was criticised for piling on a few kilos earlier this year, Klum was quick to weigh in on the issue.

"I think everyone should be the way that they feel comfortable,'' she said at the time. ``People need to be happy with the way they are.''

It seems happiness is not a problem for Klum, who after 10 years in New York relocated to Los Angeles, where she lives in a spectacular hillside estate when she's not at her and Seal's Mexican villa. The pop star first took Klum to his tropical retreat when they began dating in 2004.

Klum, who divorced her first husband, stylist Ric Pipino, in 2002 and later had a child with Renault Formula 1 chief Flavio Briatore, says she finally found true love the third time around.

"It's not easy to find a great man like I did in my husband,'' she says. "I know many of my girlfriends are still looking for the right man, and it can be very frustrating. Just the challenge of finding someone to share your life with is extraordinary. Maybe when you're a little girl you think about finding a man, living happily in the house with a picket fence and having children. But with me it was more just finding someone I could love and feel at home with that was difficult. It's hard to find love, but I did.''

Seal - now on tour in the US with his latest album, Soul - certainly knows how to hit the right note.

"We had a very strong connection from the beginning,'' Klum says. ``It was love at first sight. He's very romantic and a classic gentleman and the kind of man who takes a lot of time with our children. It's beautiful to see that in a man.''

Klum, whose latest season of Project Runway airs in the US this northern summer, says it's her husband's thoughtfulness that really charms her.

"He wants to create a memory of certain occasions,'' she says. One year, he gave me a beautiful bracelet and did so in this incredibly special way. I woke up in the night to breast-feed one of our sons and when I went to take the baby out of the crib to feed him I suddenly saw a bracelet on my wrist. Seal had put it on me while I was sleeping. It was such a beautiful gesture.''

Seal is also known for his slick dress sense.

"I like how his choice of clothes is very versatile ... he has more style than me, I think,'' Klum says.

haha. Thanks you two. love the interviews.

Here's article where they took most of the quotes from that article you just posted, ez_c.

http://nw.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=600755

Five minutes with ... Heidi Klum

NW chats to the former supermodel, now host of Project Runway in the US as well as Germany's Next Top Model

Heidi, what has made your life and marriage to Seal such a great experience?

We had a very strong connection from the beginning. It was love at first sight. He's a very gentle giant of a man — a true gentleman, a strong person, a good man. He has a wonderful way of looking at the world and making his way in life. I really appreciate that and I saw that in him from the beginning.

What were you looking for in a man when you became involved with Seal?

I was looking for the right man who you can be yourself with and feel comfortable with. Someone you can laugh with and not worry about putting on an act or a mask to project some sort of image. You want to find that kind of magical … togetherness. He had that kind of beauty to his whole person. He just walks into a room and radiates this wonderful spirit and presence and it's kind of overwhelming.

Would you describe your husband as an incurable romantic?

Oh, yes! He thinks about romance all the time. He's very attentive to things like that. He wants to create a memory of certain occasions and I like to do that, too. Sometimes it will be just the way he does something for me. One year he gave me a beautiful bracelet and did so in just this incredibly special way. I woke up in the middle of the night to breastfeed one of our sons and when I went to take the baby out of the crib to feed him I suddenly saw the bracelet on my wrist. [seal] had put it on me while I was sleeping. It was such a beautiful gesture on his part. Our engagement was also so beautiful. He thinks about these things all the time and if he gives me a gift he wants to give it in a special way that will make it so much more memorable. So he lives and breathes romance, it's part of his entire aura.

You've had three children at a point in your career where many people might have been advising you to wait until later ...

Oh, a lot of my friends were telling me it would hurt my career and it would be difficult to get back in after taking some time off. I had people say to me, "Is this what you want to do with your life?" And my answer was yes. Children are so precious and if you try to plan too much in terms of your career you may lose out for the rest of your life. As things turned out, my husband and I wanted to keep going and not just be done with one child. We also wanted the children to be close together in ages and so we decided to carry on.

Who's the disciplinarian in the family? Do you have a good cop/bad cop routine?

No, it varies. [seal] definitely has more patience than I have and he will explain things in much more depth and length to the children than I will. My nature is more to say, "It should be like this, please do it this way and don't do that," whereas he will take his time and try to reason more — even though, of course, our children are still very young. I like doing 10 things at once and so I don't want to spend a lot of time explaining things, [whereas] my husband is very chatty. But that's good. We kind of balance each other out that way and that's good for the kids.

What qualities do you have that helped you become a successful businesswoman?

I always treated modelling as a business and I've always been very organised. From the very start, I would keep clippings of my magazine spreads and ask my agency to find out where my photo shoots [were] being published. I also think I had an advantage in that I was more centred and wasn't into partying and living the high life. I had fun, but I was reasonable about it! [Laughs.]

Were there ever any moments early on in your career when you felt frustrated by the fact that you didn't fit the Kate Moss waif look that was in then?

No. I loved the life I was able to lead. I was a pretty independent person and for me this was the best kind of life I could have imagined anyone my age having. I had a lot of fun when I started out and had the chance to travel the world and stay in beautiful hotels while earning good money for posing for a few hours on some exotic beach. But I found out very quickly that I wasn't very "high fashion" and it was difficult for me to get a lot of work in the '90s when you weren't supposed to look healthy and happy, but more starved and sad.

Did you sit down and devise a business plan for yourself?

It was in my head. I knew that if I wanted to stay in this business I had to look outside the box and eventually branch out into other areas. It was in my nature … to treat modelling as a job and not take it home with me. So I took charge of my own destiny and became very attentive to every aspect of my career. I was my own manager. Those kinds of experiences teach you not to be indifferent to your life and your work — you have to treat modelling as a business and your body as your primary asset. This is a job where you have to work out regularly, keep your body toned and make it as perfect as possible.

Do you tell aspiring models not to starve themselves to be thin?

I emphasise to the girls who come on the show [Germany's Next Topmodel] they should be eating healthily. They don't need to starve, not at all. But they have to learn to look after themselves. In many cases, the girls who were competing were eating garbage — things like pancakes and waffles and a lot of junk [food], which is not going to help them. You would hardly see any of them eating any vegetables or salads or any protein — not even an apple. It was kind of shocking. But they're young girls and a lot of young people eat badly. I try to explain to them they have to be fit. Models need to have some energy to be able to deal with long days on a photo shoot. You won't last if you're not eating healthily and you don't have the kind of discipline and mental toughness it takes to succeed.

What is the best piece of advice you can give to your aspiring models?

Modelling is a job. For girls who want to be successful it's not something they should approach lightly. You should be professional, show up on time, prepare, and earn your money. Girls should also be aware of what they're expected to do at a photo shoot in terms of nudity, since there is often that kind of pressure —especially when you're just starting out and trying to make your mark. I also tell them they have to get a thicker skin. You have to handle criticism. All that stuff. A lot of people are looking at you and judging you. That's the nature of the job.

What would you say to your ex-Flavio Briatore if you happened to bump into him one day? After all, he cheated on you while you were pregnant with his daughter Leni.

I'm not sure yet. [Pauses.] I've thought about that many times and I think it would have to be on the spur of the moment. I don't know. We'll have to wait and see what happens if our paths were to cross.

Do you have any particular personal philosophy that guides you in life?

I have pretty good instincts that tell me to keep moving forward and focus on the bigger picture. I don't really look back on bad times. For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams.

Do you have any plans on returning to live in Europe one day?

We have no plans right now. We have a beautiful nest right now in LA and the show [Project Runway] is going to move to LA, so everything is very good for us to be here for the time being. Maybe I miss some of my friends in Germany but when you're a mother you don't have a lot of time to go out with friends anyway.

You and your husband both have very successful careers. Some well-known couples don't like to get involved with each other's professional lives to avoid possible friction. Do you and Seal talk to each other about your careers?

Yes, all the time. We don't tell each other what to do, but we try to offer advice and our thoughts to each other. We'll tell each other what we're planning on doing, how we feel about certain business ventures. I'll ask my husband about which business deal he likes better if I have some options on the table. Or I'll give him my thoughts on some songs or some lyrics and he'll let me listen to some of the songs he's working on and ask me what I think.

What's it like balancing your career demands with the responsibility of being a mother to three young children?

It works! It's not as difficult as I thought it would be. I usually travel twice a year with my husband and my kids — once in February to Germany [to tape Germany's Next Topmodel] and then to New York for five weeks for Project Runway. Otherwise I can do most of my work in LA, except for a photo shoot here and there. That leaves a lot of time for me to be with my husband and our family and have that kind of togetherness you need to be happy.

Your husband is known for being a very slick dresser. What style advice do you have for men?

It's so much more fun to be a woman when it comes to clothes. Men have it so hard. A man is pants and a jacket and a T-shirt. I like men who have a more relaxed style. When I think of my husband, what I like about his choice of clothes is that he can be very versatile. He can be wearing jeans with a cool T-shirt and wild sneakers. But when we go to the Oscars, he is so English. He would have a perfectly tailored YSL suit on and a beautiful tie and a tailored shirt. He took one of my diamond earrings, though, and attached the back of the tie to the front. He has more style than me, I think!

Thanks guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGLO8qrqkoU

I think he/she is right! On the last episode she looked really old!

this is why i really... really ... HATE makup !

on the 2007 pic you can see how ugly someone can be with too much mascara and other black stuff on the eyes.

She's so gorgeous. Thakns for the pics.

Great article Yellowstar!

And I agree with you zecle. She doesn't look older in 2009 compared to 2006 - she just has too much makeup on in 2007 and 2008.

Here's Heidi on Sesame Street last fall:

3/9/09 Heidi Klum at the 50th Anniversary of Barbie

Found this pic that is supposedly Heidi, but I'm not 100% sure:

^ No, that's Charlize Theron

Ha ha. Its funny that I knew it wasn't Heidi before I saw that you posted it was Charlize Theron. The body looked different.

I cant believe she is still doing VS (not to be mean about it) but now she is having another kid and is she still going to be doing the VSFS too?

i think maybe she'll host this years show.

BTW, whats a good nickname for Heidi based on the 2005 Sexy Crystal Princess wing outfit? I'm thinking of something with Queen in it and a reference to light or something. any ideas?

^ No, that's Charlize Theron

What do you know, some guy on some blog lied to me...

I cant believe she is still doing VS (not to be mean about it) but now she is having another kid and is she still going to be doing the VSFS too?

i think maybe she'll host this years show.

BTW, whats a good nickname for Heidi based on the 2005 Sexy Crystal Princess wing outfit? I'm thinking of something with Queen in it and a reference to light or something. any ideas?

It sounds like she'll give birth sometime in late September or early October. She made the VSFS last time she gave birth in September, but it will be close!

I hope, Heidi not only will host a show but also to take part in him. I believe in it. After pregnant she always looks amazing, and VSFS-2005 and 2007 only demonstrate it.

Answer on a forum from a site Heidi, it answered fans:

of 17.04.2009 Our 4th child

Hi Petra, yes it is true. I am expecting a baby. Leni, Henry and Johan as well as Seal and I are thrilled. Love, Heidi

Heidi / [email protected]

It is confirmed its official mark.

1. Heidi!

2. Sweet mom.

3. Banana-mama

4. Liked pounds.

5. Matrix

6. Simply WOMAN.

How come Billy Bush always gets to have fun with her? Maybe I should have gone into broadcasting. <_<