Heidi Klum

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Gala January 2004

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KLUM SUES OVER PERFUME SALES

by http://www.contactmusic.com

Supermodel HEIDI KLUM is suing a trader in her native Germany for selling her perfume at a cut price on the Internet.

The catwalk beauty has her own line of scents, part of her fashion and beauty retail empire, but the star is furious after discovering her products were being sold at a discount on auction site eBay.com.

Klum has now taken legal action against the unnamed trader, accusing them of cheapening her brand by selling the fragrances without a licence.

The star is demanding $145,000 (£100,000) compensation.

The trader denies the claims and is expected to testify in a German court on 14 July (09).

25 June 2009 12:01

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HEIDI’S SCENT OF NET FURY

25th June 2009

by http://www.dailystar.co.uk

SUPERMODEL Heidi Klum is kicking up a stink over an internet trader who is selling her perfume too cheaply.

The multi-millionairess model is asking judges in Germany to award her £100,000 compensation because she claims the trader is cheapening her name by selling her brand cut-price on eBay without a licence.

German-born Klum, 36, has become one of the most promoted faces in the world after copyrighting and trademarking her name on hundreds of products and projects.

She has her own lines of clothing, shoes, lingerie and jewellery as well as perfume.

She said: “My perfumes carry my name to show I am fully behind them.

“I created them from A to Z. The scents and design carry my handwriting.”

The trader, based in Geldern, near Cologne, is contesting Klum’s action.

And he is expected to tell a court on July 14 that he has a legal right to sell the perfumes.

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Heidi Klum Barbie Revealed

On Wednesday, Mattel unveiled its special edition Barbie Doll honoring Victoria’s Secret’s own Heidi Klum. The German supermodel’s new doll, available in September 2009, is part of Barbie’s 50th Anniversary Blonde Ambition Collection, a series celebrating iconic blondes in fashion and entertainment.

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GQ Russia June 2009

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The barbie doesnt look like Heidi but it is very pretty.

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GQ Russia June 2009

I found a bigger version of this:

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Two old editorial with alien or UFO

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Gorgeous!

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Different I-N-C ad (Some new, some already were earlier)

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Heidi Klum, Robert Pattinson get all dolled up as Barbies: Mattel to launch Klum, "Twilight" dolls

DAILY NEWS STAFF

Thursday, June 25th 2009, 2:46 PM

Can the dolls possibly be as pretty as their human counterparts?

Mattel has recently announced new coming attractions to its lineup of Barbie dolls: one in the likeness of supermodel Heidi Klum, and doll versions of the hero and heroine from "Twilight," Robert Pattinson's Edward Cullen and Kristen Bell's Bella Swan.

The Klum doll is part of Barbie's Blonde Ambition Collection, which also includes likenesses of Marilyn Monroe and Goldie Hawn, and will arrive in stores later this year.

The Edward Cullen Ken doll and Bella Swan Barbie are recommended for ages 6 and 7 on the Toys R Us Web site, though buyers old enough to read the books may be inclined to purchase them as well. They'll be available in stores starting in October.

The Edward doll will come with the character's "shimmering complexion" and "trademark gold eyes," according to the Toys R Us Web site.

As for Klum's plastic doppelganger, she has the supermodel and reality host's bouncy blond locks and long legs - which basically means she looks, well, like a Barbie.

But as for the real-life doll's trademark "auf Wiedersehen?" The German accent does not come included.

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Project Runway 6- Heidi is back!

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Wow! Fun!

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Heidi with her new Barbie:

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Heidi's got a Barbie

The creator of this doll didn't need to change a lot his habits of creation!

The Heidi Barbie looks exactly like a classical Barbie

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Part II of the Stern article:

The Art of Self-Irony

Heidi is not a prude, she gladly jokes about her breasts "Hans" and "Franz", and about her image on a special stamp she says, "It doesn't do anything for me until it is licked." The Late Night Talker tears through the talk show circuit by startling the already half-asleep nation with her miniskirts and girly laughter and hopping on trampolines and comical confessions such as admitting that she buys things from housewife catalogues like long poles to use for changing light bulbs on high ceilings. The gap in the market that she herself created, she also filled on her own: the star that can laugh at herself. The stylish one that is no-nonsense.

Flirting is part of her image. She flirts with everyone, with Jay Leno as much as with the lesbian Ellen Degeneres, with technicians on the set of advertising shoots, and with studio bosses who she negotiates with over million dollar salaries. When she enters into negotiations with all these men, she tells with twinkling eyes, she would already know that she only achieves this because she is a woman. Her sex appeal is more sweet than it is scary, more of a kitten than a man-eating tiger. It is telling that in this country more women than men find her "very sexy", according to a Forsa survey on behalf of Stern. The advertising expert Karen Heumann: "Heidi offers for German women a huge projection screen. [i think this means that German women see a part of themselves in her.] She is not as extraordinarily beautiful or unattainable as Claudia Schiffer. She looks very trustworthy to the average German."

That doesn't sound particularly flattering for a "topmodel", but it describes the Klum brand exactly: not lascivious and mysterious, but rather clean and shiny like a freshly polished kitchen floor. So we see the two affairs that became talking points after Heidi's separation from a New York hairstylist in 2003 where she was more used than damaged: the flirtation with the rock musician Anthony Kiedis and the momentous liaison with the old Italian playboy Flavio Briatore, not only threw her from the fashion and society pages of the tabloids, but gave her - in failure - a certain depth whereby even models can't get enough.

Useful Liaison

On the day that she announced the pregnancy, the grey haired, presumed father was caught with another bird. Her boring private life up to that point had turned to the dramatic and then the romantic: the humbled young mother met the soul singer Seal, sparks flew, and within the hour Seal devoted himself to his Instant Family. Heidi wove him into the Klum Empire and he composed music for her walks on the runway, they appear in commercials together, but there is more: he makes her a really lucky Heidi with endless ideas as those close to them know. On 10 May, they will celebrate their fifth wedding with a large party at their Mexican beach house and in the autumn comes the birth of a fourth Klum-child. A happy ending in the Hollywood style: she gives him sex appeal, he gives her class.

She is a firm component of the entertainment world, making appearances at galas, handing out awards, even herself nominated for the reknowned US TV-honor, the "Emmy". And to be sure it's right. In her American competition show for designers, "Project Runway", she is what she could or should be in Germany, but isn't: a complete host, quiet, charming, without all the gloating mockery. When she dismisses the respective loser of the week, she gives an air kiss and pipes in German "Auf Wiedersehen!", which has a long time cult following. Perhaps Heidi in America is more mild because she does not have to assess her own successors, but "only" young designers.

Her neighbors in the mountains of Beverly Hills include the Stallones and the Cruises and the Beckhams. When she goes to a filming, along comes her German driver, a blonde giant that also functions as a bodyguard and holds back the admirers from her body. No doubt: over there, Heidi is a star. Because she is such a nice German. Here she has so much baggage. Because she acts so damned American. According to Forsa, 96 percent of Germans can identify Heidi Klum, more than most federal government ministers. 85 percent of people are convinced that she is a "clever businesswoman". But here it gets bad in this country: only 61 percent of people find Heidi Klum to be a sympathetic person "all in all".

Talentless German Sausage

The model agent John Casablancas, who called his protoge a "talentless German sausage" after Heidi Klum left Elite agency to its competitor IMG, once remarked: "Behind her smile, her blonde style, lurks the heart of a shark." Sharks, as you know, must always swim, they never get to rest.

"I have always known her to be busy," says Karin Sistig, her best friend from childhood. "When I have visited her in L.A., she always woke up early and went to work." The designer and amateur photographer had encouraged Bergisch Gladbach's most famous daughter to participate in that model competition. It was there on Thomas Gottschalk's show that Heidi became "Model '92". The prize: 300,000 dollars and a contract for an American modeling agency. "There she had her first taste of blood. She wanted more. She tried her hand in Hamburg, to no avail. Then she joined 20 others in a modeling apartment in New York. She went from casting to casting, rattling off all the photographers, it was a hard way."

Heidi's secret for success? "She has the diplomacy of her mother and the business sense of her father," says Karin Sistig. The cheerfulness and ferocity unite in the model's body. Heidi Klum's magic lies in the surprising union of such contrasts: playfully connecting Beverly Hills and Bergisch Gladbach, caviar and herb soup, the aroma of the whole wide world with Drei-Wetter-Taft.

Another big Heidi in the modeling business, Heidi Gross, chief agent from Hamburg ("Model Management"), remembers exactly the call she got from Gunther Klum in 1998: "I need a respectable agency." Gross is the largest dame of model making, having looked after Germany's real topmodels like Claudia Schiffer, as well as Brazil's top beauty Gisele Bundchen, or "dat Gisela" according to Father Klum. Gross tells of the the thick contracts she negotiated for Heidi Klum in her first years in the country: the four year contract with McDonald's, or the business deal with beauty company LR that makes Heidi's perfumes and cosmetic products that the winners of "GNTM" market. The contract with Katjes. She even led the contract negotiations for "Germany's Next Topmodel".

Nevertheless, Gunther Klum in 2005 ended the collaboration that had been so fruitful with Heidi Gross. Yes, Mr. Klum. Again and again one hears that as nice as Heidi is, her father is as bad. And how bad it is that Heidi lets her father do everything. She trusts only him. Gunther Klum knows how one can make editors insane with constant demands: one more flight for Seal, one for the children, first class at a minimum. The fact that this season of "Topmodel" spent a considerable amount of time in L.A. should tell you that it was more favorable for the production company to fly the girls and the rest of the team there than it was to send Heidi's entire entourage to Germany.

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Final part of the Stern article:

The Executor

Start asking about Gunther Klum and his business methods and many people become silent. Including directors, marketing bosses and producers. No one wants to risk annoying Klum, Heidi's executor, who would gladly threaten them with lawyers. Some whisper that you must be "very highly regarded" before you can speak your mind. Then they are no longer within reach. On vacation, at conferences they fall ill. It is a little bit like a mafia film.

Silence also from Heidi's former "GNTM" co-judge Bruce Darnell, stylist Boris Entrup and other "Topmodel" colleagues, whenever they hear the name Klum. Even the record company Warner during an interview with Seal asked for a favor about his wife, which ended with the reply: you must ask Mr. Klum.

Which we did gladly. Enter Gunther Klum himself. Klum has a powerful appearance, a mixture of Santa Claus and Schießbudenbesitzer [the owner of the carnival game where you shoot targets with a BB gun (I mis-translated this earlier)]. He connects with me quickly, which is supposed to be my area. Full beard, gel in his hair, glasses with gold rims and a gold bridge, the glasses darken on their own in the sunlight. He wears Birkenstock slippers from Heidi's collection printed with lines from "Kiss From A Rose", the biggest success of his singing son-in-law. Earlier in his life, Gunther Klum was a production leader for 4711: now he manages Product Heidi Klum, although he does not like the term manager. He is the manager of Heidi Klum, GMBH, whose seat is in Bergisch Gladbach. He leads the firm whether it is a plumber's store or a car workshop. Gruff, robust, patriarchal. Letters from Gunther usually begin beforehand as a fax and on the final day as a letter bearing a seal with a large red "H" for Heidi. He buys the wax for the seal in 5 kg sacks.

"He forged the Heidi"

Bergisch Gladbach: Klum Town. Where everyone comes, where everything began, where everyone is known to be rooted. Karl-Heinz Eil first checks with "Junther" before he speaks about him. Eil is a hairstylist. Erna Klum used to work in his salon. He is the man who cuts Gunther Klum's hair. Another close friend of the family is Fritz Roth, the undertaker. On a distant day, Gunther Klum would like to be buried by him. Roth certified that Klum has a "soft heart", nevertheless, "but he can be very hard edged and uncompromising. He really just wants to be acknowledged. He is the one that forged the Heidi. He believes in her. And in himself."

Heidi's favorite restaurant is "Hähnchen Ewald [Ewald Chicken]" in Kürten, 20 minutes by car from her parents' house. On the wall hangs a picture of Heidi Klum with no make-up on, not very glamorous. The proprietor Reiner Herzoff makes it clear, "When she is not made up, the guests sometimes don't even recognize her." When the Klums come, everyone comes. With child and skittles. They make with Hähnchen Ewald just as if they were at an Escada gala. Except that at Hähnchen Ewald, no one whispers afterwards that's where "the German Flodders" would have sat in the front row.

In Kürten, the regular guests have at times seen Flavio Briatore, and now Heidi comes with Seal. After all, they should stay to watch how he digests this culture shock. Heidi is there only with the whole package, the oblique Gunther belonging with the remaining foklore and the family's engagement in the Rhinelander Karneval. When the Klums are part of the Rose Monday procession, waving from the vehicle and throwing Kamelle [not sure what this is], Seal laughs courageously along with them - it must be love.

The beauty is a bitch

They also give gladly in Klum house. Such as Heidi and Gunther for years supporting the Bethanien Children's Village in Bergisch Gladbach. Heidi has visited there repeatedly, even baking gingerbread for the children. When she appeared on the special "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", her earnings went to the Children's Village, just as with the proceeds from her CD "Wonderland". Heinz Fischer nearly also became a donor.

The Hartz-IV Program recipient [sort of like welfare] from Aue in Erzgebirge in October 2008 had surfed the web for a picture of a Marilyn Monroe look-alike and printed it out on fliers to be used to advertise a party. Fischer did not know that the blonde with the kissy-face in the picture that he used was Heidi Klum. He only learned it when Gunther Klum called. He calculated a cost of over 142,800 Euros - 100,000 Euros for using her likeness, plus 20,000 Euros to the modeling agency plus value-added tax, which Klum demanded on the spot. Since then, a court has decided that Fischer should pay 2300 Euros. But this was paid by Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen who read of Fischer's plight with the Klums and took him under her wing. Heinz Fischer sighs: "Heidi could have simply told her father, 'Just let the man go in peace!'"

He firmly believes that there is a beauty in the Klums. And a bitch. And he knows that one cannot be without the other.

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