Nobody does Halloween quite like Heidi Klum.
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Nobody → do → Klum
The supermodel has become synonymous with the spooky holiday over the course of nearly three decades, regularly subjecting herself to hours of makeup, prosthetics, body casts and fittings for the sake of a jaw-dropping costume.
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supermodel → become → costume
And each year, she strives to outdo herself.
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she → strive → herself
“I don’t want to let my Halloween fans down because there are so many people who love creativity as much as I do and are jonesing to see what I do,” Klum told Page Six Style in 2019.
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Klum → want → 2019
Below, we take a look back at the committed catwalker’s most iconic costumes from over the years — from gruesome severed hand to “Shrek” ogress to wiggling worm — all ranked from mundane to magnificent.
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we → take → worm
“I wanted to be Heidi, but a little bit more S&M,” the model told us of her first-ever Halloween party look, which featured a German dirndl with a punk twist.
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which → want → twist
The horse, of course — which Klum wasn’t sure how to ride.
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Klum → ride → which
“[The NYPD] gave me one of the police horses and it was very nice.
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it → give → horses
But I was still scared,” she said.
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she → say → ?
Betty Boop (2002)
Klum donned fake boobs and drawn-on brows to transform into the beloved cartoon character.
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Klum → don → character
This bloodthirsty look required some major DIY on Klum’s part.
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look → require → part
“I had help with the costume but didn’t have [pro] hair and makeup until 2011!” she told us, adding that she sewed together five wigs to create her character’s voluminous ‘do.
24. Witch (2004)
While not especially creative by Klum’s standards, this look wins extra points for the commitment involved: “I had to go to one of those medical-supply stores and get a big, heavy fake skeleton that doctors and nurses use to study with, and carry it on my back all night long,” she told us.
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she → have → us
Crow (2009)
Paging Moira Rose!
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Crow → page → Rose
We’re sure the model ruffled a few feathers in this caw-some creation.
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model → ’re → creation
“I had just given birth.
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I was like, ‘Black is slimming,’” Klum explained of her choice.
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Klum → slimme → choice
Cat (2007)
Klum made for one fine feline in this slinky, glittery getup.
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Klum → make → getup
Sometimes, you’ve just gotta go the “sexy animal” route!
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you → get → route
“Heidi Does Halloween” (2020)
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Heidi → do → Halloween
When the COVID-19 pandemic put the kibosh on her annual costume bash, Klum pivoted and instead filmed a short horror movie at home to celebrate her favorite holiday.
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Klum → put → holiday
In the flick, the supermodel’s kids are transformed into zombies, so she hides by disguising herself as a wooden wall, marbleized bedsheets and more.
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she → transform → wall
You’ve got to applaud her for getting creative during a global crisis.
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“Heidi Does Halloween 2: Klum’s Day” (2021)
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Heidi → do → Day
With the pandemic still raging, Klum once again canceled her Halloween rager in favor of making another spooky movie.
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Klum → rag → movie
This one picks up where the last left off, with the catwalker rising from the grave after being killed by her undead kids.
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catwalker → pick → kids
Hat tips to horror classics like “Psycho,” “The Shining” and “The Exorcist” abound.
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tips → abound → Psycho
While this colorful costume was rather culturally insensitive, there’s no denying the artistry involved.
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costume → deny → artistry
Klum told us the eight-armed look was “tricky” to achieve: “You have this heavy backpack with eight arms you lug around all night.”
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you → tell → arms
Eve and the forbidden fruit (2006)
While nine months pregnant, Klum got extra creative.
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“I thought, ‘What can I be that is big and safe for the baby and comfortable for me?’
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that → think → me
We had to get a convertible because I couldn’t fit through car doors,” she recalled of this Biblical look.
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she → have → look
17. Golden girl (2003)
Klum gilded every inch of herself for this costume, from her hair to her teeth to her décolletage.
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Klum → gild → décolletage
Klum told us “it was very hard to see” in this look.
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it → tell → look
“I had these plastic round eyes and behind that, the batteries for the lights.”
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I → have → lights
Cleopatra (2012)
Klum took this glamorous look to the next level by covering her face in crystals.
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Klum → take → crystals
14. Robot (2010)
Klum doused herself in purple glitter and even wore red contacts to complete her costume.
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Klum → douse → costume
We’re still not sure how she managed to walk on those stilts.
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She flipped the script for this dramatic entrance, arriving with an army of blond lookalikes with identical measurements.
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Prosthetics were used to make the models’ faces match Klum’s — eerie!
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faces → use → Klum
12. Ape (2011)
In the first of two looks she’d wear that year, Klum monkeyed around with then-husband Seal.
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Klum → wear → Seal
…and 34 more, not listed.
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