Heidi Klum Reveals Daughter Leni, 18, Is ‘Just Ready’ When It Comes To Her Career

When your parent is 1 of the astir celebrated models successful the world, it’s casual for radical to presume you are going to prime up a fewer tricks of the trade. According to Heidi Klum, however, her girl Leni Olumi Klum, 18, didn’t larn thing from beloved ole mom, arsenic she said the teen’s talents for posing came people and… immediately. “Leni’s been surviving and breathing modeling since she came retired of the womb,” Heidi, 49, joked to HollywoodLife.com successful an EXCLUSIVE interrogation up of the play 4 premiere of Making The Cut.

Heidi Klum said her girl Leni is simply a earthy erstwhile it comes to modeling. (Gregory Pace/Shutterstock)

“She ne'er needed immoderate of my advice,” the TV big added to thrust location the point. “She’s conscionable ready. She’s ever been ready.”

While Heidi has walked dozens of runways and graced hundreds of mag covers, specified arsenic Vogue and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Leni is conscionable starting retired successful her modeling career. Despite being a newbie, the gorgeous teen has already landed her ain sessions connected the catwalk, including Dolce & Gabbana’s star-studded Alta Moda spectacular successful August 2021. And speaking of covers, Leni joined Heidi successful a caller sprout for Harper’s Bazaar Germany.

Heidi shares her mini-me girl with her ex hubby Seal, who adopted Leni erstwhile helium joined Heidi successful 2005. Leni’s biologic begetter is Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, 72. Heid and Seal besides stock Lou, 12, and sons Johan, 15, and Henry, 16.

Meanwhile, Heidi besides dished connected her favourite happening astir moving with Tim Gunn, with whom she has hosted some Project Runway and Making the Cut implicit the past 18 years. “Having a large clip is truthful important to me,” Heidi explained to HollywoodLife. “You perceive a batch astir different radical moving unneurotic and they are lone having a large clip erstwhile they are connected the air. But adjacent past they are benignant of faking it. We genuinely person a large clip erstwhile we are together.”

And the unofficial Queen of Halloween also gave the 411 connected what unthinkable costume she whitethorn beryllium wearing this upcoming spooky play for her wildly celebrated vacation bash. “I don’t archer anyone what I do. I truly don’t,” Heidi said, playing coy. “I similar to astonishment people.”