![Heidi Klum Turns 51: Her Fashion Evolution Through the Years, From Runways & Victoria’s Secret to Red Carpets & TV [PHOTOS]](https://wwd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/heidi-klum-photos-.jpg?w=1000&h=563&crop=1 "Heidi Klum Turns 51: Her Fashion Evolution Through the Years, From Runways & Victoria’s Secret to Red Carpets & TV [PHOTOS]")
Heidi Klum will celebrate her 51st birthday on June 1. Klum began her modeling career after winning a contest in 1992 and was the first German model to become a Victoria’s Secret Angel. She hosted the reality show “Project Runway” from 2004 to 2017, for which she won an Emmy Award in 2013, and has been a judge on “America’s Got Talent” since 2013. She also hosts “Making the Cut” for Amazon Prime. Here, WWD takes a look back at her style evolution.
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Image Credit: Ron Galella Collection via Getty Heidi Klum at the Plaza Hotel in New York City in 1997.
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Heidi Klum, 1998
Image Credit: Ron Galella Collection via Getty Heidi Klum at the 1998 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit press conference.
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Heidi Klum, 1998
Image Credit: Ron Galella Collection via Getty Heidi Klum at the 1998 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit press conference.
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Heidi Klum, 1998
Image Credit: Ron Galella Collection via Getty Heidi Klum during 1998 GQ Party for New York Yankee Derek Jeter at Moomba in New York City.
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Heidi Klum, 1998
Image Credit: Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Heidi Klum on the catwalk during the Fourth Annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel.
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Heidi Klum, 1998
Image Credit: Ron Galella Collection via Getty Heidi Klum at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Heidi Klum, 1999
Image Credit: Ron Galella Collection via Getty Heidi Klum attends the Fifth Annual Victoria’s Secret Spring Fashion Show on Feb. 3, 1999, at Cipriani’s in New York City.
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Heidi Klum, 1999
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition launch party at Supper Club in New York City Feb. 9, 1999.
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Heidi Klum, 1999
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum poses for photographers backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City on Sept. 9, 1999.
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Heidi Klum, 1999
Image Credit: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Heidi Klum during an interview with host Jay Leno on Nov. 04, 1999.
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Heidi Klum, 2000
Image Credit: WireImage Heidi Klum at the 2000 Sports Illustrated Awards.
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Heidi Klum, 2000
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum on the runway at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show benefit for amfAR, Cinema Against Aids 2000.
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Heidi Klum, 2000
Image Credit: Corbis via Getty Images Heidi Klum at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival in 2000.
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Heidi Klum, 2000
Image Credit: Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Heidi Klum at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival in 2000.
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Heidi Klum, 2000
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum at the 2000 VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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Heidi Klum, 2001
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum in preparations for the Victoria’s Secret 2001 Fashion Show.
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Heidi Klum, 2001
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum at the Gala Spa Award 2001.
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Heidi Klum, 2001
Image Credit: NY Daily News via Getty Images Heidi Klum arrives for Free Arts for Abused Children’s second annual benefit art auction at Sotheby’s in 2001.
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Heidi Klum, 2001
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum poses backstage at the MTV European Music Awards on Nov. 8, 2001, in Frankfurt.
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Heidi Klum, 2001
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum poses for photographers on April 20, 2001, during the MTV Fashionably Loud show in Milan.
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Heidi Klum, 2001
Image Credit: UK Press via Getty Images Heidi Klum at the 2001 Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco.
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Heidi Klum, 2003
Image Credit: WireImage Heidi Klum at the launch of new Spanish magazine NOX at Telson Studio on Oct. 22, 2003, in Madrid.
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Heidi Klum, 2004
Image Credit: PA Images via Getty Images Heidi Klum poses for photographers at auction house Phillips De Pury & Company in September 2004, where she had her legs valued at more than 2 million dollars under her contract as the face of Braun’s new hair removal product, the SoftPerfection epilator.
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Heidi Klum, 2004
Image Credit: Getty Images (L to R) Victoria’s Secret models Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Tyra Banks and Gisele Bundchen pose backstage during the Miami Heat vs. Washington Wizards game at American Airlines Arena on November 9, 2004 in Miami.
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Heidi Klum, 2005
Image Credit: Patrick McMullan via Getty Image Heidi Klum at the 3rd Annual Guggenheim Artist Ball Sponsored by Saint Laurent at Solomon R Guggenheim Museum NYC USA on Dec. 15, 2005.
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Heidi Klum, 2007
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum arrives at the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sept. 16, 2007, in Los Angeles.
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Heidi Klum, 2007
Image Credit: Patrick McMullan via Getty Image Heidi Klum and Seal at the 64th Annual Golden Globes Awards on Jen. 15, 2007 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Heidi Klum, 2008
Image Credit: WireImage Heidi Klum and Seal at the 80th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on Feb. 24, 2008, in Los Angeles.
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Heidi Klum, 2010
Image Credit: Ron Galella Collection via Getty Heidi Klum during “Children At Heart” To Benefit Chabads Children of Chornobyl at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers in New York City.
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Heidi Klum, 2014
Image Credit: FilmMagic Heidi Klum attends the 40th Annual People’s Choice Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Jan. 8, 2014, in Los Angeles.
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Heidi Klum, 2014
Image Credit: David M. Benett Heidi Klum attends the welcome party for Puerto Azul Experience Night at Villa St George on May 21, 2014 in Cannes, France.
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Heidi Klum, 2014
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum attends the 42nd Annual American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Nov. 23, 2014 in Los Angeles.
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Heidi Klum, 2015
Image Credit: Getty Images for Macy’s Heidi Klum appears at Macy’s Presents Fashion’s Front Row Arrivals at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Sept. 17, 2015 in New York City.
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Heidi Klum, 2016
Image Credit: FilmMagic Heidi Klum at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 11, 2016, in Los Angeles.
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Heidi Klum, 2016
Image Credit: Getty Images Hedi Klum at the Project Runway fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at The Arc, Skylight at Moynihan Station on Sept. 9, 2016, in New York City.
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Heidi Klum, 2016
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum attends the “America’s Got Talent” Season 11 Live Show at The Dolby Theatre on Aug. 30, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif.
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Heidi Klum, 2016
Image Credit: Bryan Bedder Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Zac Posen attend the “Project Runway” Season 15 Cake-Cutting Celebration on July 12, 2016 in New York City.
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Heidi Klum, 2016
Image Credit: WireImage Heidi Klum arrives at Nickelodeon’s 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards at The Forum on March 12, 2016, in Inglewood, Calif.
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Heidi Klum, 2001
Image Credit: WireImage Heidi Klum at the “Snatch” Los Angeles premiere in 2001.
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Heidi Klum, 2023
Image Credit: Getty Images Tom Kaulitz and Heidi Klum attend Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 31st annual academy awards viewing party on March 12, 2023 in West Hollywood, Calif.
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Heidi Klum, 2024
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 32nd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 10, 2024, in West Hollywood, Calif.
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Heidi Klum, 2024
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum attends the Fashion Trust U.S. Awards 2024 on April 09, 2024 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Heidi Klum, 2024
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Heidi Klum, 2024
Image Credit: Getty Images Heidi Klum attends the amfAR Cannes Gala 30th edition Presented by Chopard and Red Sea International Film Festival at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 23, 2024, in Cap d’Antibes, France.