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• Heidi Klum posed for a mermaid-inspired photo shoot in St. Barts, and posted a photo of the final shot on her Instagram, on Aug. 10
• The supermodel posed in nothing but bikini bottoms and covered her top half with seashells
• In the process, Klum had a wardrobe malfunction, which she joked about in her caption

Heidi Klum knows how to make a splash!

The supermodel, 52, had a wardrobe malfunction while going full-mermaid in her latest summer photo shoot posted to her Instagram on Sunday, Aug. 10.

Klum, who posed in knee-high water and leaned against a rock while vacationing in St. Barts, was pictured wearing nothing but a bikini bottom in the shot. As for her top, well, she improvised.

The Project Runway host covered her upper half with two tiny seashells that she held over her breasts. While the shell in her left hand provided complete coverage, the shell in her left slipped, causing a wardrobe malfunction on the beach.

Klum held up the left shell just below her breast, resulting in a cheeky nip-slip. She shielded it with a yellow star emoji, and comedically poked fun at her mermaid-aligned wardrobe malfunction in her caption.

“Woopsy😅,” she playfully captioned the post, and added the credits of those who were involved in the shoot. “St.Barth 🏝️🥥🐠💦☀️,” she added, setting the clip to the song “Ooo La La La” by Sunmoon.

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The shells Klum used to shield her breasts in the photo shoot, shot by photographer Antoine Verglas, appeared to be attached to a necklace designed by a St. Barts-based brand, Bijoux de la Mer.

The jewelry company is known for its handcrafted pieces inspired by nature, specifically stones, pebbles and shells, like the one Klum wore for the shoot.

The TV mogul didn’t identify the brand of her bikini bottoms, but they kept with the nature-inspired theme. They were primarily brown, with animal print on the sides and colorful leaves on the front in shades of pink, green and yellow.

Klum’s immersed pose in St. Barts was just the latest water-centric photo shoot she’s had in recent weeks, having recently graced the cover of PEOPLE’s July issue where she dazzled beside a swimming pool in Beverly Hills.

The cover star, who wore several hot summer looks looks in photos taken by Max Montgomery, opened up to PEOPLE about her marriage, motherhood and making every season of life sexy in a revealing interview.

“I’ve been photographing nude or in lingerie since 1992, way before Instagram,” she told PEOPLE. “So for me, it’s nothing new. For the past 15 years, other people are now doing what I’ve been doing for 30 years. Instead of being in my little bottoms in a magazine, I’m on Instagram. It’s the same thing.”

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And yet, Klum has no intention of stopping.

“For me to be older, it doesn’t matter. I don’t have this age-shaming or body-shaming thing,” she said. “I feel like everyone should do what they want to do. I like to run around sexy — even now at 52.”

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