Was Heidi and daughter Leni Klum’s lingerie ad inappropriate? Inside the teen model’s meteoric rise to fame, from Dior beauty ambassador and fronting Fila, to launching a line at Milan Fashion Week
- Leni Klum made her modelling debut on the cover of German Vogue alongside her supermodel mum, former Victoria’s Secret Angel Heidi Klum, then walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana in Venice
- The 18-year-old launched a fashion line in Milan this September with online retailer About You and defended herself when fans criticised her Intimissimi lingerie ad with her mum for being ‘too sexy’
Heidi Klum’s teenage daughter Leni is the spitting image of her. The 18-year-old has taken after her mother’s drop-dead gorgeous looks and already has an impressive modelling career.
Leni debuted in the modelling world with a bang in December 2020. She presented herself in the January 2021 issue of German Vogue alongside her mum. With a thriving foreseeable future, she’s rocking the runway, acing campaigns and enjoying being a university student in New York City.
Let’s take a closer look at the life, love, luxuries and career of Leni Olumi Klum, daughter of supermodel Heidi Klum and R&B soul singer Seal …
She’s pursuing interior design in NYC
Leni is the biological child of Heidi and Flavio Briatore, the Italian managing director of Renault’s Formula One team. The Victoria’s Secret Angel split with Briatore and began dating the musician Seal during her pregnancy. Heidi gave birth to Leni in May 2004 in New York City and Seal adopted her as his own daughter in 2009.
The 18-year-old graduated from Pacifica Christian High School in Santa Monica, California. The private school boasts a cool US$25,725 a year in tuition fees. She is currently pursuing interior design at a New York City university.
