Heidi Klum is a star of the fashion world. Klum established herself as a top model, working for clients such as Victoria's Secret and gracing the covers of such pop-culture mainstays as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. Her numerous ventures include self-designed collections for popular shoe line Birkenstock and fine jeweler Mouawad -- her line has recently extended to QVC. Klum also hosts Germany's Next Top Model and published a lifestyle book, Body of Knowledge: 8 Rules of Model Behavior. Klum's other ventures include best-selling European clothing, accessories, fragrance and beauty lines. Her latest beauty line in the U.S. launched on Guthy-Renker in late 2007. Her charity involvements include work on behalf of such organizations as the American Red Cross (as part of its "Celebrity Cabinet") and the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Klum's Web site, www.heidiklum.com, is a destination for her many fans to keep up with her appearances and upcoming projects. Klum's modeling career began in her hometown of Bergisch Gladbach, in Germany, when she won a national model search. From this win, Klum was signed with an agency and her modeling career took off. She has since worked with many of the world's top fashion photographers including Patrick Demarchelier, Gilles Bensimon, Matthew Ralston, Peter Lindbergh, and Steven Meisel among many others. She has been featured in every major fashion and beauty magazine worldwide including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, In Style, W, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Allure, Esquire, GQ, British GQ (for which she was named "Woman of the Year" twice in a row, a cover normally reserved for men), and French, British, and German Vogue, among countless others. She has shot campaigns for clients including McDonald's, Tab Select (for which she has done a customized can design), Volkswagen, H&M, Nike, American Express, Target, Jordache, Express, Liz Claiborne, Lenscrafters, Siemens, Givenchy, Nine West, INC, Finesse, Braun (for which her legs were insured for over $2 million!) and the prestigious Pirelli calendar. One of Klum's first big "breaks" as a model was to walk in Victoria's Secret runway show. Since then, she has completed many campaigns for the brand, being featured prominently in the company's world-famous catalogs, swim books and fashion shows, and having worn their multi-million dollar jeweled holiday bras. Klum has appeared on both film and television. Her credits include Spin City, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Sex and the City, and the films Blow Dry and Ella Enchanted. She has hosted various specials for MTV, TNT and CBS, and literally swam with sharks for a special in Discovery Channel's "Shark Week." She also appeared as villainess scientist Katya Nadanova in the best-selling James Bond 007 videogame, Everything or Nothing.