Heidi Klum's Halloween costumes through the years, including 2024
Heidi Klum's Halloween costumes make her the undisputed queen of spooky season every year, no ifs or buts! We all remember her unhinged giant worm outfit — after all, how could we forget? And in 2024, the model has once again outdone herself, dressing up in tribute to Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film ET The Extra-Terrestrial along with her partner Tom Kaulitz.
I mean, every year we know for sure that taking some terrifying inspo from the supermodel wouldn't go amiss.
While some of us might choose to make our Halloween costumes a bit, you know, sexy, for former supermodel Heidi Klum it’s all about being as weird and terrifying as possible, and we are here for it! She has thrown an annual Halloween bash for over two decades now, and, year after year, her attempts at fancy dress get more and more surprising and creative. Needless to say, she has always had a team of Oscar-winning makeup artists and prosthetics experts on standby to create something completely jaw-dropping.
In 2000, for her first-ever Halloween bash, Heidi dressed as a dominatrix, and since then, she's upped the ante and created so much hype around her costume each year that the day should probably be renamed in her honour. As avid Halloween fans will remember, one outfit that had everyone talking was her 2011 offering: a human body, only without the skin (obviously). In 2013, she dressed as an extremely convincing grandma, and in 2014, she rocked up as the most terrifying butterfly we've ever seen.
We were positively obsessed with 2018's drastic look when she used prosthetics to transform herself into Princess Fiona from Shrek - and pulled the look off with aplomb.
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She's so dedicated to Halloween that even when her annual celebrity-packed Halloween party was cancelled due to COVID-19, she released a spooky seven-minute film for good measure. And with Halloween back in the swing of things last year, she pulled out all the stops as she dressed up as an enormous worm with her husband, Tom Kaulitz, dressed as a fisherman. Wait, how did they even come up with the idea?!
So, with everything Heidi has done in the name of Halloween, we're always excited to see what she comes up with each spooky season. We've rounded up her best 25 Halloween costumes of all time in case you need some frightening inspo.
From Jessica Rabbit to a skinned human body (eeesh), this is Heidi Klum’s Halloween costume hall of fame...
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Heidi Klum's 2024 Halloween costume did not disappoint, with the star paying tribute to ET from Steven Spielberg's 1982 sci-fi classic. Heidi's look referenced a scene from the film in which ET disguises himself in a hat and blonde wig, while her partner Tom Kaulitz dressed up with a more traditional take on the character.
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In 2023, Heidi Klum once again went all out with another absurdist look that has to be seen to be believed. The model arrived at her party as a giant peacock, complete with a sparkly blue bodysuit and a giant green and blue tail that fanned out behind her — but get this! The tail wasn't actually part of her costume — it was actually comprised of a troupe of acrobats (Cirque Du Soleil, no less) who stood behind her and created varying shapes. Wow.
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Heidi certainly took the bait for 2022's Halloween costume as she dressed up as the most terrifying life-sized worm we have ever laid our eyes on. And if that wasn't enough, she ensured it was double the trouble as her husband, Tom Kaulitz, dressed as the fisherman who had just “caught” her.
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With Heidi's Halloween bash cancelled for a second year in a row due to the pandemic, she decided to rise from the dead for Halloween 2021. She took to Instagram to post a picture of her laying across gravestones emblazoned with her and her husband’s names, captioned: “Until death do us part.”
And if that wasn't enough, just like the previous year, the model continued to exact revenge on her children in another horrifying short film, which had references to iconic horror movies such as Psycho, The Shining and The Exorcist.
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2020 was the year that Heidi's imagination gave birth to her first spooky short film. She made it a family affair with her villainous kids (who dressed like mummies after getting wrapped up completely in toilet paper) out to get her. To survive the night, Heidi uses elaborate body paint to camouflage into the wall and then later into the bed.
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How does one even think of dressing up as an alien experiment gone wrong?! Well, that's definitely a question for Heidi, who literally sent shivers down our spine with this gory look, complete with test tubes and the best prosthetics we have ever seen. Just wow.
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It may not be one of her scariest looks ever, but still, she took on the challenge of recreating Shrek’s Fiona in 2018 and pulled the look off with aplomb. I mean, is Heidi still under that head-to-toe green outfit?!
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Suddenly, it was 1983, and Heidi and her friends took us back to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ music video. The atmospheric surroundings and outfits were certainly a blast from the past as she emulated one of the most iconic and terrifying visuals from a song ever! Looking at this, the lyrics of the song sent more chills down our spine than ever before, “No one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike.”
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Heidi dressed up as herself accompanied by a bunch of identical-looking Klum clones, is probably one of the most iconic Halloween costumes ever. They all wore nude-coloured Victoria's Secret Angel outfits and sported tumbling brunette locks. No, it's definitely not scary, but is it genius? Yes.
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As a very plastic Jessica Rabbit, Heidi certainly pulled off this classic look with perfection. She was absolutely unrecognisable in the glossy red wig, iconic purple eyeshadow and glamorous red dress. We love.
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Heidi dressed up as the scariest butterfly we’ve ever seen and certainly turned heads as she wafted through New York's iconic Time Square. Spread your wings, Heidi!
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A tweed-wearing granny is not what he thought Heidi would dress up for Halloween in 2013, but we're so glad she did. With her grey hair, pearl necklace and a walking cane. Oh, and of course, a rocking chair.
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Heidi's Halloween party was cancelled in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy, but Heidi gave us a preview of what she would have worn: this gorgeous gold Cleopatra costume.
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Those sensitive to bloody outfits look away now! Heidi gave us a massive lesson in anatomy as she dressed as a human body, only without the skin (obviously). This just gave us a taste of all the Halloween costumes to come in following years.
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Things got a little hairy as Heidi and her then-husband Seal as they dressed up as ‘Planet of the Apes’ for the second party she had in 2011 (as you do). The dedication to her outfits is unmatched because we seriously don't even know if that's actually Heidi in there or not!
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Is she a robot? A Transformer? A robot-meets-Power-Ranger? We honestly don't know, but we can truly appreciate that it must have taken her hours to get into the costume - And also out of it at the end of the night!
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For the 10th anniversary of her Halloween Ball, Heidi and her then-husband Seal went for a pair of Hitchcock-inspired crows.
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Probably one of Heidi's less-appreciated costumes. Dressing as Kali, a Hindu goddess, the blonde quickly learnt it was a controversial choice as many Hindus branded it as ‘denigrating’.
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Simple, yet effective. Heidi looked right in character as a cat from Andrew Lloyd Weber's famous musical. We love the whiskers, the tail, the ears. In fact, we love everything about the costume!
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As Garden of Eden's ‘Forbidden Fruit’ in 2006, Heidi mastered the perfect way to incorporate her baby bump into the costume. Meanwhile, Seal went as Eve.
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As a vampire with a bleeding heart in 2005, Heidi was perfection was a curly rave wig, fangs and spooky black and red eye make-up. We definitely would not want to cross paths with her at night in this get-up.
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Sometimes, you can't decide what Halloween costume you want to be, so you mix elements of a witch, vampire and skeleton together, which is exactly what Heidi did in 2004. The results are pure, terrifying brilliance.
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Another mix-match of outfits, but we would call this her Greek goddess-meets-Gladiator costume. But whatever look she was trying to go for, she looks incredible!
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Heidi dressed as lash-fluttering Betty Boop. We just love the pleather and the make-up look.
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Dressed as Lady Godiva, complete with rapunzel-like blonde locks, the catwalk queen arrived at the event on an actual horse! That's some commitment there.
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Her first ever costume, a dominatrix, in 2000 was where it all began for Heidi when it came to her love of Halloween.
