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Los Angeles / Munich (dpa) - Til Schweiger, Dieter Hallervorden and now Heidi Klum: Celebrities help their children with their careers.
In the new “Vogue” (January / February), 16-year-old Leni Klum makes her model debut and follows in the footsteps of her famous mother.
Heidi and Leni can be seen together on the cover and in a fashion series.
Both were produced in Los Angeles, where the family mainly lives.
In the «Vogue» interview, Leni does not rule out the possibility of one day taking over her mom's casting show.
«I can already imagine.
But I'm going to use the next few years to gain experience, ”says the teenager confidently.
"And if at some point my mother no longer feels like it, then I am very happy to jump in."
Then the ProSieben show might be called “Germany's Next Top Model by Leni Klum”.
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The Klums thus seem to be another example of how the offspring of stars themselves is being built into stars.
This is how dynasties arise or continue to exist.
Will Smith's children, the Beckhams, or Lily Collins (daughter of Phil Collins), Kate Hudson (Goldie Hawn's daughter) or Dakota Johnson (daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson) should be mentioned.
Especially in the modeling business, faces that remind of famous parents score points.
Think of Kendall Jenner, Bella and Gigi Hadid, Cindy Crawford's daughter Kaia Gerber or Lily-Rose Depp, the daughter of Hollywood star Johnny Depp and the French singer Vanessa Paradis.
Elias Becker, son of Barbara and Boris Becker, has also modeled - not to forget the Becker daughter Anna Ermakova.
In Germany there are other examples from the music, film and television world, including Joelina Drews (daughter of pop star Jürgen Drews), Marie Reim (daughter of Matthias Reim and Michelle), Max von der Groeben (son of RTL journalist Ulrike von der Groeben) and of course the Ochsenknecht family, Wayne Carpendale, Lucas Cordalis and Hardy Krüger junior.
All of this already existed in earlier decades, for example with Udo Jürgens and daughter Jenny.
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Heidi Klum may have held back her eldest daughter for as long as possible.
The current step seems well prepared.
A week ago, Klum told the US magazine “People”: “We have always decided to keep the children out of the public eye.
But now she drives the car, she's 16, so I thought to myself, if you can do that, then you can model now, if that's what you want. "
Leni spends a lot of time on the set of the "Top Model" show.
The coming season will be filmed not least because of the ongoing corona pandemic in Europe.
The Klum family therefore stayed longer in Germany.
For Leni Klum, that means being far away from her home in California and from her boyfriend.
In pictures on Instagram, where Leni Klum has also been active for some time, the 16-year-old has never really been seen - in the last few weeks, at most, with her mouth and nose covered.
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Until Thursday evening, fans only knew Leni's whole face from photos of years old.
"Even if you didn't know my face, I still led the life that I led," says Leni.
“I've accompanied my mother to sets since I can remember, I've been photographed on the street for as long as I can remember.
And even if most would not describe my childhood as normal, for me it was. "
Her mother "did a pretty good job."
"And that's why I now feel so ready to take this step."
Heidi Klum confesses in Vogue that it will be a while before she will no longer hold her protective hand over Leni.
"It's her career, she should make her decisions, but I'll be her mother forever."
That's why you have to take it away from her if she interferes from time to time.
«Leni is anything but a mini-me.
She has her own mind, her own style, her own life. "
But there are also a lot in common, the same sense of humor "and Leni obviously has the same career aspiration."
Leni (actually Helene) Klum was born on May 4, 2004 in New York City.
Her biological father is Formula 1 team boss Flavio Briatore.
After the relationship with Briatore, Heidi Klum met the pop singer Seal, with whom she was married until 2014 and with whom she had two sons and another daughter.
In 2009, Seal adopted Leni, then five, with the consent of her birth father.
Flavio Briatore (70) calls Leni's model plans “a great thing” in the current “Gala”.
His relationship with the Klum family was flawless: "We have a very good relationship, but we don't talk to each other that often."
Heidi Klum, who comes from Bergisch Gladbach near Cologne, has been married to Tokio Hotel musician Tom Kaulitz (31), who was born in Leipzig and grew up in Magdeburg, since 2019.
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