No one does Halloween like Heidi Klum. The model and TV personality hosts an annual Halloween bash and never fails to go completely over the top with her festive getup.
From Lady Godiva to a giant worm to a colorful peacock, see Klum’s best Halloween costumes through the years, ahead.
Heidi Klum as Medusa in 2025
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“I’m going to be very ugly,” Klum teased days before she unveiled her 2025 Halloween look. Her super-creepy, slithery Medusa costume more than delivered on that promise, leaving us truly paralyzed.
Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz as E.T. in 2024
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Klum tapped into nostalgia for her 2024 costume, dressing as E.T. from Steven Spielberg’s 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when he dressed up with a blonde wig, hat, and skirt. Note Klum’s actual face creepily peeking out through E.T.’s neck. Husband Tom Kaulitz also donned an E.T. costume of his own.
Heidi Klum as a peacock in 2023
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This one required a bit of teamwork: Klum was a giant peacock for Halloween in 2023, with camouflaged acrobats creating the illusion of plumage behind her.
Heidi Klum as a worm in 2022
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Arguably her most out-there costume to date, Klum showed up at her annual Halloween party as a giant worm. Her face blending in seamlessly with the rest of the costume gave us nightmares for weeks.
Heidi Klum as a zombie in 2021
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With the COVID pandemic forcing her to cancel her Halloween party in 2021, Klum staged a spooky short film instead, in which she played a zombie tormenting her children.
Heidi Klum as a wall and a bedspread in 2020
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The pandemic forced Klum to get creative in 2020. Rather than attend her Halloween party, she released a video in which her children played zombies and she tried to hide from them by blending into a wall and a bedspread.
Heidi Klum as an alien with husband Tom Kaulitz as an astronaut in 2019
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Klum got her then-new husband Tom Kaulitz in on the Halloween action in 2019, dressing as a gruesome-looking alien alongside Kaulitz’s astronaut in a blood-stained spacesuit.
Heidi Klum as Fiona from Shrek in 2018
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Klum went, well, ogre the top with this transformation into Shrek‘s Princess Fiona, complete with oversized hands and feet.
Heidi Klum as Michael Jackson from his “Thriller” music video in 2017
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This one had layers: Heidi Klum as Michael Jackson as the werewolf from his iconic “Thriller” music video. The prosthetic detail on Klum’s face and hands was simply terrifying.
Heidi Klum with an army of Heidi Klum clones in 2016
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Why have one Heidi Klum when you could have six? While admittedly not her most elaborate costume, the effect of seeing her with an army of clones was quite unsettling.
Heidi Klum as Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 2015
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As Jessica Rabbit muses in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), “You don’t know how hard it is being a woman looking the way I do.” While transforming into the absurdly proportioned character, Klum may have learned just that.
Heidi Klum as a butterfly in 2014
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It took Klum five hours to morph into a colorful butterfly in 2014, completely transforming her face and donning enormous wings for her Halloween party.
Heidi Klum as an older woman in 2013
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Defying Hollywood’s youth-obsessed culture, Klum went in the opposite direction and aged herself in 2013, appearing as an older woman complete with rocking chair and cane.
Heidi Klum as Cleopatra in 2012
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A rare instance of Klum actually being recognizable in a costume, the multihyphenate went as the legendary Cleopatra for Halloween in 2012.
Heidi Klum and Seal as apes in 2011
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Klum and her then-husband Seal dressed as a pair of apes for Halloween in 2011, going all-out with facial makeup and full body suits.
Heidi Klum as the human body in 2011
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Klum bared it all — in a manner of speaking — with this blood-red skeletal costume for Halloween 2011.
Heidi Klum as an alien transformer in 2010
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Klum went as an alien transformer in 2010, embracing a glittery purple visage, wearing bright red armor, and walking on stilts.
Heidi Klum as a crow in 2009
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The crow is basically the official bird of Halloween, so Klum gave us this feathered look, complete with face paint, in 2009.
Heidi Klum as a cat in 2007
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Going as a cat is among the more basic of Halloween costumes, but Klum’s version certainly required more effort than donning a pair of feline ears.
Heidi Klum as the Garden of Eden in 2006
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Among Klum’s more inspired Halloween costume ideas, the model dressed as the apple and serpent that tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Heidi Klum as a vampire in 2005
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Another classic Halloween costume, Klum’s vampire in 2005 was a stunner, particularly the placement of the bleeding heart on her chest.
Heidi Klum as a red witch in 2004
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This bold costume saw Klum donning an eye-popping mane of bright red hair, wearing vampire fangs and a fabulous hat, and, just for fun, sporting skeleton bones all over her body.
Heidi Klum as a golden alien in 2003
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This alien costume was gold and bold, featuring immaculate detail from head to toe.
Heidi Klum as Betty Boop in 2002
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Klum traded in her signature blond locks in favor of Betty Boop’s iconic black curls in 2002.
Heidi Klum as Lady Godiva in 2001
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Lady Godiva is known today as the woman who rode naked on horseback to send a message to her earl husband, and Klum’s take on the legend saw her with long, flowing hair and strategically placed sequins.
Heidi Klum as a goth Pippi Longstocking in 2000
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Pippi Longstocking, but make it goth: This was the mission for Klum’s first official Halloween party in 2000, and it’s safe to say she succeeded.
