Heidi Klum is the reigning queen of Halloween, or should we say, Heidi-ween. With costumes that continue to get more and more elaborate each year, the model sets the bar high and her annual Halloween bash is truly one of the most highly-anticipated events of the season.
This year, like always, Klum kept her costume for her Oct. 31 bash under wraps. Talking to SheKnows in early October, however, she gave three major hints about what’s to come. “It’s a couple’s costume, it is outer-worldly and I’m not very tall,” she said.
As it turns out, she and her husband dressed up as the most known extra-terrestrial in history: E.T.!
In honor of her mind-boggling look this year, please join us in looking back at all her Halloween looks over the years.
And while we honor Klum’s incredible costumes at her annual party, we do have to give an honorable mention to her pandemic Halloween looks. The model respected guidelines by calling off her huge bash but still kept the spirit of Spooky Season alive with two major costume moments in 2020 and 2021.
We’re dropping those below but keep scrolling to see her 2023 look and all of Heidi Klum’s best costumes since she started her Halloween tradition more than 20 years ago.
A version of this article was published in October 2017.
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2021: Klum’s Day
With the COVID-19 pandemic, Klum’s annual Halloween bash was sadly canceled in 2020 and 2021. But, luckily for the fans who love her spooky antics, she was not going to let that stop her. In 2021, Klum released the sequel to 2020’s Heidi Does Halloween. “Last Halloween, Heidi Klum met her untimely doom at the hands of her demonically possessed children,” the narrator said in the short video. “Now on this Halloween the dead will rise from their graves.”
In the almost 8-minute video, Klum’s corpse rises from the grave and reunites with her children. As time goes by, zombie Klum tries to go back to her motherly duties, including getting all dolled up and making lunch for the family – she even cuts off her thumb and adds it to the salad. Soon enough, her children realize what’s wrong with her, but this time it’s too late. Klum finally gets her revenge!
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2020: Heidi Does Halloween
In her first video during the pandemic, Klum poked fun at all the families staying in and driving each other mad during quarantine. “This Halloween, stay at home and enjoy some quality time with the family,” the narrator said. “Just try not to kill each other.”
In the short video, Klum decides not to let her canceled plans phase her and chooses to celebrate the holiday with her family. After a short trip to the bathroom, however, her kids turn into monsters that are out to attack her. Though she swerves many times with her impressive camouflaging abilities, she’s eventually killed by her demonic children. It’s a true treat for any Halloween fans out there!
2024: E.T.
Heidi Klum and her husband Tom Kaulitz made for quite a reveal at the 2024 bash as they dressed up as E.T. and F.T.
“When I was nine years old, the movie came out and I fell in love with the movie and I fell in love with E.T. and I thought it would be fun if both of us would be E.T. and F.T. and here we are,” Klum told Entertainment Tonight on the carpet.
2023: A Peacock
For her 2023 look, Klum looked like a beautiful peacock with backup dancers as her feathers and her husband, Tom Kaulitz, as a massive egg. “I wanted to make something very elaborate and I wanted to make a costume with multiple people,” Klum told Entertainment Tonight of the costume which took a total of six hours to construct. “I wanted to make an art performance out of it.” Mission accomplished!
2022: A Gigantic Worm
Following the two-year hiatus, Klum’s halloween bash was finally back in 2022! After teasing her long-awaited look, she revealed that her 2022 costume is none other than a massive slimy worm. Seen walking the carpet with husband Tom Kaulitz in a fisherman’s outfit and her as the worm that attacked him, Klum also walked and even crawled through the carpet on her own and left everyone baffled in the process. Looking at the finished product – which took over 10 hours to complete – it’s hard to believe she’s even in there!
“I tried to think outside of the box and come up with other things and last year I was thinking, oh, a tree would be really cool, or like, a plant, and then I kind of went from plant to rainworm,” she told reporters, per Page Six. She added, “This is one of the top ones I would say, just because it’s so unusual and so big in size and it’s weird.”
2019: Biohazard Accident
Heidi Klum was absolutely terrifying at her 2019 party, wearing a prosthetics-heavy costume that apparently took over 10 hours to apply.
2018: Princess Fiona
Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz were totally unrecognizable in their ogre costumes, dressed Shrek and Princess Fiona.
2017: The Werewolf From the ‘Thriller’ Music Video
Klum kept her eye on the prize, delivering to the world glorious images of her super-detailed costume that transformed her from a model and TV show host into the werewolf version of Michael Jackson as seen in the "Thriller" music video.
2016: Klum Clones
Heidi Klum was technically herself in 2016, but with five clones in tow it was certainly a costume that made us do a double-take.
2015: Jessica Rabbit
Klum used prosthetics to get the curves necessary to pull off the Jessica Rabbit look.
2014: A Beautiful Butterfly
Klum came with giant colorful wings and huge bug eyes for this elaborate butterfly costume.
2013: Old Lady Chic
Klum didn't just go gray, she also added wrinkles and spider veins to her entire body. Look at those legs!
2012: Cleopatra
Regal in gold, Klum had Oscar-winning makeup artist Bill Corso decorate her face with hundreds of gold crystals.
2011: The Visible Woman
Klum dubbed this costume her all-time favorite. She arrived at the party on a gurney with two bloodstained doctors.
2011: A ‘Planet of Apes’ Couples Costume With Seal
Klum and her then-husband, Seal, went primal with their matching Planet of the Apes-inspired costumes in 2011.
2010: A Shiny Robot
Klum went all out for this futuristic Transformers-inspired robot look that had her decked from head to toe in purple and red.
2009: Raving for Ravens
Klum and her then-husband, Seal, were #CoupleGoals in these feathered costumes.
2008: Hindu Goddess
In 2008, Klum was Kali, goddess of destruction, which explains all the gory body parts.
2007: Dressed as a Purr-fect Cat
Klum went classic with this costume but upped the ante with her elaborate makeup.
2006: Portraying the Forbidden Fruit
Clever and oh-so fun, you would never know Klum was eight months pregnant during this party.
2005: A Bloodthirsty Vampire
With an '80s-worthy wig and teeth that can't be ignored, Klum conquered the vampire look.
2004: A Frightening Half-Witch, Half-Skeleton
She's a witch! She's a vampire! She's a skeleton! No, she's, well, we have no idea, but we love the wig.
2003: A Golden Goddess
Klum would have fit nicely into the Wonder Woman universe with this gold ensemble.
2002: Betty Boop
Klum paid homage to the original sex symbol with this adorable costume.
2001: Lady Godiva
Forget the long blond wig and crystal-encrusted bodysuit. Klum road in on a freaking real-life horse!
2000: Dressed as a Goth Girl
The costume that started it all: Klum sported dark hair and a pleather dress.
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