Think of a stunning blonde bombshell from the 90s and there's no doubt that Heidi Klum is going to be one of the first women to cross your mind. Born in 1973 in the town of Bergisch Gladbach, outside of Cologne in Germany, Klum got into the modelling industry relatively late, when she was 19 years old and won a national modelling competition that a friend dared her to enter.
She might have started out by chance, a complete outsider, but boy did she make a splash when she first appeared on the scene. Quite literally, in fact - she graced the cover of the Sport's Illustrated Swimsuit edition early on in her career, and she' never been out of our hearts since. What followed was a dream run of magazines, catwalks, and Victoria's Secret modelling.