All of Heidi Klum's iconic Halloween costumes, ranked

Gabbi Shaw,Erin McDowellNov 1, 2024, 23:20 IST

Tom Kaulitz and Heidi Klum outdid themselves this year.Noam Galai/Getty Images for Heidi Klum Halloween

Heidi Klum has thrown a Halloween party nearly every year since 2000.
She goes all out for her costumes, which include prosthetics, props, and intense makeup.

Supermodel Heidi Klum has often been called the "queen of Halloween."

Since 2000, she has thrown an annual Halloween party, excluding 2012 and 2020, and is known for going all out with over-the-top costumes. In recent years, the costumes have used extensive prosthetics and taken months to create. In fact, this year's ET costume took a full 12 months to create and 30 FX artists, Vogue reported. It took seven hours for her to undergo her full transformation.

But not all of her costumes have been this labor-intensive. Klum has sometimes opted for a simpler costume that someone without access to thousands of dollars and a team of artists could attain.

Here's every Halloween costume the model has ever worn, ranked — in our opinion — from worst to best. Klum did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Klum's worst costume is easily her 2008 look, when she dressed as the Hindu goddess Kali. Many Hindus pointed out that the costume was offensive.

Heidi Klum arrives at her annual Halloween party on October 31, 2008.Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Klum's 2012 party was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy, but she gave fans a look at what her costume would've been: a gilded Cleopatra.

Heidi Klum gets fitted for her 13th annual Halloween party on September 3, 2012.Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Heidi Klum

Klum's 2007 cat costume would be at home on the nightmarish set of "Cats."

Heidi Klum arrives at her Halloween party on October 31, 2007.Jesse Grant/WireImage/Getty Images

In 2009, Klum and her then-husband Seal dressed up as crows.

Seal and Heidi Klum attend Klum's 10th Annual Halloween party on October 31, 2009.DAVID CROTTY/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

In 2016, she enlisted a group of models to all dress up as Klum herself.

Heidi Klum (third from left) attends Klum's 17th annual Halloween party at Vandal on October 31, 2016.Michael Stewart/FilmMagic/Getty Images

For her first-ever Halloween party in 2000, Klum wore a leather dress and black wig to dress up as a dominatrix.

Heidi Klum at her Halloween party on October 31, 2000.Tom Wargacki/WireImage/Getty Images

In 2003, Klum dressed up as a golden goddess alien creature.

Heidi Klum attends her Haunted Halloween Bash on October 31, 2003.Evan Agostini/Getty Images

The following year, she was a red-hot skeleton witch.

Heidi Klum attends her 5th Annual Halloween party on October 31, 2004.Evan Agostini/Getty Images

In 2005, Klum rocked a vampire costume with gothic butterfly wings.

Heidi Klum arrives at her annual Halloween party on October 31, 2005.Evan Agostini/Getty Images

Her 2002 take on Betty Boop was flawless.

Heidi Klum's 3rd Annual Halloween Bash on October 31, 2002.Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage/Getty Images

In 2001, for her second-ever party, Klum rode into her soiree atop a horse while dressed as a dead Lady Godiva.

Heidi Klum arrives on horseback as Lady Godiva on October 31, 2001.Evan Agostini/Getty Images

Ten years later, she wore this unsettling human-body costume.

Heidi Klum arrives at her 12th annual Halloween party on October 29, 2011.Michael Tran/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Her 2014 costume was a giant patterned butterfly with an anatomically correct mask.

Heidi Klum gives Times Square visitors a sneak peek of her Halloween costume before hosting her annual party on October 31, 2014.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Heidi Klum

What was Klum in 2019? We couldn't tell you, but it certainly sticks in your head.

Heidi Klum attends Heidi Klum's 20th annual Halloween party on October 31, 2019.Gotham/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Klum was pregnant in 2006 and found an inventive way to incorporate her belly by dressing up as the forbidden fruit, while Seal was Eve.

Heidi Klum and Seal on October 31, 2006.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage/Getty Images

It's a pity that Klum was just a few years early for M. Night Shyamalan's "Old" with her 2013 costume.

Heidi Klum attends her 14th annual Halloween party on October 31, 2013.Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Heidi Klum

Klum rolled up to the red carpet on stilts and doused in purple paint in 2010.

Heidi Klum attends Heidi Klum's 2010 Halloween Party on October 31, 2010.Bryan Bedder/Getty Images

This costume was her second look of 2011. She and Seal were the most realistic-looking chimps we've ever seen.

Heidi Klum and Seal attend Heidi Klum's 12th annual Halloween party on October 31, 2011.Jemal Countess/Getty Images

She totally disappeared into this scarily accurate Jessica Rabbit costume in 2015.

Heidi Klum attends her Halloween party on October 31, 2015.Andrew Toth/WireImage/Getty Images

In 2018, she and her husband, Tom Kaulitz, dressed as Shrek and Fiona. Kaulitz's Shrek is unnerving, but Klum's Fiona is perfect.

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz show up dressed as Princess Fiona and Shrek to Klum's 19th annual Halloween party on October 31, 2018.Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

Our third-favorite Klum costume has to be her look from 2017 when Klum fully became a werewolf from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video.

Heidi Klum attends her 18th annual Halloween party on October 31, 2017.Andrew Toth/FilmMagic/Getty Images

In 2023, Klum arrived dressed as a peacock with a full entourage, while Kaulitz dressed as an egg.

Heidi Klum dressed as a peacock in 2023.Getty Images for Heidi Klum

Until this year, nothing could top when Heidi Klum dressed as a worm in 2022, but this costume was dethroned in 2024.

Heidi Klum attends her Halloween party in 2022.Taylor Hill/Getty Images

Klum's 2024 costume is her best yet. She dressed as ET, complete with an animatronic head that blinked and opened its mouth.

Tom Kaulitz and Heidi Klum attend her 2024 Halloween party.Noam Galai/Getty Images for Heidi Klum Halloween

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