Editing Heidi Klum (section)

==Early life and discovery==
Klum was born and raised in [[Bergisch Gladbach]], a city near [[Cologne]], [[West Germany]]. She is the daughter of Erna Klum (née Berger),<ref>[https://www.geni.com/people/Erna-Klum/6000000009647492710 www.geni.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915110009/https://www.geni.com/people/Erna-Klum/6000000009647492710 |date=15 September 2021 }} Retrieved on September 15, 2021</ref> a hairdresser,<ref name="Times">[[The Times]] magazine. p48, 2 May 2015</ref> and Günther Klum,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-84162333.html |title=Isch geh als isch |last=Von Kühn, Alexander |date=27 February 2012 |work=[[Spiegel Online]] |language=de |access-date=18 February 2014 |archive-date=25 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225225454/http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-84162333.html |url-status=live }}</ref> a cosmetics company executive. A friend convinced her to enroll in a national modeling contest called "Model 92".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heidiklum.com/en/Formerly.aspx |title=Heidi Klum |access-date=25 September 2007 |publisher=heidiklum.com |quote=Winter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819222150/http://www.heidiklum.com/en/Formerly.aspx |archive-date=19 August 2007}}</ref> Out of 25,000 contestants, Klum was voted the winner on 29 April 1992, and she was offered a modeling contract worth {{US$|300,000}} by Thomas Zeumer, CEO of Metropolitan Models New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heidiklum.com/en/April_92.aspx |title=Heidi Klum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012040150/http://www.heidiklum.com/en/April_92.aspx |archive-date=12 October 2007 |publisher=heidiklum.com |quote=More about 'Model 92': More than 25,000 girls had sent their measurements, details and photos to the model contest. 45 of us were selected and presented on the show Gottschalk (RTL) by Germany's famous TV host, [[Thomas Gottschalk]]. The audience chose me as the 'winner of the week' on April 16, 1992. One week later, I became the 'winner of the month'. The final competition took place on April 29. At that final stage, the judging panel was composed of fashion experts and celebrities, and their votes let me win the contest! My reward was a modeling contract, running over three years and guaranteeing a minimum sum of $300,000 dollars.}}</ref> After winning, she appeared on the ''Gottschalk Late Night Show'', a German television show with host [[Thomas Gottschalk]]. She accepted the contract a few months later, after graduating from school, and decided not to try for an apprentice position at a fashion design school.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heidiklum.com/en/Formerly.aspx |title=Heidi Klum |access-date=25 September 2007 |publisher=heidiklum.com |quote=Summer 1992 I stopped studying to be a fashion designer and instead, decide to pursue a career as a model |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928110027/http://www.heidiklum.com/en/Formerly.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>