Heidi Klum's Halloween costumes are always epic. She how she's dressed up over the years

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Halloween has plentifulness of traditions, from candy to jack-o'-lanterns — and nan yearly spectacle of Heidi Klum's costume.

The supermodel-turned-TV characteristic is fond of astonishing her guests pinch her elaborate costumes, for illustration successful 2022, erstwhile she arrived astatine nan arena connected nan extremity of a sportfishing line, encased successful a slithering worm costume.

“I conscionable wanted to beryllium thing random,” she explained while lying connected nan level for maximum worm-like effect. “I don’t deliberation I’ve ever seen anyone being a rainfall worm before.”

Last year, she enlisted nan thief of respective Cirque du Soleil performers arsenic nan tail feathers to her peacock costume.

“A batch of readying goes into it, you know,” Klum said done her peacock beak, pinch hubby Tom Kaulitz adjacent to her, dressed arsenic an egg. “Because first, you person to person an idea.”

At her 2008 statement she dressed arsenic Kali, nan Hindu goddess of decease and demolition — complete pinch aggregate arms, dangling heads and a heavy overgarment of bluish assemblage paint.

Klum told The Associated Press she would instantly beryllium readying her look for nan pursuing year. “After coming I’ll beryllium reasoning astir what I’ll do adjacent year. It’s ever sewage to beryllium different. Completely different,” she said.

Other notable Klum costumes complete nan years person included a elephantine Transformer, a clone (complete pinch respective Klum-lookalikes) an aged type of herself, and an alien research gone awry.

The prima has besides transformed into a terrifying butterfly, an ape, a cat, a crow — and animation characters including Jessica Rabbit and Fiona from “Shrek.”

Her extremity to those still trying to determine what to deterioration this Halloween? Leave nan store-bought masks astatine home.

“I personally don’t for illustration it erstwhile group hide down those afloat masks. I for illustration erstwhile group get a small spot imaginative and they play pinch their face, erstwhile they put a batch of constitution on,” she told nan AP successful 2007. “I ever emotion that nan astir connected me, I really spell scary connected nan face.”