Photo: Leni Klum/Instagram
Heidi Klum’s daughterLenishowed some love to her model mom to celebrate her 48th birthday.
Leni, 17, posted a sweet tribute to Heidi onInstagramincluding a glam modeling shot of the duo looking like twins and an adorable throwback photo when Leni was just a tiny toddler.
“BEST FRIENDS BIRTHDAY !! I LOVE YOU MAMA❤️,” Leni captioned thebirthday tribute.
Leni’s 17th birthday was only a few weeks ago on May 4. Heidi also posted in honor of her daughter’s special day and revealed when she walked the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show catwalk in 2003,she was actually pregnant with Leni!
Sharing avideo from the 2003 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which featured Heidi wearing the lingerie label’s “Very Sexy” Fantasy Bra, the mother of four wrote in the caption, “I am not alone walking down that catwalk here.”
“If I look close enough then I can see you bumping right along at 4 months @LeniKlum. “I loved you before you were born, and I will love you long after I close my eyes forever. ❤️❤️❤️,” she added.
While Heidi kept Leni out of the public eye for much of her childhood, the rising model shot into the spotlight last year when she made hermodeling debuton the cover ofVogueGermany’s January/February 2021 issue alongside her mother.
Heidi Klum (left) and daughter Leni Klum.Heidi Klum/Instagram
Heidiopened up to PEOPLEabout her daughter’s blossoming modeling career in February, raving that Leni has “been doing fantastic. She’s been wanting to model for quite some time.”
“Obviously, as a mother, [I want my] child to do what she wants to do. The industry is great and I love it and I’ve been in it for over 20 years but it’s also, it’s a lot of traveling, it’s different,” she explained, adding, “You have to be a strong person, especially as a woman you have to be very strong.”
source: people.com
