CAA Signs Emmy Award-Winning Host, Producer & Fashion Icon Heidi Klum

Leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has signed Heidi Klum, global star of the fashion and entertainment world, for representation in all areas.

Klum is the Emmy Award-winning host and executive producer of the 10-time Emmy-nominated series Project Runway, which has been on-air for 14 seasons. Entering her fourth season on the judging panel of NBC's hit show America's Got Talent, Klum also hosts Germany's Next Top Model, which has been a runaway hit for 11 seasons.

One of the world's most celebrated models, Klum has been featured in all of the top fashion/beauty and lifestyle magazines, including SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Swimsuit, Vogue, ELLE, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, W, Esquire, and Forbes, among many others globally. Also known for her work with Victoria's Secret, Klum is one of the most recognizable "Angels." She has been prominently featured in the company's world-famous catalogs, swim books, and fashion shows and has even worn the multi-million-dollar jeweled holiday bras. She also served as host of the CBS broadcast special of the annual U.S. fashion show.

Klum has shot campaigns for Diet Coke, McDonald's, Volkswagen, LG, H&M, Nike, American Express, Target, Express, Liz Claiborne, LensCrafters, Siemens, Givenchy, Nine West, INC, Finesse, Braun (for which her legs were insured for over $2 million), and the prestigious Pirelli calendar. She also starred in the infamous Guitar Hero campaign, receiving millions of views on YouTube. Her other ventures include the lingerie collections - Heidi Klum Intimates and Heidi by Heidi Klum - and she penned the lifestyle book Body of Knowledge: 8 Rules of Model Behavior and released Rankin's Heidilicious, featuring some of her favorite photos taken by photographer Rankin.

Klum's acting appearances include Miramax's BLOW DRY and ELLA ENCHANTED, ABC's Spin City, and guest appearances on HBO's THE LIFE and Death of Peter Sellers as "Ursula Andress," Sesame Street, How I Met Your Mother, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, and SEX AND THE CITY, and she provided voiceover for The Weinstein Company's HOODWINKED TOO as "Heidi, the Yodeler." She hosted the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to various specials for MTV, TNT, and CBS, including Clash of the Commercials in 2011 and 2012. She swam with sharks for an episode for Discovery Channel's popular "Shark Week," hosted Lifetime's Seriously Funny Kids, and appeared as villainess scientist "Katya Nadanova" in the best-selling James Bond 007 videogame Everything or Nothing.

Klum's charity involvements include work on behalf of such organizations as Children's Hospital Los Angeles, the American Red Cross (as part of its Celebrity Cabinet), God's Love We Deliver, amfAR and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Klum also appears in PSAs for the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Stand Up To Cancer program and she served as the 2011 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF ambassador.

A testament to Klum's place in pop culture, Mattel created a BARBIE in her likeness as part of its Blonde Ambition Collection that celebrated blondes in fashion and entertainment. She is also featured in the iconic Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Berlin.

ABOUT CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY (CAA)

Leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) represents many of the most successful and innovative professionals working in film, television, music, video games, theatre, fashion, and digital content, and provides a range of strategic marketing and consulting services to corporate clients. CAA is also a leader in sports, representing more than 1,000 of the world's top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, tennis, and golf, and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, licensing, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities.

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