Heidi Klum Says Her Model Daughter Leni Will Need ‘Thick Skin’ to Follow in Her Footsteps
glamour.comfully supports her 19-year-old daughter following in her modeling footsteps.However, as she tells she cautioned her that it wouldn't necessarily be easy.
While some may think that having a parent in the industry—especially one as accomplished as Klum—gives her daughter a significant leg up, the magazine's notes that it also comes with its downsides.“I made it clear to her from the start that as my daughter she would become a public target,” Klum says. “Many people will find her cute, others will find her stupid; only because she is my daughter.
People who don't like me might automatically not like her either. She must have thick skin, but my children do.”Modeling is in Leni Klum's blood though, and Heidi Klum says her daughter began asking if she could try her hand in the industry at age 13.
She decided to wait until her daughter was 16 to allow her to model, because, she says, that is when kids in the US are allowed to drive.That doesn't mean that she is on her own in the proverbial driver's seat, though.“We discuss everything,” Klum says. “I check her offers.
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