Meet the Performers | The Roast of Jeff Foxworthy featuring Larry the Cable Guy, Nick DiPaolo, Bill Engvall, Gilbert Gottfried, Heidi Klum, Lisa Lampanelli, Dennis Leary, Jay Mohr, Colin Quinn, Ron White, Christian Finnegan | Comedy Central

Heidi Klum, 30, is a star of the fashion world. Having made her breakthrough as the 1998 cover girl for the highly competitive "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit issue and calendar, and having established herself as a top model, Heidi's career has taken many new directions. Heidi's numerous other ventures include self-designed collections for such prestigious companies as fine jeweler Mouawad and popular shoe line Birkenstock. Heidi also has a lifestyle book, "Body of Knowledge: 8 Rules of Model Behavior," released in 2004 through Crown Publishing. A limited edition swimwear line that Heidi designed was featured in SI. Other ventures include best-selling European clothing, fragrance and beauty lines, and a candy line through Katjes, available internationally. Her charity involvements include work on behalf of such organizations as the American Red Cross (as part of their Celebrity Cabinet) and the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Heidi's website, heidiklum.com, is a destination for her many fans to keep up with her appearances and upcoming projects.

Heidi made her acting debut appearing as Michael J. Fox's love interest in the ABC sitcom "Spin City" and has appeared in Miramax films "Blow Dry" and "Ella Enchanted." This fall, airing on Bravo, Heidi will lead a panel of fashion stars judging "Project Runway," a fashion version of the popular Project Greenlight franchise. She appears this year in HBO movie "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" as Ursula Andress. Heidi has also appeared in guest roles on HBO's "Sex and the City," CBS's "CSI: Miami," FOX's "Malcolm in the Middle," and on the final season of "The Larry Sanders Show" among others. She has hosted MTV's "Fashionably Loud Europe and Model Mission" shows, the "Laureus World Sport Awards," and various specials for CBS, TNT, VH-1 and MTV. She hosted and literally swam with sharks during an episode of the Discovery Channel's popular "Shark Week," and she is working with Discovery Networks on her  More

own series of travel specials. She appears as villainess scientist Katya Nadanova in the James Bond 007 videogame, "Everything or Nothing."

Heidi's modeling career began in her hometown of Bergisch Gladbach, Germany when she and a friend cut a modeling contest coupon out of "Petra" magazine and mailed in a vacation snapshot of Heidi. She had no idea how far it would go, but Heidi eventually won the contest. From that win, Heidi was signed with an agency and her modeling career officially began. Heidi has since worked with such top photographers as Sante D'Orazio, Patrick Demarchelier, Gilles Bensimmon, Matthew Ralston, Arthur Elgort, Walter Chin, Robert Erdmann, Marco Glaviano, Michael Thompson, Raymond Meier, Richard Burbridge, Mark Seliger, Wayne Mazur, Peter Lindbergh and Steven Meisel.

Besides the "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit issue, she has been featured on the covers and spreads of every top fashion magazine, including "Vogue," "Elle," "Marie Claire," "ID," "W," "Cosmopolitan," "Glamour," "Mademoiselle," "Allure," "Esquire," "GQ," "British GQ" (for which she was named 'Woman of the Year' twice in a row, normally reserved for men) "French & British & German Vogue," "German Elle," "Self," Fitness," "Dutch," "New Woman" and "Grazia" magazines. In addition, Heidi has appeared in campaigns for H&M, Nike, American Express, Target, Liz Claiborne, Siemens, Givenchy, Finesse, Braun (for which her legs were insured for over $2 million!), Caress, Lancaster, INC, Nine West and the prestigious Pirelli calendar, among others. Heidi is also well-known for her work with Victoria's Secret -- one of her first big 'breaks' as a model was to walk in Victoria's Secret widely-watched runway show; since then, she has completed many campaigns for Victoria's Secret, being featured prominently in the company's world-famous catalogs and fashion shows. Heidi was chosen to wear the $10 million jeweled Millennium Bra, as well as the jeweled Fantasy Bra in 2001 and 2003; and she has been featured on the cover of the Victoria's Secret Swim Book.

On downtimes at shoots, Heidi also cultivates her creative talents -- sketching ideas for her jewelry and shoe lines, as well as crafting unique home products and embroidered clothing & accessories. Her own paintings have even appeared in national magazines. Heidi's undeniable beauty, exuberance and natural charm are signals that her phenomenal success so far is only the beginning. Less