Helene Boshoven Samuel – Bio, Parents, All about Heidi Klum’s Daughter

We all know Helene Boshoven Samuel as the adorable daughter of the German model Heidi Klum, who came to the limelight after appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1998 and was the first German model to walk the Victoria Secret runway as a VS Angel. The 16 years old Helene has grown to resemble her mother so much that she could easily pass off as her sister despite the mother and daughter age gap. What is more, she often imitates Heidi Klum’s walk which has made many believe strongly that she was gearing up for a modeling career.

Well, speculations are over, as Helene Boshoven Samuel has successfully launched her modeling career with her appearance on the cover of the 2021 January issue of Vogue Germany alongside her Mum. Here is all the information you need about the young model.

Helene Boshoven Samuel Biography

Helene Boshoveen Samuel also known as Leni Klum, was born on May 4, 2004, in New York City, United States. She is an American citizen with Italian and German roots. She is the first child of German- American model Heidi Klum. Likewise, she is the biological daughter of Italian business mogul Flavio Briatore. Her parents parted ways before her birth and her mother met and fell in love with Nigerian British singer Seal ( real name – Olusegun Adeola Samuel), who became a father to her. He proceeded to adopt her when she was 5 years old and has been an amazing father to her even after he divorced from her mother, Klum.

Meanwhile, Helene has three step-siblings from her mother’s marriage to Seal. There is no information about her Education probably because her parents want her to have a normal upbringing away from the public eye.

Parents and Siblings

It is no secret that Helene Boshoven Samuel was born into fame. Her parents, model Heidi Klum and Businessman Flavio Briatore have very successful careers. Heidi Klum with a net worth of about $90 million, is a well-known German model, and television personality who gained popularity for appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue in 1998. She was also the first German model to become a Victoria Secret Angel and was also a Judge on some talent hunt shows such as Project Runway and German’s Next Top Model.

Flavio Briatore is an Italian Formula one team manager and businessman who started his career as an Insurance salesman and restaurant manager in Italy. In addition, her adoptive father Seal is a renowned singer with over 20 million records sold worldwide. The singer born on February 19, 1963, rose to fame with the song “Crazy” which was released in 1990. He has grown a net worth of $40 million from his singing career through album sales, concerts and other revenues.

Meanwhile, Seal began dating the German model Heidi Klum in February 2004. They met when  Klum was pregnant with Helene Boshoven Samuel and had announced her separation from her then-boyfriend, Flavio Briatore. She blamed their break-up on distance barriers because she was living in London while Briatore stayed in Los Angeles.

After Klum gave birth to her Helene, Seal proposed to her atop a glacier in British Columbia on December 23, 2004. They exchanged their vows on a beach in Mexico on May 10, 2005. They made it a point to renew their vows on their anniversary in the presence of close family and friends.

Moreover, Seal legally adopted Helene and her last name was changed to Samuel in 2009. The couple also had three more children; Dashtu Samuel (born 2005), Johan Samuel (born 2006) and her sister Sulola Samuel (born 2009).

No one noticed the cracks in their marriage until they announced their separation in January 2012. Reports say that Heidi Klum was worried that Seal’s anger issue was becoming unbearable which made her push for the divorce after seven years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized on October 14, 2014.

Meanwhile, Briatore agreed that it was best for Helene to grow up in a family. She let Seal adopt her and never took an active part in raising her. Heidi has always emphasized that she viewed Seal as Helene’s true father even though she has a biological father. However, there seem to be no hard feelings whatsoever from both sides as they were once seen having lunch together in Italy.

Helene Boshoven Samuel Career

Helene has always dreamed of becoming a model and it was only a matter of time before her wish was fulfilled. The first offer actually came when she was 12 or 13 but her mother thought it was too early. Heidi Klum who has stayed over 20 years in the Industry surely knows what it takes to be a successful model. One of her reasons for holding back her daughter included that modeling involves a lot of travelling. But now that Helene has got her driving license, Klum has given her the green light to pursue her passion. And with the 16-year old featuring alongside her mum, on the cover of the January 2021 issue of Vogue Germany, she has made a grand entrance into the modeling world. Her Instagram page has already gained a massive audience with over 700k followers in a very short while.

It is expected that Heidi Klum’s daughter will attain success in this competitive industry with the extensive support and guidance from her mother who is already a legend in the field. Of course, there are no guarantees for success as far as becoming a supermodel is concerned, but once exposed to it, the opportunities could be endless.

Therefore, we are rooting for Helene Boshoven Samuel; that in the next few years from now, she would grace more front pages of magazines, cat-walking fashion runways and become one of VS angels.