November 29, 2004 --
Heidi Klum has thanked us, in a roundabout way, for putting her on the
map back in 1997 when she was just another big-titted Teutonic
temptress trying to make the scene. We were working at Page Six at the
time on the model beat (and are still, for our sins) and had been
getting calls from Desiree Gruber, publicist for Victoria's Secret,
about their hot new girl.
She sent us some pictures and we had to admit Heidi had a certain
something, namely physically impossible proportions. Hence, "The Body".
We wrote it up. Once she made Page Six the rest was history, as
recalled by Heidi in her new book, "Heidi Klum's Book of Knowledge".
There was actually no screaming 20-pt. headline, but call it creative
license.
