--- title: Heidi Klum's 2019 Halloween Costume Slays the Game Once More description: Heidi Klum showed up for this holiday once more ahead of her annual Halloween costume bash. canonical: https://time.com/5669209/heidi-klum-halloween-costume-2019/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-25T19:36:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T21:45:20.000Z og:title: Heidi Klum Looks Unrecognizable in Her Ultimate 2019 Halloween Costume So Shut All the Costumes Down og:description: An extensive transformation og:url: https://time.com/5669209/heidi-klum-halloween-costume-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt630d3e313b94ccc3/698a0535929fad4c28bf52a8/heidiklumhalloween2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Heidi Klum's 20th Annual Halloween Party og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Heidi Klum Looks Unrecognizable in Her Ultimate 2019 Halloween Costume So Shut All the Costumes Down twitter:description: An extensive transformation twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt630d3e313b94ccc3/698a0535929fad4c28bf52a8/heidiklumhalloween2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Heidi Klum Looks Unrecognizable in Her 2019 Halloween Costume So Shut All the Costume Contests Down Immediately > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) Taylor Hill—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:45 PM UTCPublished: Oct 25, 2019 7:36 PM UTC Another year, another Halloween — and another game-slaying look from Halloween queen Heidi Klum. Klum, the model and former [_Project Runway_](https://time.com/4725373/christian-siriano-interview/) host, has become the de facto matriarch of the dress-up holiday after hosting a lavish annual Halloween costume party for 20 years now; 2019 will mark her 20th annual event. Already this year, she started strong with green hair and a glittery mini dress getup ahead of her festivities at a Halloween bash hosted by [Paris Hilton](https://time.com/4964680/dj-paris-hilton-ibiza/). In fact, Klum was covered head to toe in glitter apparently dressed as a human firework. (Her husband, Tom Kaulitz, seems to have drawn the glitter line at his face.) On Sunday night, she upped the ante as a ghostly nun doing her best Madonna “Like a Virgin” at yet another Halloween event. On Wednesday before the big night, Heidi appeared to tease us with a hint. “Halloween is almost here! If you are in NYC, join me tomorrow at the @amazon store at 7 West 34th Street to watch me be transformed live into a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_! (Any guesses?)” she captioned the Instagram video. And at last, on Thursday evening — Halloween itself — Klum documented the process of her extensive transformation into a… flesh-exposed corpse of sorts. She went with a full-body suit of a kind of rubbery, flesh-like material that shows intestines and some internal organs, with strategic placement of metal screws and plates to cover certain areas and accent others; her face, meanwhile, was masked by a strangely cracked-and-smooshed-and-stretched prosthetic. If you’re looking for futuristic gore, Klum has you covered this year.  Heidi Klum attends Heidi Klum's 20th Annual Halloween Party at Cathédrale on October 31, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/FilmMagic) Gotham—FilmMagic Last year, Klum [took on the role](https://time.com/5406944/heidi-klum-halloween-instagram-2018/) of Princess Fiona in _Shrek_, transforming into a green ogress for her big night. But that’s not the only impressive look she’s pulled off, even in just the past few years.  Heidi Klum attends Heidi Klum's 19th Annual Halloween Party at Lavo on October 31, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) Taylor Hill—FilmMagic [In 2017](https://time.com/5004265/heidi-klum-halloween-costumes-2017/), she went as the werewolf in Michael Jackson’s music video for spooky (and seasonally-appropriate) hit “Thriller.”  Heidi Klum attends her 18th Annual Halloween Party in New York City. (Photo by Michael Stewart/Getty Images) Michael Stewart—Getty Images In 2016, she recruited a brigade of lookalikes to dress up as her clones, creating quite a stir with her doppelgänger squad.  Heidi Klum arrives at her 17th Annual Halloween Party at Vandal on October 31, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic) Gilbert Carrasquillo—FilmMagic In the past, she’s also come bedecked as a real-life Jessica Rabbit, a butterfly with elaborate wings and even an aged version of herself.  Heidi Klum attends Heidi Klum's 16th Annual Halloween Party sponsored by GSN's Hellevator in New York on October 31, 2015 in New York City. 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