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Heidi Klum Unveils Animatronic Medusa at 24th Heidiween in New York

Months of prosthetics work with Mike Marino produced animatronic snakes atop a full serpentine bodysuit.

Overview

  • The 24th annual Heidiween took place Friday at the Hard Rock Hotel New York, where Klum staged her latest red carpet transformation.
  • The Medusa design included a moving snake headpiece, a hand‑painted suit that extended into a rattlesnake tail, and a bow‑and‑arrow prop.
  • Klum collaborated with prosthetics designer Mike Marino and a sizable ProrenFX team over roughly six months to realize the concept.
  • The day‑of transformation required hours in the makeup chair, with Klum calling the result “a really ugly, ugly Medusa.”
  • Her husband, Tom Kaulitz, arrived as a man turned to stone, following weeks of Klum’s Instagram teasers featuring green makeup, prosthetics, and fanged teeth.