Heidi Klum Swims Topless

The internet is going wild today over new topless photo of gorgeous mom-of-fourHeidi Klum going topless on a beach in Sardinia… with her kids.

The Project Runway host heidi klum was snapped baring just about all as she splashed in the Mediterranean Sea with her husband Seal and their kids Leni, 7, Henry, 6, Johan, 4, and Lou, 1.

Heidi Klum has always seemed very comfortable with her body, whether she’s walking the runway in a string bikini or in the buff at home in front of the children. “[My kids] see their parents naked all the time,” she said not long ago. “We are not ashamed.”



The topless actress didn’t shock me, but they did get me thinking…. Would I go topless on a family vacation? After about 2 seconds of thought I found my answer: Hell, no.



I don’t particularly care if my kids see me naked – if they walk in while I’m changing or throw back the shower curtain asking for a snack. But that’s in private; going topless at the beach just seems to take it to another level. I want my daughters to be comfortable in their own skin, but at this age I’m also trying to teach them that their bodies are their own, that their private parts are just that. If I walk around in the nude in public that seems to muddle the message.



Explaining her laissez-faire approach to family nudity, Heidi recently revealed, “I grew up in a very easy-going family where my parents were always naked….My parents are still naked. “



What do you think? Would you go topless at the beach with your kids? Do you let you kids see you naked at home?



Heidi Klum was born in Bergisch Gladbach, a small city near Cologne, Germany, in 1973. Her career as a top fashion model and swimsuit star began almost by accident when, on a lark, she submitted photos to a model competition hosted by Petra, a young woman's magazine. Klum won the competition, and signed with Metropolitan, the German modeling agency. After modeling in Europe for a few years to great success, she went to the United States to pursue modeling there, and met with more success, culminating in her relationship with Victoria's Secret. This brought her to the pinnacle of modeling and, in 1998, the coveted cover of Sports Illustrated's annual Swimsuit Issue, cementing her status as one of the world's top models. Along with that came lucrative marketing opportunities, including her own signature lines of sandals, jewelry, and perfume.



Like many other models, most notably Famke Janssen, Klum then sought to parlay her fame into a career in Hollywood. She has appeared frequently on TV in the US and in Germany, and has had several small parts in movies, including a cameo playing Swiss bombshell Ursula Andress in the Peter Sellers biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). Klum is married to British singer Seal and, as of June 2005, was expecting a child with him -- she has a daughter, Leni, with a boyfriend from a previous relationship. While she is best known for her beauty and perfect figure (one of her nicknames being "The Body"), the tall and willowy Klum remains surprisingly down-to-earth for a supermodel - a middle-class Westphalian girl from a small city - and has an endearingly goofy, engaging sense of humor. She is famously close to her father, Gunther.