New York — Heidi Klum donned green scales and writhing snakes to transform into Medusa for Halloween on Friday.
Klum said she loves the Greek myth of Medusa, in which the goddess transforms a beautiful woman into a monster with snake hair, the sight of which turns the living creatures around her into stone.
“So I wanted to be like a really ugly, ugly Medusa,” Klum said before pointing to the fangs in her mouth. “And I feel like we succeeded in attaching them to the teeth.”
Her husband, musician Tom Kaulitz, was dressed as a man turned to stone.
Klum said she spent 10 hours dressing up for the annual Halloween party. She said it was worth it because she loves to party.
The model-turned-TV personality went viral in 2022 when she arrived at her party on the end of a fishing line, dressed as a slithering worm.
In past years, Klum has come dressed as an 8-foot-tall (2.4-meter) “Transformer,” a werewolf from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video, a clone accompanied by several Klum lookalikes, and Kali, the multi-armed Hindu goddess of death and destruction.
Klum said she starts planning her outfit for next year as soon as her party is over.
Other celebrities who walked the carpet at the Hard Rock Hotel New York included a green-clad Darren Criss as Shrek, Maye Musk as Cruella De Vil, and Ariana Madix as Lady Gaga.
Last year, Klum and Janelle Monae showed up to their concerts in the same outfit: E.T
Monáe was also hosting her annual party on Friday, and she came dressed as a vampire who was attacked by a shark. The actress, singer, and songwriter turned the entire month into a series of immersive Halloween-themed experiences throughout the Los Angeles area, concluding with a party at her home in Studio City. Earlier in the week, she dressed as the Cat in the Hat.
“Halloween gives context to what I actually do every day,” Monae told The Associated Press earlier in October. “As an artist, I am always transforming, world-building and inviting people to play in the worlds I create.”
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This story has been corrected to show that Janelle Monáe was dressed as a vampire on Friday, not the Cat in the Hat.
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Associated Press journalists John Carucci in New York, Jordan Hicks in Los Angeles, Hannah Schoenbaum in Salt Lake City and Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu contributed reporting.
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