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Heidi Klum dresses as giant bloodied hand in New York

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German model Heidi Klum dressed as a giant bloodied hand for her Halloween party in New York. She had kept people guessing with clues posted on Instagram before the event, according to L’essentiel.

German model Heidi Klum arrived at her Halloween party in New York in a costume depicting a gigantic bloodied hand, Luxembourg media outlet L’essentiel reported on 1 November.

Heidi Klum, dubbed the “Queen of Halloween” by her fans, had kept people guessing for several days with clues posted on Instagram. Internet users had imagined characters from The Substance, The Last of Us or Stranger Things, among others, but did not anticipate this transformation.

Before the party, the model told USA Today that her body would take “a shape that a human body could not normally fit into”. Her make-up artist Mike Marino described it to NBC as one of the most complex costumes their team had made, while Klum had promised Parade magazine a “bloody” result.

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