Heidi Klum, 51, reveals her daughter Lou, 14, inspired her to represent body diversity in her Modelverse project
Heidi Klum promotes body positivity on her new platform Modelverse.
The America’s Got Talent judge – whose Golden Buzzer winner took home the $1 million prize – talked about the importance of showcasing all different body types and shapes, both online and offline.
The supermodel has created a virtual experience for Roblox in which players can walk the catwalk of major fashion shows as an avatar – and she believes the avatars should absolutely come in many shapes and sizes.
The Project Runway alum drew her inspiration for Modelverse from the years her daughter Lou, 14, played Roblox.
She asked Lou what was missing from the game and the two found out that there was only one particular body type available as an avatar and so Heidi decided she wanted to change that.
Heidi Klum promotes body positivity on her new platform Modelverse. The America’s Got Talent judge – whose Golden Buzzer winner took home the $1 million prize – talked about the importance of showing off all different body types and shapes; seen in September
The supermodel has created a virtual experience for Roblox in which players can walk the catwalk of major fashion shows as an avatar – and she believes the avatars should absolutely come in many shapes and sizes
“For most younger kids, I don’t think the idea of diversity, or the importance of it, has even dawned on them [their heads]. They don’t even realize it,” Klum said.
“The world doesn’t look like that, and most of us don’t look like that.”
And the avatar shapes are important to her.
‘I wanted people to come up with their own avatar or create a new avatar [and have it be] however they want, and not just that one typical body shape, which I think is so old-fashioned,” she explained in an interview with People.
“We’re in 2024. I think diversity today is greater than ever, so why isn’t this reflected in any games,” Klum added.
The Project Runway alum drew her inspiration for Modelverse from the years her daughter Lou, 14, played Roblox. Lou is seen on the far right with Heidi and her brothers
She asked Lou what was missing from the game and the two found out that there was only one particular body type available as an avatar to use and so Heidi decided she wanted to change that.
“I feel like there should be variety in avatars, so I wanted to create a world where there is diversity in body shapes.”
And she didn’t just stop at adding more diversity in body shapes.
She also added a bit of whimsy to character choices.
‘Why do we just have to look human? Why not be a hot dog walking down the runway or… a walking tree or something like that?” she said.
The game allows users to customize their catwalk and fashion show to a specific theme that corresponds to a holiday, season or event.
Klum and husband Tom Kaulitz attend the Messika show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 26
“I’ve been looking at the world calendar a little bit and what kind of festivities are going on,” Klum told the outlet.
“I was inspired by that and created all these different worlds in these different places, so as not to be redundant to always have the same catwalk.”
For example, users can attend Heidi’s infamous annual Halloween party on the platform during the month of October.
“We delve into all these different worlds and their festivities, and for each world I created different looks,” Heidi explained.