Heidi Klum unveils nine-hour Medusa look at Halloween party

Heidi Klum arrived at her annual Halloween party in New York City on Oct. 31 transformed into Medusa, unveiling a handpainted, full‑body serpentine look that included moving snakes atop her head, fanged prosthetic teeth and a long rattlesnake tail. Her husband, musician Tom Kaulitz, complemented the tableau by appearing as a stone figure, frozen after looking into Medusa’s eyes.

Klum said the metamorphosis took hours to complete. She credited prosthetic makeup designer Mike Marino and a team of artists for the effect and described the application process as painstaking; she told reporters it required about nine hours in makeup. The costume combined textured green scales, animatronic snake elements and extensive prosthetics to create a hyperreal interpretation of the Greek mythological figure.

“I wanted to explore the classic monsters of history and reimagine one in a modern way,” Klum said on the red carpet. “Medusa stood out to me as truly iconic, mysterious yet ferocious.” She has teased look behind‑the‑scenes glimpses on social media in the weeks leading up to the party, and told interviewers she intended the character to be “very ugly, very scary,” a continuation of the...