The Queen of Halloween has returned with another out-of-this-world look.
Heidi Klum unveiled her anticipated Halloween costume at her annual holiday party Oct. 31 and looked ghoulishly good. The America's Got Talent judge and her husband Tom Kaulitz brought to life E.T. in matching costumes, which included the use of professional prosthetics—a classic Heidi choice—that left them unrecognizable.
While Tom channeled classic E.T. in all of his wrinkled glory, Heidi opted to accessorize with a bowl hat and black fuzzy scarf to play dress up, just like the alien does in the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Her face could be seen poking through the folds on the creature's neck, while E.T.'s face portruded from the top of her head.
The 51-year-old had teased her Halloween look earlier this month, sharing photos showing what appeared to be prosthetic molds and herself making a claw shape with her hands. "There’s a clue here but I just can’t put my finger on it…" she wrote in an Oct. 7 Instagram post, tagging Prosthetic Renaissance—the group behind Colin Farrell's transformation in The Penguin.
Of course, it should come as no surprise that the supermodel brought her A-game. After all, for more than two decades, even before she began hosting her own Halloween party in 2011, Heidi has showcased elaborate, custom-made costumes for the holiday.
Indeed, Heidi’s utilized prosthetics in several of her most iconic costumes, such as Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in 2016, the werewolf from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video in 2017 and Fiona from Shrek in 2018.
Her partners have also joined in on the fun.
Before their 2014 divorce, Heidi and ex Seal wore couple's costumes at her Halloween parties. Last year, Heidi dressed up as a peacock, while acrobats acted as part of her feathers and her husband —whom she married in 2019—arrived in a giant egg costume. In 2022, he was a fisherman to Heidi's giant worm.
"There goes a lot into it," she People in September of her costume preparations, "because I wanted to be so spectacular that this is not something I can just throw together overnight."
The Project Runway alum added, "It takes a long time. It takes a lot of planning. And also then when I do the reveal, I want to have a special reveal because I know I have so many fans and those particular Halloween fans are people who love also dressing up and coming up with amazing things."
Other Halloween costumes Heidi has showcased in the past include a crow, a red and purple robot, an elderly version of herself and "clones" of herself.
Read on to see her Halloween costumes over the years...
2024
Heidi Klum and her husband Tom Kaulitz channeled E.T. from the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. "I loved being E.T. so much," she shared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in August 2025. However, she admitted, “It was so heavy holding that head on my head because it goes from the back to the front. I thought my neck was going to snap off.”
2023
Heidi was proud as a peacock on the red carpet of her annual party, enlisting nine people to dress as her beautiful tail feathers and claws.
2022
Happy Halloworm from Heidi! While hosting her 21st annual Halloween party presented by Now Screaming X Prime Video and Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur, the America's Got Talent judge debuted her worm costume.
2022
After enjoying a night at Sake No Hana, Heidi changed into a nude sheer bedazzled jumpsuit.
2020
"Halloween is different this year," the reality TV star wrote on Instagram amid the coronavirus pandemic, "but that shouldn't stop us from getting creative at home."
2020
Heidi channeled a creepy mummy for her Halloween short video. It marked one of her many spooky looks in the five-minute clip.
2020
Heidi blended into her walls with this clever costume in 2020.
2020
Heidi, are you there? The model was hard to spot, as she perfectly matched the blue and black-streaked bedsheets.
2019
The star's costume was truly out of this world when she turned herself into a gory alien.
2018
The supermodel transformed into everyone's favorite green princess, Fiona, from Shrek. An idea she'd been dreaming about for awhile, "I just never found a crazy enough person that wants to do Shrek with me," she told People. Enter: husband Tom Kaulitz.
2017
The America's Got Talent judge had a hair-raising good time dressed up as the werewolf from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video. "I wanted to do the 'Thriller' dance," she explained.
2016
Instead of channeling someone else for the spooky season, the fashion expert opted to clone herself five times with the help of prosthetics and some fabulous wigs.
2015
Heidi who? The former Project Runway host answered only to Jessica Rabbit.
2014
"They said, 'Are you really in there Mama?'" she told E! News about her kids' reaction to her incredible metamorphosis into a butterfly.
2013
When describing her kids' responses to this elderly get-up, the star told E! News, "The one time that I [looked] like me but older, they were scared."
2012
Heidi gave Elizabeth Taylor a run for her money with this chic Cleopatra costume.
2011
Klum's seen here with ex-husband Seal at a time when they were presumably quite a bit more bananas about one another.
2011
The former Victoria's Secret Angel looked like she hopped right out of an anatomy textbook. She hosted two parties that year, debuting this look on Oct. 29 in Las Vegas.
2010
The model is tall, but not that tall. Heidi wore stilts to make this robot monstrosity more menacing.
2009
Little known fact about crows: a group of them is called a murder. Perhaps that's why the model chose the bird for her haunting costume. Distressed to discover the step-and-repeat was black, "Now I work on the background, too," she told People. "Since then, I do the step-and-repeat, the carpet, everything."
2008
Heidi's costume as the Hindu goddess of death and time, Kali, has since divided the internet.
2007
Heidi's ferocious feline doesn't hold a creepy candle to the CGI in Cats.
2006
She's the apple of our eye in this costume, which was inspired by the biblical tale of Eve and the forbidden fruit.
2005
Eat your heart out—literally!
2004
Not all witches wear black, you know? In fact, this witch had a lacy costume that included a fake skeleton she got at a medical supply store.
2003
Gladiator goddess or sci-fi dream? Either way, this vivacious look goes down as one of her best.
2002
The former Victoria's Secret model was red hot, as she channeled the iconic Betty Boop.
2001
In her second year hosting, the star went full Lady Godiva—horse and all!
2000
While the model's looks have become a lot more elaborate, for her very first party she was just Heidi (as in the character from Johanna Spyri’s German novels), choosing to dress up in a dirndl "but not a tradtional dirndl," she told People. "And in those days I still did my hair and makeup by myself."