She recently got her first magazine cover while posing with her mother Heidi Klum.
But Leni Klum revealed on Saturday that she still suffers from a common teenage plague: acne.
The 16-year-old model shared an unpainted photo and video on her Instagram, highlighting her imperfections while reminding herself that they are only temporary.
Nothing to hide: Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni, 16, gave her Instagram followers a straight picture of her acne in a short Insta Stories video on Saturday
The model in training posted a short video on her Insta Stories to give her 535,000 followers a glimpse of the acne on her forehead and cheeks.
“Bad skin,” she captioned it, before reminding herself that “this too will pass.”
A second photo posted to her main page featured a more extreme close-up of her face in profile, highlighting some of the red spots on her cheek.
‘my skin on a bad day,’ she wrote, adding the hashtags ‘#nomakeup’, ‘#nofilter’ and ‘#sowhat’.
Close-up: Leni wrote, ‘This too will pass’, adding another close-up photo highlighting the spots on her cheek
The post seemed to inspire her followers, who shared their thanks and encouragement in the comments.
‘Thank you. You are a beautiful flower. Raw beauty and truth. I look up to you, ”one person gushed, while countless others joined in calling her” beautiful. “
Some didn’t even think there was anything special about Leni’s photo.
Welcome to the world! This is normal skin, ‘one person added.
Others joked that her natural skin was what their skin looked like “on a good day.”
Rising Star: The teen’s makeup-free look was far from the glamor of her Vogue Germany cover photo (her first) she took with her mom
In December, Leni gushed on Instagram after purchasing a copy of her Vogue Germany cover for the January / February 2021 issue, which also featured her mother Heidi, 47,.
“MEIN ERSTES COVER✨,” she wrote, which is German for, “My first cover.”
“I couldn’t wait to get one or ten …” she added, tagging the magazine and her mother.
Leni and Heidi wore multi-colored suits for the cover photo, with the model in training wearing a blue blazer and oversized red trousers, while her mother turned it over with a red blazer and smooth blue trousers.
The former Project Runway host shared the cover in December with a loving caption for her daughter that was originally in German.
Cover girls: Heidi gushed about her daughter and the cover on Instagram in December, complaining that her daughter couldn’t have a ‘normal’ childhood because of her parents
‘I am so proud of you. And it’s not because you’ve chosen your own path, ”she began.
‘I know, whatever path you took, you would be your own wife. You always know exactly what you do and do not want. You’re not a mini-me and I’m happy for you to now show who YOU are, ”she continued, before admitting that her daughter could never have a ‘normal’ childhood because of who her parents were.
Although Leni’s biological father is Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, the two broke up shortly after the model announced her pregnancy.
She and her future husband Seal were together when she was born in May 2004, and Heidi has stated that the 57-year-old singer is her real father.
Famous Parents: Although Leni’s biological father is Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, her mother was in a relationship with Seal when she was born, and they were later married in 2004; seen in 2011
Blended Family: Heidi shares three other biological children with the British musician: Henry, 15, Johan, 14, and their daughter Lou, 11.
Heidi shares three other biological children with the British musician: Henry, 15, Johan, 14, and their daughter Lou, 11.
The couple filed for divorce in 2012 and the German model made public her relationship with Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz in May 2018.
The couple secretly married in February 2019, after announcing their engagement last December.
Ahead, the couple filed for divorce in 2012 and the model made public her relationship with Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz in May 2018, before getting married in February 2019; seen in November 2019