Karlie Kloss

I was not, you know, so for me, I sort of dropped into this other parallel universe.

I was not, you know, so for me, I sort of dropped into this other parallel universe.

I was an alien child.

I was an alien child.

Somehow I'm even taller today, but I was 5'11 at 15 years old. And I was so tall and I just... was in the right place at the right time. And did you have aspirations to model? Not at all. Not at all. I was walking in a mall in St. Louis in like Birkenstocks and a really amazing local scout, Jeff and Mary Clark, they discovered Ashton Kutcher at a bar in Iowa. Like it was such a fluke, honestly.

Somehow I'm even taller today, but I was 5'11 at 15 years old. And I was so tall and I just... was in the right place at the right time. And did you have aspirations to model? Not at all. Not at all. I was walking in a mall in St. Louis in like Birkenstocks and a really amazing local scout, Jeff and Mary Clark, they discovered Ashton Kutcher at a bar in Iowa. Like it was such a fluke, honestly.

And I feel very grateful that, you know, they sort of took me under their wing and really helped me launch in a very legitimate way. And if it would not have happened that way, there's no world I would have,

And I feel very grateful that, you know, they sort of took me under their wing and really helped me launch in a very legitimate way. And if it would not have happened that way, there's no world I would have,

pursued this it was not it was not like honestly what I was interested in my dad's a doctor I love science I'm a total nerd like and that has continued to be sort of where like my heart and my mind kind of is most stimulated but I had this key to the world overnight through sort of this opportunity to build a modeling career so from 15 to 18 years old I took advantage of it I ran with it and I sort of took my studies with me I was doing my

pursued this it was not it was not like honestly what I was interested in my dad's a doctor I love science I'm a total nerd like and that has continued to be sort of where like my heart and my mind kind of is most stimulated but I had this key to the world overnight through sort of this opportunity to build a modeling career so from 15 to 18 years old I took advantage of it I ran with it and I sort of took my studies with me I was doing my

homework backstage and on airplanes I had my grandma my mom my teacher anyone sort of chaperoning me because I was under 18 and sort of living this jet set life and then coming back home to St.

homework backstage and on airplanes I had my grandma my mom my teacher anyone sort of chaperoning me because I was under 18 and sort of living this jet set life and then coming back home to St.

I did. It's actually funny. I feel like I walked my first Victoria's Secret fashion show and I like pretty immediately they signed me on contract. And I, as a girl in Missouri, like the exposure I had to fashion was on Project Runway. Yeah.

I did. It's actually funny. I feel like I walked my first Victoria's Secret fashion show and I like pretty immediately they signed me on contract. And I, as a girl in Missouri, like the exposure I had to fashion was on Project Runway. Yeah.

Heidi Klum on Project Runway and the Victoria's Secret fashion show and like I'm one of four daughters so we would all pile around the TV and like that's that was the sort of like height of fashion in my eyes and so it was very full circle to then sort of sign with them and and be on the runway and actually it's funny I had just graduated high school and I think there was this feeling of like all those all like I know I could not get a date in high school I'm not exaggerating you're like I'll show them I'm like I'll show them like those boys that didn't want to like go on a date with

Heidi Klum on Project Runway and the Victoria's Secret fashion show and like I'm one of four daughters so we would all pile around the TV and like that's that was the sort of like height of fashion in my eyes and so it was very full circle to then sort of sign with them and and be on the runway and actually it's funny I had just graduated high school and I think there was this feeling of like all those all like I know I could not get a date in high school I'm not exaggerating you're like I'll show them I'm like I'll show them like those boys that didn't want to like go on a date with

You couldn't get a date in high school?

You couldn't get a date in high school?

No. Stop it. I was so tall and pale. And, like, I think they were like, where is this girl all the time?

No. Stop it. I was so tall and pale. And, like, I think they were like, where is this girl all the time?