Heidi Klum gushes about her daughter Leni as she wishes the teen a happy 16th birthday with throwback photo: ‘I am proud to be your Mom’
Heidi Klum was celebrating daughter Leni’s milestone 16th birthday on Monday.
The 46-year-old model shared a throwback photo of her and her first born, with her 7.3m Instagram followers.
She gushed over her daughter in the caption saying ‘I am proud to be your Mom.’
Momma’s girl: Heidi shared a throwback photo with her daughter Leni to wish her a happy 16th birthday on Monday, the photo is from Heidi and Seal’s 2009 ‘white trash’ wedding anniversary
In the photo, the former Project Runway host donned long cornrows braids and a white lace wedding dress and veil.
Leni, then five, stuck her tongue out while looking in a mirror as her mom put a sequin covered bra on her.
It seems the photo was taken back in 2009 when Heidi and her ex-husband Seal had a ‘White Trash’ themed wedding anniversary.
Birthday wishes: Friends of Heidi including Tom Bachik, Katy Baehm and Eva Cavalli joined in the comment section to wish Leni a happy birthday
‘Happy sweet 16 Leni,’ Heidi wrote accompanied by heart, flower, sun and dancing emojis. ‘My kind, loving, smart, funny, beautiful Leni.’
Leni commented in return ‘aww love you mama.’
Friends of Heidi including Tom Bachik, Katy Baehm and Eva Cavalli joined in the comment section to wish Leni a happy birthday.
16 candles: Leni went on to share a throwback photo of her own, from her toddler years, with her bright blue eyes and soft and short blonde hair
She went on to share a throwback photo of her own, from her toddler years, with her bright blue eyes and soft and short blonde hair.
’16,’ Leni simply captioned the sweet photo.
The teen’s birthday celebration was home based as the coronavirus pandemic has kept the city of Los Angeles on lockdown until May 15, with non-essential businesses closed and safer-at-home measures in place.
![Joining model mom: Leni wants to go into modeling in mom Heidi's footsteps 'The only one so far who wants to step in my footsteps is my oldest daughter, Leni. [But] I've never pushed [my kids] to do anything,' she said.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/05/02/28008774-8286947-image-a-55_1588641689001.jpg)
Joining model mom: Leni wants to go into modeling in mom Heidi’s footsteps ‘The only one so far who wants to step in my footsteps is my oldest daughter, Leni. [But] I’ve never pushed [my kids] to do anything,’ she said.
She shared a photo of cupcakes on her Instagram story to mark her special day.
Speaking in a joint interview in April, with her Making the Cut co-host Tim Gunn, Heidi told People magazine that Leni wants to follow in her model footsteps.
‘The only one so far who wants to step in my footsteps is my oldest daughter, Leni. [But] I’ve never pushed [my kids] to do anything,’ she said.
Family: Heidi shares Leni with ex-Flavio Briatore though ex-husband Seal adopted Leni in 2009, she is half-siblings with the former couples Henry, 15, Johan, 13, and Lou, 10
‘She just started where she said, “Okay, move over. Let me take this over.” It’s definitely a ruthless business. It’s also changed a lot over the years. It was very different when I started in 1992.’
Leni’s biological father is Heidi’s ex Flavio Briatore, though by the time she was born in 2004, her mom was already in a relationship with Seal.
Seal adopted Leni in 2009 after marrying Heidi in 2005 and welcoming Henry, 15, Johan, 13, and Lou, 10.