Heidi Klum is giving fans another piece of her Halloween costume puzzle.
The supermodel and "Project Runway" host, 53, offered a new hint during her pre-party Thursday, Oct. 29, ahead of her 25th annual Halloween bash Saturday, Oct. 31.
"My body is going to fit in a shape that normally a human body would not fit in," she tells USA TODAY.
The clue follows a series of unsettling Instagram teasers: An Oct. 24 post showed colorful pieces resembling organs and tissue, while an Oct. 27 post featured glossy, flesh-colored pieces. "What's my costume?" she wrote. Subsequent glimpses included pink, web-like material surrounding translucent shapes and a mannequin fitted with a large black frame and brown straps.
Now she's inviting fans to piece together
the clues.
Klum's planning starts early: She told USA TODAY last Halloween that she already knew what she wanted to be in 2026.
Heidi Klum never has to worry about matching costumes on Halloween
Whatever the final look, Klum has little concern about another guest arriving in the same costume.
"Someone in the same costume as me? It's not gonna happen. It's just not gonna happen," she tells USA TODAY.
Her past transformations include a giant worm in 2022, a peacock in 2023 and beloved movie character E.T. in 2024. Last year, she arrived as a scaly, green Medusa, while husband Tom Kaulitz dressed as a soldier turned to stone.
But having a new look every year doesn't mean Klum objects to repeating a favorite.
"Especially if you have a great-looking worm costume in your closet, I would definitely wear that over and over again," she says.
Heidi Klum on how long she spends getting ready and coordinating outfits with husband, Tom Kaulitz
She also reveals she spends longer getting ready than at the party itself, something she says happens to her nearly every Halloween because of the hours her costumes and prosthetics require.
"I spend more time getting ready than at the party," she says.
When it comes to coordinating with Kaulitz, Klum makes the costume decisions.
"Tom definitely does not have a final say in the couple costume or any kind of costume," she says. "No, he totally lets me be the boss when it comes to costumes. Rightfully so, I think."
Halloween is also a family affair for Klum, whose children Leni Klum, 22, Henry Samuel, 21, and Johan Samuel, 19, were also in attendance at her party.
She's also open to letting fans choose a future costume, provided she could see the options first. Still, she says she prefers the surprise.
"I find it more fun when you don't know anything at all," she says.
But Klum says she'll never take a year off from being the Queen of Halloween.
"Taking a year off? Are you crazy?" Klum said.
She recalls becoming seriously ill and spending three days in a hospital before her Halloween party in 2013 when she dressed as an elderly woman. Klum said she came close to receiving a blood transfusion, yet despite the health setback, she didn't waver from her commitment to Halloween.
After leaving the hospital, she said, she traveled straight to New York, got into hair and makeup and went to the party.
"I came straight out of the hospital, but I still went," she said. "So yeah, for me not to go? Yeah, that's not gonna happen."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Heidi Klum teases 2026 Halloween costume with unusual new clue
