Helene Boshoven Samuel Bio, Net Worth, Age, Wiki, Career & Family

Helene was born on May 4, 2004, in New York, New York, USA. 

She will be 17 years old in 2021. 

Her parents named her Leni Olumi Klum at birth. 

Her mother’s name is Heidi Klum, and she is a well-known supermodel. 

Her biological father’s name is  Flavio Briatore, an Italian businessman.

Helene’s parents divorced shortly before her birth, and her mother married Seal Samuel. After Seal adopted her, she changed her legal name to Helene Boshoven Samuel. 

Flavio gladly agreed to the adoption because she wanted her daughter to grow up in a family. 

Heidi Klum’s oldest daughter is Helena. She is not, however, the only child in the family; she has three step-siblings from her mother’s marriage to Seal. 

Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu, Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo, and Lou Sulola are her siblings’ names. 

Helene Boshoven Samuel: Wiki

Full names: Helene Boshoven Samuel 

Other names: Leni Olumi Klum 

Date of birth: May 4, 2004 

Place of birth: New York, United States 

Age: 17 years old as of 2021 

Zodiac sign: Taurus 

Nationality: American 

Ethnicity: Mixed 

Gender: Female 

Mother: Heidi Klum 

Biological father: Flavio Briatore 

Stepfather: Seal Samuel 

Siblings: Henry, Johan, and Lou 

Profession: Model 

Famous as: Heidi Klum’s daughter 

Hair colour: Blonde 

Eye colour: Blue 

Parents and Personal Life of Helene Boshoven Samuel

Helene’s mother, German-born supermodel Heidi Klum, began modelling at the age of 18. 

She landed a job with Victoria’s Secret after moving to New York and went on to become a supermodel after appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue in 1998. 

Klum’s media profile has grown since her stints as the host and one of the judges on Project Runway and as a judge on America’s Got Talent. 

Klum married famed hairstylist Ric Pipino in 1997, but the couple divorced in 2002. 

Heidi Klum, Helene’s mother, then began dating Briatore, an Italian businessman who was the managing director of Renault’s Formula One team at the time. 

Klum announced her pregnancy publicly in December 2003. 

Klum and Briatore’s jobs kept them on separate continents; she was in Los Angeles, while he was in London. 

According to Briatore, the distance eventually became “unbridgeable,” and they split up within weeks of the announcement. 

Heidi and Seal meet in the lobby of a hotel in New York City. On The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Project Runway star recounted their first meeting (in which the “Kiss From a Rose” singer infamously wore a pair of tight-fitting bicycle shorts): 

They went on their first date in Los Angeles a few weeks after their first meeting, and the next morning, she told him she was pregnant.

Seal’s father was abusive, and his mother was deported to Nigeria. His traumatic childhood inspired him to become a good father figure himself. 

He was ready to successfully shoulder the responsibility of fatherhood, and he told Klum so. Klum’s life took another interesting turn shortly after the premiere of Project Runway in 2004. 

Seal proposed to her on top of a glacier in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. They tied the knot in May of 2005.

Seal, Klum, and Briatore all agreed that Seal would be Helene’s father figure. 

In the meantime, Flavio arranged for a press release and informed an Italian newspaper that Seal officially adopted Helene in December 2009, and her name was legally changed to Helene Samuel. 

Heidi later clarified that Flavio has no involvement in Leni’s life and that “Seal is Leni’s father.” Flavio was later complemented by Seal for keeping his distance from Leni and not interfering with her life. 

Seal and Klum announced their divorce in January 2012, after nearly 7 years of marriage. On April 6, 2012, Klum filed for divorce from Seal. 

According to TMZ, Klum requested a divorce because she was concerned about Seal’s ‘inability to control his temper with their children. 

The claim came after reports that she was also tired of the British singer’s “hard partying.”