She recently landed her first magazine cover while posing with her mother Heidi Klum.
But Leni Klum revealed Saturday that she still suffers from a common teenage scourge: acne.
The 16-year-old model shared unvarnished an unvarnished photo and video to her Instagram highlighting her blemishes while reminding herself that they’re only temporary.
Nothing to hide: Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni, 16, gave her Instagram followers an unvarnished view of her acne on Saturday in a short Insta Stories video
The model in training posted a short video to 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 shall pass.’
A second photo posted to her main page featured an more extreme closeup 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.’
Closeup: Leni wrote, ‘this too shall pass,’ while including another closeup 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’re a beautiful flower. Raw beauty and truth. I look up to you,’ gushed one person, while numerous others joined in to call her ‘beautiful.’
Some didn’t even think there was anything special about Leni’s photo.
‘Welcome to the world! This is normal skin,’ added one person.
Others joked that her natural skin was what their skin looked like ‘on a good day.’
Rising star: The teenager’s makeup-free look was a far cry form the glamour of her Vogue Germany cover photo (her first) which she shot with her mother
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.’
‘Couldn’t wait to buy one, or ten…’ she added, while tagging the magazine and her mother.
Leni and Heidi wore multicolored suits for the cover photo, with the model-in-training wearing a blue blazer and oversize red slacks, while her mother flipped it with a red blazer and flowing blue pants.
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, while lamenting that her daughter couldn’t have a ‘normal’ childhood because of her parents
‘I’m so proud of you. And it’s not because you’ve chosen your own path,’ she began.
‘I know, that no matter which path you were to go down, you would be your own woman. You always know exactly what you want and what you don’t want. You ain’t no mini-me and I’m happy for you that you can 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 separated 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 true father.
Famous parents: Although Leni’s biological father is Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, her mother was dating Seal at the time of her birth, and they married later 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 went public with her relationship with Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz in May 2018.
The couple secretly married in February 2019, after announcing their engagement the previous December.
Moving on: The couple filed for divorce in 2012, and the model went public with her relationship with Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz in May 2018, before marrying in February 2019; seen in November 2019