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In an interview with Vogue Germany posted Wednesday, Samuel shared what he's learned about mastering a runway walk.

\"For walking the runway, I guess not being like the 'turtle' -- just keeping my posture up and straightening my back and looking forward,\" he told the outlet backstage at the show.

Klum shares Samuel and her three other children -- Leni, Johan, and Lou -- with ex-husband Seal. Seal officially adopted Leni, Klum's daughter from a previous relationship, in 2009, four years after the couple married.

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PHOTO: In this split image, Henry Samuel poses backstage at Paris Fashion Week at Hotel le Marois on Jan. 28, 2025 in Paris, and his mom, Heidi Klum arrives at the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 5, 2025.
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In September, Klum celebrated Samuel's 19th birthday by sharing a throwback video of him singing \"Happy Birthday\" before blowing out the candles on his 11th birthday cake.

\"Yes my beautiful Henry 😍,\" she captioned the Instagram post at the time. \"Happy birthday to youuuuuuuu. I love you with all my heart. Yipppppiiii happy 19th birthday 🥳❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💋💋💋💋🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳🥳.\"

Samuel isn't the only one following in Klum's footsteps: Leni Klum made her modeling debut on the cover of Vogue Germany's January-February 2021 issue, posing barefoot with her mother in matching colorful pantsuits. She has since worked with a number of designers and brands for various ad campaigns including Dior, David Yurman, and more.

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