Halloween queen Heidi Klum deserves a hand for her costume in 2026

(Gray News/AP) – Model and television host Heidi Klum has gone all out with her costume on Halloween year after year, and 2026 did not disappoint.

Klum revealed her masterpiece on social media late Saturday after much anticipation, having given clues throughout the day.

The supermodel defended her crown as Halloween queen by transforming into a severed version of her own hand.

Klum was unrecognizable, with only her eyes and mouth showing, blood dripping from her mouth as she stuck her tongue out. The top of the hand ended in a gory assortment of dangling ligaments and tendons. She had an ensemble of helpers in blood-stained hazmat suits.

The idea came to her last year to be a giant hand — specifically her own left hand, with long red nails, a thumb ring, and her engagement ring and wedding band.

“I looked at my hand and I thought, ‘Hey, I think I could fit my body in this somehow,’” Klum said.

She debuted the costume with a video post showing her actual fingers walking down the floor, and then halfway through the video, it transitions into her costume with her legs as two of her fingers.

Klum said it took about five to six hours to get into her hand costume this year, but making it took a lot longer. She posted hints on her Instagram earlier in the day as bloodied prosthetics were applied to her face.

“Hands down, the hardest thing is carrying it,” Klum said. “It’s quite heavy.”

Last year, Klum dressed up as Medusa, complete with moving snakes. The year before, she was an elaborate female version of E.T. that took a year of planning.

Her husband, musician Tom Kaulitz, did not attend this year because he was on tour. But the details on her costume include a tattoo of his name on her ring finger, along with her palm lines and veins.

“A little bit of Tom is with me,” she said.