captioned the pictures—ten polaroids in which she tries on various one-piece swimsuits—in German, but a translation on says that she wrote, “Similarly to how I look at photos and videos of models for [‘Germany’s Next Top Model’], these photos were my application photos for my 1992 modeling competition. My mom brought me a box of lots of old pictures from the basement.” The competition was in Germany, where Klum grew up.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.So serious! It's when she smiles that we really see the Heidi we know and love.In the pictures, Klum is just 19, and as tells us, she won that competition! Her prize was a $300,000 modeling contract, and her career as a magazine cover model took off shortly after.The model and Project Runway star also shared a black-and-white pic of herself at sixteen.