Heidi Klum Defends Her Weight Remarks  2/7/06

Beauty Heidi Klum has dismissed criticism her new German TV show encourages aspiring models to starve themselves, because catwalk queens need to be thinner than "normal people".

Supermodel Klum has been accused of promoting eating disorders with Germany's Next Top Model, but she argues the show gives a realistic representation of the fashion industry.

She tells German magazine Spiegel, "In this job, models tend to be thinner than the normal people from the street.

"Who makes the rules? I don't. The fashion world does. You always say, the ideal measurements are 90-60-90 (34-26-34).

"I'm proud of the show. It shows how it is and it's entertainment. It's very professional."