Heidi Klum is confident in what she chooses to wear.

The 51-year-old German model is speaking out to critics who have negative things to say about the way she dresses.

“I am not afraid of my femininity. I love dressing where my cleavage shows, wearing miniskirts, high heels, gorgeous stockings — but that doesn’t mean I want to go home with you,” Klum said. The times in an interview published on November 1.

For Klum, her style is simply an extension of her “personality.”

“Why not? I want to have fun and show off my body, but I have limits, like all women,” she continued.

Elsewhere in the interview, the former Victoria’s Secret Angel opened up about how her childhood impacted her interest in fashion early on.

“There is this carnival in Cologne every year and I used to ride on the float. “My grandmother was a seamstress, so I always had lots of outfits, or my mom would make something for me and my Barbie, which is amazing because Mattel called me one day and I have my own Barbie now” , Klum said.

THE America’s Got Talent Judge got her own iconic doll in 2009. A sneak peek was shared around the time of Barbie’s 50th anniversary show at Fashion Week, and part of Barbie Ambition Blonde Collectionwhich featured a series of blondes in fashion and entertainment.

During his interview with The timesKlum shared that there was one thing about dolls that she couldn’t get past.

“It always bothered me that they were naked. I didn’t like the fact that none of them were wearing underwear, it was undignified. Mine has cute pink panties and a painted bra. I’m very proud of it,” she added.

However, the former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue The cover girl isn’t just turning heads with her racier look: Over the years, she’s become known as the queen of Halloween thanks to her bold, over-the-top costume choices.

On October 31, Klum and her husband Tom Kaulitz arrived at their 23rd Annual Halloween Party at the Hard Rock Hotel New York: The Venue on Music Row as the female and male versions of ET from Steven Spielbergthe 1982 film AND the alien.

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Klum spoke to PEOPLE on the red carpet, saying she impersonated ET because he was “a part of most of our lives”, calling herself a “huge fan”.

“(I) was thinking about the universe in a different way and I thought ET was so cute and how he squirmed and all the times ET dressed up with a wig and everything, so I just thought it would be fun to become ET and especially to see two of them,” she added.