Heidi Klum's daughter Leni took to her Instagram account on Monday to shed light on her battle with acne.
The 19-year-old model shared a candid, makeup-free selfie with her 1.9 million Instagram followers that showed off a number of pimples on her cheeks and forehead.
At the moment her hair was slicked back and her eyes were closed as she showed her profile.
Leni – who recently posed in lingerie alongside her 50-year-old supermodel mother – didn't add a caption to the picture, but has previously been open about dealing with the stigma of acne.
“I feel like the idea behind acne is that it doesn't make you look beautiful or it doesn't make you look as good as you could look,” she told People in October.
Heidi Klum's daughter Leni, 19, took to her Instagram on Monday to shed light on her battle with acne by sharing a candid, makeup-free selfie; (L) Seen on Monday, (R) Seen in January
“Then I realized, 'Oh my God, this is normal.' Everyone goes through it… It's not bad to have it. It’s something anyone can get and it’s not your fault and it’s hormonal.”
The teenager, who made her runway debut in 2021 and is following in her mother's modeling footsteps, also admitted that she used to have days where she didn't want to leave the house until her “acne cleared up.”
“Then I realized I can't live like this. 'I can't let pimples on my face stop me from leaving the house.'
“A lot of people have acne that makes it seem like they don't have acne, and then people see it on social media and say, 'None of these beautiful girls have acne,'” she shared.
“But some do and I don’t think that’s a bad thing.”
That's when she decided to post a photo of her acne on social media to normalize it for others.
She has since shared a series of close-up photos showing her breakouts.
Last summer she posted a selfie without makeup and in 2021 she shared a photo of her skin on a “bad day.”
“#nomakeup #nofilter #sowhat,” she wrote in the hashtags.
To combat the stigma surrounding acne, Leni has been sharing a series of close-up photos of her breakouts over the past few years
Last summer she posted a selfie without makeup and in 2021 she shared a photo of her skin on a “bad day.”
“#nomakeup #nofilter #sowhat,” she wrote in the hashtags
“I feel like the idea behind acne is that it doesn't make you look beautiful or it doesn't make you look as good as you could look,” she told People in October
The teenager also admitted that she used to have days where she didn't want to leave the house until her “acne cleared up.”
“Then I realized, 'Oh my God, this is normal.' Everyone goes through it… It's not bad to have it. It's something that anyone can get and it's not your fault and it's hormonal.
Last month, Leni and her supermodel mother Heidi attended The Art of Elysium's 25th Anniversary HEAVEN Gala together in Los Angeles.
Heidi shone in a strapless dress with a gold floral pattern.
Leni looked just as stunning as her mother, wearing a sparkling bright red dress and matching floral choker.
Leni recently recalled finding Heidi's sex closet when she was younger.
“I thought it was the coolest thing ever!” The CAA fashion model was revealed via FaceTime on an episode of Call Her Daddy.
“I went through it with my friends. And I asked, “Mom, what is that?” A microphone?” I really had no idea what it was. My mom got so mad at me when she said, “You’re not allowed in my stuff!”
Leni continued: “I wanted to show it to my friends and say, ‘Look at how cool this is. My mom has a whole closet, she has a whole drawer. And I smuggled her into my mom's room, opened the drawer and we all made videos.”
The “America's Got Talent” judge also has a habit of going topless in the confines of her $9.875 million luxury six-bedroom mansion in Bel-Air's exclusive Stone Ridge gated community.
Leni, who made her runway debut in 2021, is following in her mother's footsteps as a model; Featured in a campaign for Intimissimi lingerie
Leni recently recalled finding Heidi's sex closet when she was younger; The mother-daughter duo were photographed in Los Angeles last month
Leni's father is Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, 73, but Heidi's ex-husband Seal, 60, later adopted her in December 2009, when she was five years old; In the picture with seal
“I would have birthday parties in the house.” Or I would invite friends over, like my boyfriend. And she gets tanned topless by the pool,” Leni said.
“And I remember my friends were visiting and I was so embarrassed and scared because normally in my friends' families I never see my friends' mothers tanning naked by the pool. But I thought it was normal. And my friends would always say, “A little reserved, but it was so normal in our family.”
Leni's father is Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, 73, but Heidi's ex-husband Seal, 60, later adopted her in December 2009 when she was five years old.
Heidi and the four-time Grammy winner were married from 2005 to 2014 and he remained in Leni's life.
Heidi also has three younger children – son Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu Samuel, 18; son Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel, 17; and daughter Lou Sulola Samuel, 14 – from her marriage to Seal.