Over the weekend, Heidi Klum, one of the most appreciated Angels from Victoria’s Secret, came under heavy attack from fellow German designers who literally said she was too fat to ever be a runway queen. InTouch Weekly caught up with Heidi at Victoria’s Secret Makeup Spring Look Kit launch in New York, and the model vouched she was not upset about the label because it’s everyone’s right to have an opinion.

“It’s a life where everyone can say what they want to say and everyone can have their opinion – that is his,” Heidi says of designer Wofgang Joop’s remark that she may be too heavy to ever strut her stuff on the catwalk like the rest of the models. “In this business you have to be fit, but I always try to be a good role model and not too thin.” Klum adds, thus again managing to effectively make up for the snub by promoting a healthy image, a thing for which she often received praise in the past as well.

On the occasion of the launch of “Germany’s Next Topmodel,” on which Heidi acts as judge, several reputed designers took it upon themselves to say that, of all people, Klum should be the last person to be a member in the panel. Not only is she too heavy for the catwalk, as Joop said, but she is also too short and, consequently, her “modeling career” is practically inexistent, although a beautifully construed one thanks to marketing and her appeal with the public.

“No way. She is no runway model! Heidi Klum is simply too heavy and has too big a bust. And she always grins so stupidly. That is not avant-garde – that is commercial!” Joop said for Bild. Karl Lagerfeld also feels the same way, vouching for the same publication that he never heard of Heidi, as neither did Claudia Schiffer, therefore she must not be a model.

“Heidi has hips and curves. Ideal measurements for a catwalk model are 87-58-88. Heidi has 91-69-94. At 1.76 meters she is five centimeters too short. But, despite everything, she is a dream woman, an advertising icon and a superstar.” model agency head Louisa von Minckwitz also said for the same publication.