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Heidi Klum shows Euros allegiance in crop top

- MARK DANIELL

Heidi Klum left little to the imaginatio­n when it came time to let her 8.1 million Instagram followers know who she's cheering for at this year's UEFA European Football Championsh­ip (aka the Euros).

The supermodel, 48, flashed a thumbs-up sign as she posed outside in a skimpy black bikini bottom and a cropped Germany team jersey that barely covered her breasts. A gold chain accenting her toned abs completed the look.

“Good luck today Germany,” she captioned the underboobb­aring pic ahead of the team's 1-0 loss to France.

The America's Got Talent judge is no stranger to showing off her flawless figure, but in 2016 interview with Ocean Drive magazine, Klum said she had to fight for acceptance in the modelling industry.

“(I was told) that I'm too curvy. Too feminine ... that I should be skinnier. And that I'm not edgy enough and a little too happy half of the time. Everyone was always telling me maybe I should skip a meal or I should go on these (diet) pills.”

But she refused to change, telling the magazine, “Either they want me the way I am or this is not the right job for me.”

Klum, who shared a topless sunbathing photo of herself in a floral bikini bottom last month, added that she's quite comfortabl­e with nudity.

“I grew up going to nude beaches with my parents, so I'm a nudist,” the Project Runway and Germany's Next

Top Model judge added. “I have no problems with nudity at all. I'm very free. When I go to the beach, it's in a very remote place where there are not a lot of people, and I like to go topless.”

In a 2013, she told Access Hollywood that many of her risque photos are actually taken by her mom.

“You will be surprised when you hear that my mom takes most of the photos,” she told Access. “My mom can take some good photos.”

Klum also credited her German heritage for her liberating attitude toward being naked outside.

“I'm European. I don't like wearing tops,” she said. “And I don't like tan lines.”

Germany takes to the pitch next against Portugal this Saturday.

 ?? — INSTAGRAM ?? Heidi Klum's 8.1 million Instagram followers were hot and bothered when the supermodel posted a sexy underboob-baring selfie to cheer on Germany's soccer team.
— INSTAGRAM Heidi Klum's 8.1 million Instagram followers were hot and bothered when the supermodel posted a sexy underboob-baring selfie to cheer on Germany's soccer team.

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