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From Maya as Sir Mo Farah to Heidi as her own left hand: The best Halloween looks

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Watch: Heidi Klum as a giant severed hand for 25th annual Halloween bash

ByJacob Phillips

Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum confirmed her position as the queen of Halloween by transforming into a giant, bloodied and severed hand for her annual costume party in New York.

Klum, 53, was completely unrecognisable arriving at her event in what she described as her own chopped-off "left hand".

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Klum's party, which brings celebrities across the globe together dressed in their wild, weird and wonderful costumes.

And the revelry didn't stop there, with celebrities such as Maya Jama wowing attendees at her own Halloween party in London dressed as four-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah.

Heidi Klum stands on a blue carpet dressed as a severed hand, complete with blood and guts at the top. Her face has been transformed to look like guts too. — Image caption,
Klum said her costume this year needed the help of up to 20 people to complete

"It took a lot of hands putting this hand together," Klum told reporters as she posed for pictures on the red carpet. "I think about 10 or 20 hands."

Explaining the inspiration for the idea, she said: "I looked at my hand and I thought 'Hey, I think that I can fit my body inside of this somehow.'

"I always try to come up with something unusual and I don't think I've seen an actual person walking around like a hand. I thought that was something new and different."

Klum is never one to shy away from dressing up on the scariest day of the year, with previous looks including a worm, medusa and the ogre Princess Fiona from the Shrek films.

Heidi Klum poses for a picture with two others at her annual Halloween party. Her long blonde hair is on show, accompanied by red prosthetic face makeup. Next to her is a woman dressed as Marge Simpson and another dressed as a pirate. — Image caption,
At the party, Klum later lost the full hand costume

Other attendees at Klum's party this year included actors Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, who surprised attendees by dressing as the twins from the horror film The Shining.

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka wear light blue dresses and pale face make up. They both have contact lens in their eyes to make them look more ghostly and wigs to make it look like they have long hair. — Image caption,
Harris and his husband Burtka looked eerie in their matching outfits

Pop star Jade Thirlwall also attended the party in New York dressed as a stone statue of an angel, while Severance and Spider-Man actor Tramell Tillman turned up with intricate face makeup and prosthetics.

Jade Thirwall poses in front of a blue background. She has painted her body to look like it is made of stone. She is also wearing matching angel wings. — Image caption,
Jade transformed herself to look like she was made of stone

Tramell Tillman poses in front of a blue background wearing a dark jacket and prosthetics that make them resemble a giraffe — Image caption,
Tillman arrived with fake ears and tufts emerging from his forehead

Meanwhile in London, broadcaster Maya Jama hosted her annual Halloween Party dressed as Sir Mo Farah.

Jama told Elle UK magazine she wanted to dress as the "bald headed icon" to honour the Olympian, adding that she has wanted to dress up as a man for years for Halloween.

"[Sir Mo] loved the idea," she explained.

"He's actually sent me all of his real life Olympic outfits, his real, actual medals he won for the Olympics.

"His real trainers. He's even done some TikToks for me. He is fully on board."

Maya Jama puts her hands on her hips as she poses as Sir Mo Farah. She is wearing a Great Britain vest and shorts and is draped in the Union Flag. She is also wearing an Olympic medal, blad cap and fake facial hair — Image caption,
Jama celebrated Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah

Katherine Ryan wears a dark wig and white tube as she poses for a photo — Image caption,
Ryan recreated one of Jama's most talked-about Traitors looks

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