Heidi Klum, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2009

Only weeks since giving birth to her daughter, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show host Heidi Klum wowed the crowd while a parade of fresh-faced "Angels" sashayed across an elaborate V-shaped runway in diamond-encrusted lingerie and this season's must-have: thigh-high boots.

Klum, 36, took a break from parenthood and her hosting duties on Lifetime TV's Project Runway to work the catwalk in the finale of the annual high fashion lingerie show. The hot mama appeared only once but it was enough to steal the show as she strutted her post-baby body across the stage in a purple corset covered with a half gown with poufs of tulle.