1. Cheryl Rae Tiegs was born on September 25,1947 and is an American model and fashion designer.
25 Facts About Cheryl Tiegs
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Frequently described as America's first supermodel, Tiegs made multiple appearances on the covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Time magazine.
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Cheryl Tiegs was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, to Phyllis and Theodore Cheryl Tiegs, an auto-assembly lineman turned funeral director.
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Later that same year, Cheryl Tiegs made the covers of Seventeen and Elle.
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Cheryl Tiegs subsequently appeared on the covers of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, among others.
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Cheryl Tiegs was the first model to appear twice on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, but she significantly raised her profile in 1978, when she posed in a fishnet swimsuit.
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Cheryl Tiegs additionally made the cover of People four times, and did three covers for Time, most notably for the "All-American Model" cover story in 1978.
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In 2004, Cheryl Tiegs was inducted into the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues 40th anniversary "Hall of Fame", and was included on People's 2008 50 Most Beautiful People list, and Men's Health magazine's 2012 "100 Hottest Women of All Time" feature.
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Cheryl Tiegs posed in 2001 in a bikini for the cover of More, and earned considerable praise for breaking age barriers related to fitness, fashion, and beauty.
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Cheryl Tiegs met photographer Peter Beard in New York in 1978.
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Cheryl Tiegs was featured on the cover of Outside in 1980.
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In 1980, Cheryl Tiegs launched a signature line of clothing and accessories for Sears.
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The first retail venture by a supermodel, the Cheryl Tiegs collection neared $1 billion in sales by 1989.
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Cheryl Tiegs was credited with helping the retail chain's 1980s turnaround, and appeared on the cover of Time, this time for a cover story titled "Sassy Sears".
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Cheryl Tiegs developed a line of wigs and hair accessories for Revlon.
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In 2012, Cheryl Tiegs was a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice, with proceeds from her participation benefiting the Farrah Fawcett Foundation.
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Cheryl Tiegs has appeared on NBC's Just Shoot Me, Oxygen's Girls Behaving Badly and, in a recurring role, portraying herself in Family Guy.
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Cheryl Tiegs hosted a 13-part travel adventure series, Pathfinders: Exotic Journeys for the Travel Channel, appeared as a judge on the ABC reality show True Beauty, and was a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Additionally, Cheryl Tiegs has frequently appeared on The Today Show, Access Hollywood, Extra, and The Dr Oz Show.
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Cheryl Tiegs created and was featured in Sports Illustrateds exercise video Aerobic Interval Training.
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Cheryl Tiegs is the spokeswoman for Renewal: A Time for You, a program created by Deepak Chopra which offers practical advice on healthy lifestyle changes for women in transition.
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Cheryl Tiegs is a spokeswoman for City of Hope and an Ambassador for the International Planned Parenthood Foundation.
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Cheryl Tiegs participated in a General Motors environmental program, driving a hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle for three months to raise awareness for zero emissions.
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Cheryl Tiegs has been married four times: to film director Stan Dragoti ; to photographer Peter Beard ; to Anthony Peck, son of actor Gregory Peck; and to yoga instructor Rod Stryker.
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Cheryl Tiegs lived in Bel Air, California, but placed her home on the market in May 2015 for $15 million.