Christine Diane Teigen (born November 30, 1985) is an American model,
television personality, author, and entrepreneur. She made her
professional modeling debut in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Issue in 2010 and later appeared on the 50th anniversary cover
alongside Nina Agdal and Lily Aldridge in 2014. She formerly appeared
as a panelist on the syndicated daytime talk show FABLife
(2015â€"2016). She co-hosts the musical competition series Lip Sync
Battle (2015â€"present) with LL Cool J and serves as a judge on the
comedy competition series Bring the Funny (2019â€"present). Teigen has
also authored two cookbooks.Teigen was born in Delta, Utah. Her
mother, Vilailuck, is from Thailand, while her father, Ron, is of
Norwegian descent. Her surname is correctly pronounced /ˈtaɪɡən/;
despite this, she stated that she prefers the incorrect pronunciation,
/ˈtiË É¡É™n/. Teigen and her family relocated to Snohomish,
Washington after she was born, where her parents ran a tavern. After
her mother returned to Thailand when she was 15, her father relocated
them to Huntington Beach, California. During this time, she worked at
a surf shop, where she landed a modeling campaign with clothing
company Billabong through the shop's clients, and was discovered by a
photographer. In her early modeling career, Teigen lived in Miami "for
four years, six months out of the year".Teigen was a briefcase model
on the game show Deal or No Deal during its pilot and first season.
She appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 2010, and was
named "Rookie of the Year". Her friend and fellow model Brooklyn
Decker had introduced her to the people at Sports Illustrated to cast
her. The following year, she designed and debuted a capsule collection
with swimwear designer DiNeila Brazil at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Swim in Miami as well as appeared as a featured character in the 2011
Electronic Arts video game Need For Speed: The Run. She also filmed a
Cooking Channel special titled Cookies and Cocktails.
television personality, author, and entrepreneur. She made her
professional modeling debut in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Issue in 2010 and later appeared on the 50th anniversary cover
alongside Nina Agdal and Lily Aldridge in 2014. She formerly appeared
as a panelist on the syndicated daytime talk show FABLife
(2015â€"2016). She co-hosts the musical competition series Lip Sync
Battle (2015â€"present) with LL Cool J and serves as a judge on the
comedy competition series Bring the Funny (2019â€"present). Teigen has
also authored two cookbooks.Teigen was born in Delta, Utah. Her
mother, Vilailuck, is from Thailand, while her father, Ron, is of
Norwegian descent. Her surname is correctly pronounced /ˈtaɪɡən/;
despite this, she stated that she prefers the incorrect pronunciation,
/ˈtiË É¡É™n/. Teigen and her family relocated to Snohomish,
Washington after she was born, where her parents ran a tavern. After
her mother returned to Thailand when she was 15, her father relocated
them to Huntington Beach, California. During this time, she worked at
a surf shop, where she landed a modeling campaign with clothing
company Billabong through the shop's clients, and was discovered by a
photographer. In her early modeling career, Teigen lived in Miami "for
four years, six months out of the year".Teigen was a briefcase model
on the game show Deal or No Deal during its pilot and first season.
She appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 2010, and was
named "Rookie of the Year". Her friend and fellow model Brooklyn
Decker had introduced her to the people at Sports Illustrated to cast
her. The following year, she designed and debuted a capsule collection
with swimwear designer DiNeila Brazil at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Swim in Miami as well as appeared as a featured character in the 2011
Electronic Arts video game Need For Speed: The Run. She also filmed a
Cooking Channel special titled Cookies and Cocktails.
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