Cheryl Tiegs

Cheryl Rae Tiegs is an American model and fashion designer. Frequently described as the first American supermodel, Tiegs is best known for her multiple appearances on the covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and TIME and for her 1978 Pink Bikini poster, which became an iconic image of 1970s pop culture.

Tiegs was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, U.S. to Phyllis and Theodore Tiegs, a funeral director. Along with her family, Tiegs moved to Alhambra, California, in 1952. As a senior at Alhambra High School, Tiegs posed for a swimsuit ad for bathing suit manufacturer Cole of California the ad, which appeared in Seventeen, launched her career as a model. Although she enrolled as an English major at California State University, Los Angeles, Tiegs left college before her junior year to pursue her career.

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