Cheryl Tiegs Biography
Cheryl Rae Tiegs is a supermodel, actress, and fashion designer from the United States. Tiegs is best known for her appearances on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Time magazine covers, as well as her 1978 “Pink Bikini” poster, which became an iconic image of 1970s pop culture.
How old is Cheryl Tiegs?- Age
Cheryl is 75 years old as of September 2022. She was born Cheryl Rae Tiegs on September 25, 1947, in Breckenridge, Minnesota, United States of America.
Cheryl Tiegs Height
Tiegs stands at a height of 5’10” (178 cm) tall.
Cheryl Tiegs Family- Parents
Cheryl Tiegs was born on September 25, 1947, in Breckenridge, Minnesota, to Phyllis and Theodore Tiegs. Her father worked as an auto-assembly lineman before becoming a funeral director.
Cheryl Tiegs Husband- Married- Children
She has been married four times, Stan Dragoti, an advertising executive and future film director, was Tiegs’ first husband. From 1970 to 1979, they were married. She had a romantic relationship with photographer Peter Beard, whom she married on May 24, 1981. She began dating aspiring actor Anthony Peck (son of Hollywood legend Gregory Peck) after their divorce in 1983 and married him on November 23, 1990. On October 1, 1991, their son Zackary Anthony Peck was born. The divorce of Tiegs and Peck was finalized in 1995. Rod Stryker, a yoga instructor, and the author was her most recent husband. On May 30, 1998, the couple married. She became the surrogate mother of twin boys, Jaden Joseph Stryker and Theo Reid Stryker, in July 2000. On October 8, 2001, her fourth divorce was finalized.
Cheryl Tiegs Career
Tiegs started modeling at the age of 17 when the editorial staff at Glamour saw the Cole bathing suit ad. Tiegs was booked on a shoot in Saint Thomas with Ali MacGraw, which resulted in her first Glamour cover, without the traditional in-person meeting. Later that year, Tiegs appeared on the covers of Seventeen and Elle. She went on to grace the covers of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, among others. Tiegs was the first model to appear twice on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, but it was in 1978, when she posed in a fishnet swimsuit, that she shot to fame. Tiegs also appeared on the cover of People four times and Time three times, most notably for the “All-American Model” issue.
Tiegs was inducted into Sports Illustrated’s 40th anniversary “Hall of Fame” in 2004 and was named to People’s 2008 50 Most Beautiful People list and Men’s Health magazine’s 2012 “100 Hottest Women of All Time” feature. Tiegs posed in a bikini for the cover of More in 2001, and she received a lot of praise for breaking down age barriers in fitness, fashion, and beauty. In 1978, Tiegs met photographer Peter Beard in New York. In 1979, she joined him on a photographic expedition to Kenya to investigate the management and widespread destruction of African wildlife; their journey was documented in the Emmy-winning episode “Africa: End of the Game” of ABC’s The American Sportsman.
Look magazine featured a cover story titled “Cheryl Tiegs: The New African Queen” in 1979. She was also on the cover of Outside magazine in 1980. Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, President Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, and Brooke Shields pose at a Bob Hope 80th birthday celebration. Tiegs debuted a signature line of clothing and accessories for Sears in 1980. The Cheryl Tiegs collection, the first retail venture by a supermodel, had nearly $1 billion in sales by 1989. Tiegs was credited with helping the retail chain’s 1980s turnaround, and once again appeared on the cover of Time, this time for a cover story titled “Sassy Sears”. In 1990, a doll in her likeness was created as part of the “Real Model Collection.”
Tiegs appeared on Celebrity Apprentice, with her participation benefiting the Farrah Fawcett Foundation. She has also appeared in NBC’s Just Shoot Me, Oxygen’s Girls Behaving Badly, and Family Guy as herself in a recurring role. Tiegs hosted a 13-part Travel Channel travel adventure series called Pathfinders: Exotic Journeys, served as a judge on the ABC reality show True Beauty, and was a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Tiegs has also appeared on The Today Show, Access Hollywood, Extra, and The Dr. Oz Show. Her film credits include Vincent Gallo’s The Brown Bunny and John C. Reilly’s Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Tiegs created the Aerobic Interval Training exercise video, which was featured in Sports Illustrated. Tiegs is the spokeswoman for Deepak Chopra’s Renewal: A Time for You, a program that provides practical advice on healthy lifestyle changes for women in transition. She is also the spokesperson for Cambria, a manufacturer of natural quartz surfaces.
Cheryl Tiegs’s Net Worth
Cheryl has an estimated net worth of 30 million dollars.
Cheryl Tiegs Movies and TV Shows
MOVIES:
- 2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- 2003 The Brown Bunny
TV SHOWS:
- 2016 Sharknado 4: The 4th
- 2015 Children’s Hospital
- 2012 The Apprentice Contestant
- 2011–13 Family Guy
- 2011 Rupaul’s Drag Race
- 2002 Hollywood Squares
- 2000–02 Just Shoot Me!
- 2000 The Infinite Power Workout
- 1995 The John Larroquette Show
- 1986 Moonlighting
- 1985 Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album
- 1983 Andy Warhol’s TV
- 1981 Bob Hope’s All-Star Comedy Look at the Fall Season:
- 1980 Making Xanadu: The Musical Fantasy Movie
- 1979–81 The American Sportsman
- 1979 Superstars
- 1979 Playboy’s Roller Disco & Pajama Party
