Cheryl Rae Tiegs (born September 25, 1947) 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, an auto-assembly lineman turned funeral director.
She and her family moved to Alhambra, California, in 1952. She is of
German descent. 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.Tiegs' break as a model came when she was 17, after the
editorial staff at Glamour saw the Cole's bathing suit ad. Bypassing
the traditional in-person meeting, Tiegs was booked on a shoot in
Saint Thomas with Ali MacGraw, which resulted in her first Glamour
cover. Later that same year, Tiegs made the covers of Seventeen and
Elle. She subsequently appeared on the covers of Vogue and Harper's
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