Cheryl Tiegs

American Model
Cheryl Tiegs is an American model and fashion designer who was one of the first true supermodels. She made multiple appearances on the covers of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Time magazine, and her 1978 "Pink Bikini" poster became an iconic image of 1970s pop culture.

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Cheryl Rae Tiegs (born September 25, 1947) is an American model and fashion designer. Frequently described as America’s first supermodel, Tiegs made multiple appearances on the covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Time magazine.

Her 1978 “Pink Bikini” poster became an iconic image of 1970s pop culture.

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Cheryl Tiegs is an American model and fashion designer who was frequently described as America’s first supermodel. She made multiple appearances on the covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Time magazine.

Cheryl Tiegs was born on September 25, 1947.

Cheryl Tiegs’ 1978 ,Pink Bikini, poster became an iconic image of 1970s pop culture.

Cheryl Tiegs made multiple appearances on the covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

In addition to modeling, Cheryl Tiegs is also a fashion designer.

Cheryl Tiegs was frequently described as America’s first supermodel due to her widespread fame and success in the modeling industry.

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And my life for the first – you know, when I was in my 20s and 30s, I had my career, and I traveled the world, I lived out of a suitcase. I stayed up until dawn. I did all of those things that were very exciting.

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Biological age, I think because I’ve been taking care of myself for so long I know not just my reproductive organs but my heart, you know, are much younger than – than what I am.

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But when I would see the surrogate, my first instinct, my first reaction would be jealousy, because she was doing what I wanted to do.

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I think because we could do it biologically and have our own child we decided to try this.

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I think it affected me physically and emotionally, yes. I did have my ups and downs, but I actually had more ups and downs after the shots were finished and she was pregnant because of the reality of being pregnant with twins.

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It’s very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it’s not inspiring for your workout.

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No, but women are saying, and they say, are you crazy? But because they’ve had children since they were 20 years old. I haven’t. So I had a child when I was 43, and now he’s really out with his friends.

Cheryl Tiegs

No, she did not have a history of twins, and we had discussed all of this before she got pregnant. What if all three, what if two eggs, what if one – you discuss every scenario.

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She’s 32, and she has three children. She loves to be pregnant but she doesn’t want anymore children in her life. So she decided to help another couple. And she’s just been amazing.

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They are very healthy. Yes, they were sucking and breathing on their own and everything when they came out. So there was no need to stay in the hospital. So we took them home the next day.

Cheryl Tiegs

Took us a great amount of strength to get them into the world, and for them to be in the world. I think that their little spirits, you know, just said, well, we’re going to be there. So it makes it very special because of it.

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We tried – we tried for a year, and we tried different methods and different – and I had in vitro and it didn’t work. It didn’t stick. It didn’t – didn’t produce a baby at all.

Cheryl Tiegs

Well, I guess, but I just feel so strong. Actually, it was probably when I was 50 that we were trying to – to get pregnant, and I thought that I could do it then.

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You know, there’s chronological age, there’s biological age, and there’s psychological age. Chronological age, there’s nothing you can do about, which is I’m 52. You set that number aside.

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