About Chrissy Teigen

Model, TV personality, food blogger and social media star, Chrissy Teigen was born in Delta, Utah, on November 30, 1985, and spent much of her childhood in Seattle, Washington. Teigen’s mother is from Thailand and her American father is of Norwegian ancestry.

Teigen didn’t dream of becoming a model. As she told the Daily Beast website, “I always wanted to be a teacher or wanted to do something with food. But modeling, I just never thought I could do it myself really ever.” Despite her personal doubts, she was discovered around the age of 18 while working at a surf shop in California. She spent a lot of time in her early career working on catalog shoots.

Teigen met singer and musician John Legend in 2006 when she was cast in the musical video for his song “Stereo.” The pair eventually became an item. Professionally, Teigen had a career breakthrough three years later when she was featured as “Rookie of the Year” in Sports Illustrated’s famous swimsuit issue. She went on to appear in several more editions of the swimsuit issue, even landing on the cover in 2014 with models Nina Agdal and Lily Aldridge.

In addition to her Sports Illustrated work, Teigen has graced the pages of such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Italian Vogue. She has been featured in ads for such brands as Rock and Republic and Ed Hardy. Teigen has also emerged as a force in social media, posting her candid, often humorous thoughts and images on Twitter and Instagram. Branching out in another direction, she started her own blog, So Delushious, to share her recipes and opinions. Teigen told Marie Claire magazine that "I always loved food and I think I kind of needed an outlet. I didn't want to just talk about modeling all the time and just be in the modeling realm."

Teigen got engaged to singer John Legend in 2011. The pair tied the knot in September 2013. They held their wedding ceremony in Lake Como, Italy, and Teigen’s friend and fellow model Brooklyn Decker served as her maid of honor. In 2015, Teigen and Legend announced that they were expecting their first child together. She revealed on her talk show FabLife that she and her husband had been struggling with fertility issues for years. The couple welcomed daughter Luna Simone on April 14, 2016.