Cheryl Tiegs Early life

Tiegs was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, 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.