Tina Teigen is a refreshingly beautiful young woman who is the elder sister to the very popular model and television personality Chrissy Teigen- wife to John Legend. Tina Teigen is a divorced mom of one who has continued to enjoy life to the fullest with her vibrant and contagious smile and vivacious personality.
She is a really beautiful and attractive woman who takes so much semblance to her mother in looks and handwork. Amazingly, she has resisted the life of glitz, camera, fame, and the media for so long despite having almost everyone around her in the spotlight.
Brief Biography Of Tina Teigen
Born to Vilailuck Teigen also known as Pepper Teigen, the little we know is that she is the firstborn child of the awesome Thai cook and the older half-sister to model and reality TV star, Chrissy Teigen. There’s barely any news about who her real father is even as both mother and daughter(s) have kept that really private and away from wondering minds.
How Tina Teigen manages to keep a relatively low profile is quite strange to many fans who got to find out later, about the ‘lesser-famous Teigen’ as she is often referred to.
Unknown Facts About Tina Teigen
1. Tina was single-handedly raised by her mother during her early years
Tina Teigen was born on the 15th of August 1980. She was born and lived in Thailand with her mother for a while before her mother met Ronald Leroy Teigen. After they got married, Ron brought Tina and her mother to the US where they lived in Utah.
2. Tina and Chrissy are half-sisters but are very close
From reports about their parent’s relationship and marriage, Vilailuck already had Tina before meeting and having Chrissy with Ron which makes them half-sisters. Moreover, nothing is known about Tina’s biological father as she was officially adopted by Ron and bears his name to date.
While Tina won’t share much about her family on social media, Chrissy is one to share a lot and from all indications, she is very close to her sister. Asides from teasing her sister on her page, Chrissy also shares adorable pictures of her niece -Pasha on her page. All we can say is ‘this is definitely a close-knit family.
3. Cooking seems to be a similar family trait as Tina like her mother and sister is also a wonderful cook
Chrissy Teigen is the author of 2 New York best sellers cookbook. She adapted some of her mother’s Thai recipes for her cookbooks and has commented that her mother is always in the kitchen cooking. While working on her cookbook titled Cravings: Hungry for More, she posted a tweet teasing her sister how long it took her to make Nam Khao rice for the book because she was ‘high’.
4. Tina likes to keep her private life away from social media
While Chrissy seems to relish every bit of the attention that comes with being a celebrity, Tina prefers to stay away from the spotlight. Tina doesn’t have much presence on social media and has kept most of her accounts private.
5. Tina Teigen was married but is now divorced
In 2014, Tina married Corey Speaks who is a motivational speaker. Things seem to have been great with the duo as they welcomed their first child together -Pasha in October 2014. Not long after, their relationship and marriage hit the rock and the couple went their separate ways.
6. Tina Teigen and ex-husband have been able to maintain a healthy relationship while co-parenting their daughter
From all indications, the former couple seems to have put all their differences behind them to prioritize raising their daughter together in a healthy environment. They live across the street from each other in Vegas, vacation together as a family, share the same nanny, and have family dinner together four nights a week.
7. Her daughter is a budding social media star just like her aunty Chrissy
Despite keeping her account private and not being a social media person herself, Tina has been very liberal when it comes to her daughter. She opened an Instagram for her as a baby (December 29th, 2014) where all her over 5,000 followers have been privileged to watch her grow.
Asides from sharing adorable pictures of Pasha on vacations, at parties, in school, with friends, and of course her cousins (Luna and Miles), the feisty Pasha herself is beginning to get more involved on the page as she grows. After Chrissy and John lost their baby in September, Pasha wrote a handwritten note that read “Sore That you Lost your baby, Love Pasha” in a post where she tagged her aunty.
8. Tina enjoys a close relationship with her mother and sister
Tina isn’t really the type to share on social media and Chrissy probably respects her sister’s boundaries and doesn’t overshare about Tina’s life. Mothers, on the other hand, do not understand these boundaries and we have been able to glean from their mother’s Instagram account, just how close the three Teigen girls are.
From a December 2017 post, Tina and Chrissy posed together in matching hats on a luxury jet on their way for a vacation. There are several posts of them hanging out, drinking, and partying together. They also enjoy cooking and relaxing together.
Tina also was very supportive of her mum and dad’s decision to divorce and she provided whatever help her mum needed as at the time her stepfather filed for divorce in 2019. The divorce was finalized by 2020 and Tina was there for her parents through the process.
9. Tv Appearance
Tina Teigen was on Celebrity Family Feud Tv game show hosted by Steve Harvey, in June 2019. A few months before the show, her sister Chrissy had announced that she was going to be on the show with her mother and sister and although we expected the whole Teigen family, it was also alright to feel skeptical about expecting Tina on the show as she is not one to always want to be in the public eye.
To the pleasure of fans and audience, Tina made up the required number of family members for the game show. She was present to support her sister and indeed the whole family. She played the game alongside her sister Chrissy, her mum, John, and his elder brother and she obviously had so much fun while at it.
10. What exactly does Tina do for a living?
As stated earlier, Tina is a very private person who has chosen not to share much about herself with the media. In an interview she granted to ‘VEGASMAMAS’, it was gleaned that the 44 year old does have her hand full most of the time. She splits her time between parenting, family time, (as she has an extremely close-knit family), philanthropy, and craft cocktails.
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11. Tina Teigen is very passionate about charity and philanthropy
It is obvious that Tina Teigen isn’t as wealthy as her sister but that hasn’t stopped her from contributing her quota to charity. According to her, her favorite charity organizations include Safe Nest, Big Brother’s / Big Sister’s of Southern Nevada, Candlelighters.
12. She Is A Ver Supportive Sister In-law
Legendary singer John Legend can totally brag about having one of the best sisters-in-law in the world. Before and during the premiere of his ‘Legendary Christmas With John and Chrissy’ show, which was filmed on Halloween’s day of 2018, Tina was all excited and super pumped about it. She was present with two other Teigen generations, supporting her brother-in-law and sister.
Being her supportive self, she took viewers through the ‘behind the scenes’ of the show and even showed off her playful side as she recreated a childhood Christmas tradition she used to do for her parents when she was much younger.
