Cheryl Rae Tiegs 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 the first model to appear twice on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue,but she significantly raised her profile in 1978, when she posed in a fishnet swimsuit. Tiegs additionally made the cover of People four times,and did three covers for TIME, most notably for the "All-American Model" cover story in 1978.A year later, she was signed to a reported $1.5 million two-year contract with Cover Girl cosmetics, then the biggest contract ever.In 2004, Tiegs was inducted into the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue's 40th anniversary "Hall of Fame,"and was included on People's 2008 50 Most Beautiful People list, and Men's Health Magazine's 2012 "100 Hottest Women of All Time" feature.