Since revealing her six-year struggle to conceive with husband John Legend, Chrissy Teigen announced last week that they are finally expecting a baby.
Born in Utah to a Norwegian father and Thai mother, the 29-year-old spent her childhood living in Hawaii, Idaho and Washington, before finally settling in Huntington Beach, California when Teigen was a teenager.
Having been discovered by a photographer while working in a surf shop, she went on to sign for IMG modelling agency in New York.
Best known for her work as a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, Teigen has also appeared in campaigns for Gillette, Olay, Nike, Gap Factory, UGG and Billabong.
Style File: Chrissy Teigen
Named Sports Illustrated's 'Rookie of the Year' in 2010, she went on to be a part of the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 swimsuit issues, and appeared on the 50th anniversary cover of with Nina Agdal and Lily Aldridge in 2014.
Despite her successful career in modelling, Teigen is also a big foodie with a successful food blog.
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="5"> <div> <div> <div> </div> </div> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://instagram.com/p/8wbqn2pjVD/" target="_blank" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3097956-https://instagram.com/p/8wbqn2pjVD/" data-vars-event-id="c23">John and I are so happy to announce that we are pregnant :) As many of you know, we've been trying to have a baby for a while now. It hasn't been easy, but we kept trying because we can't wait to bring our first child into the world and grow our family. We're so excited that it's finally happening. Thank you for all your love and well wishes. I look forward to all the belly touching! Xx</a> A photo posted by chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) on <time datetime="2015-10-12T23:55:58+00:00">Oct 12, 2015 at 4:55pm PDT</time> </div>
Speaking to Marie Claire, she admitted food has always been her passion, not modelling.
"Basically I was really modeling for fun, but it wasn't ever something that I wanted to do to begin with."
"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. It wasn't to shock people like 'oh models eat and models like to cook', it wasn't about that at all. I just kind of needed somewhere to just talk."
And with the entirely legitimate excuse of eating-for-two, we're expecting twice the amount of deliciousness to hit the blog over the coming months.
