Q 6

PLAYBOY: Do you own a Cheryl Tiegs doll?

Cheryl Tiegs: So many people have told me that I should have one made, but I haven't pursued it. I don't know if I want that. It's very dehumanizing to be a doll. And I think that I've just spent the last 14 years being a mannequin, so I don't want that image anymore.

Q 7

PLAYBOY: Was there some pivotal decision that you made that really boosted your career to the top?

Cheryl Tiegs: When I decided to do a poster. All my fan letters were from boys in high school and college asking for posters. So it was my idea, but I was discouraged by an agent who said I'd only get ten percent, etc., etc. So I forgot about it for a couple of weeks and I thought, Well, I'm going to do it anyway. So I did it.

Q 8

PLAYBOY: In the Time cover story, you appeared in a see-through fish-net bathing suit. Did you know it was see-through beforehand?

Cheryl Tiegs: No, because I tried it on in the dressing room and when it's dry, you can't see through it. I've taken many a picture in fish net before and you can't see through it. We were in the Amazon and there was no way that I was going to go into the water with the crocodiles and piranhas. So I thought, OK, I'll wear the suit. Well, it was sunset and the light was so bad and the photographer said, "Please go in," and I had never seen a suit wet before and then it was published and you could see through it. There's no excuse. I'm not trying to say, "Oh, my God, I didn't know that you could see through it." To me, it wasn't that bad, but they got a lot of letters from it. Americans are such puritans. Nudity is not that bad, and it wasn't nude and there was nothing provocative about it. Even if I had known that you could see through it, maybe I would have done it anyway.

Q 9

PLAYBOY: Your image is that of the all-American girl. Are you happy about it?

Cheryl Tiegs: Yeah. I happen to be a lover of America. I did this cheerleading special, I was one of the judges, and all of a sudden, I had tears in my eyes and I was beaming. I mean, these beautiful kids did their cheerleading and it was just so all-American--they were so clean-cut and so beautiful. And I thought, if you did that in some foreign country, it just wouldn't be the same. I really like America. America is very healthy. The all-American image? Yeah, I like it.

Q 10

PLAYBOY: Would you like to sing at the White House?

Cheryl Tiegs: Nobody's invited me. I can't sing or dance.

Q 11

PLAYBOY: For whom did you vote in the last two Presidential elections?

Cheryl Tiegs: I voted for Carter the last time and I was out of the country before that.

Q 12

PLAYBOY: Who were your childhood heroes?

Cheryl Tiegs: I liked Pat Boone. He was so clean-cut and all-American. Everybody else was crazy about Elvis Presley.