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Cheryl Tiegs

Cheryl Tiegs

2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19882003

Born 25 September 1947 · Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA

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.

How their films are shot

Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Cheryl takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 68% of their frames are day, 68% natural — the look of the work Cheryl takes.

Time of day

Day68%
Night16%
Golden hour9%
Interior4%

Lighting

Natural68%
High key12%
Silhouette11%
Low key9%

Shot size

Medium32%
Wide26%
Establishing21%
Closeup17%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
High angle8%
Low angle7%
Top down4%

Mood

Neutral90%
Lonely8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 129 frames from Cheryl Tiegs's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.