Teigen was a briefcase model on the game show
Deal or No Deal during the pilot and first season. She would return to the
Deal or No Deal franchise in 2025, as the mysterious banker on the second season of
Deal or No Deal Island. She appeared in the
Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, in 2010, and was named "Rookie of the Year". Her friend and fellow model
Brooklyn Decker had introduced her to the people at
Sports Illustrated to cast her. The following year, she designed and debuted a
capsule collection, with swimwear designer DiNeila Brazil, at
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami, as well as appearing as a featured character in the 2011
Electronic Arts video game
Need for Speed: The Run. She also filmed a
Cooking Channel special titled
Cookies and Cocktails. '' in Sydney in 2012|alt= Two years later, Teigen was the host of the competition series
Model Employee on
VH1. She was also featured on another Cooking Channel special, titled ''Chrissy Teigen's Hungry'', detailing her wedding menu tasting with then-fiancé,
John Legend. In October 2013, she appeared in Legend's music video for the song "
All of Me", which also features footage from their wedding. In April 2014, Teigen played a fictionalized version of herself as a relationship counselor in an
Inside Amy Schumer sketch. That same year, she appeared on the 50th anniversary cover of the
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue with
Nina Agdal and
Lily Aldridge. In January 2015, Teigen guest starred on the sitcom
The Mindy Project as the girlfriend of the man who was the main character's first sexual partner. In April, she became a co-host of the musical competition series
Lip Sync Battle alongside
LL Cool J. She co-hosted the
2015 Billboard Music Awards with
Ludacris. From September 2015 until June 2016, Teigen was a food stylist and panelist on
Tyra Banks's syndicated daytime talk show,
FABLife. In February 2016, she published a book titled
Cravings: Recipes for All of the Food You Want to Eat, which went on to become a
New York Times bestseller and the second-best selling cookbook of the year. The following year, Teigen released a clothing line in collaboration with the fashion company Revolve. In September 2018, she released her second book, titled
Cravings: Hungry For More. Simultaneously, she released a line of
cookware through
Target. In 2019, she was included on
Times
list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The following year, Teigen appeared as a judge for the comedy competition series
Bring the Funny. In November, she launched a cooking website, Cravings by Chrissy Teigen, which features recipes as well as restaurant and entertaining tips. ''
Chrissy's Court'', a courtroom-style series starring Teigen, debuted in April 2020 on
Quibi. Teigen also serves as executive producer for the series. The series survived the platform's demise later that year, moving to
The Roku Channel in May 2021 and premiering its second season in June 2022. It was the platform's most watched unscripted premiere ever. The third season is scheduled to premiere on October 21, 2022. As of May 2021, Target had stopped carrying her cookware line, which a company spokesperson said was a "mutual decision". ==Political views and activism==