Chrissy Teigen was born to a Thai-origin mother, Vilailuck "Pepper" Teigen and an American dad, Ronald Leroy "Ron" Teigen Sr. Teigen's mother is a social media creator who often posts videos about her recipes. She also published her own cookbook titled The Pepper Thai Cookbook: Family Recipes from Everyone’s Favourite Thai Mom. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostTeigen's dad, Ron, was an American electrician, who most recently was living in an assisted living facility near Chrissy and husband John Legen's Los Angeles home. Teigen in an Instagram post on June 10 revealed that her dad passed away on June 9.The model mourned her father's death in the post and said,"Yesterday I woke up with a daddy and went to bed without one."Chrissy Teigen added that his death was unexpected and came as a surprise,"I thought that since we talk about it and I’ve come to terms with him always having been an 'old dad' that I wouldn’t have fallen to the ground the way I did."The model went on to express her gratitude and added,"I wrote my dad a letter about how grateful I was for him. About how hard he worked for us growing up and how much I love him. I am forever grateful for the moment I handed him the letter, and all our years before."More about Chrissy Teigen's parentsChrissy Teigen's mother Pepper is from Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand, where her grandparents worked as rice farmers. Pepper's mother used to work in a school cafetaria, and Pepper began helping her mom with food preparation when she was eight or nine as per News 24. Teigen's father, Ron was an American electrician who was travelling between his company's office in Thailand and Saudi Arabia for work.The two met in 1982, when Pepper was a single mother to two-year old daughter, Tina (Chrissy's older half sister). The two soon began dating and Ron invited Pepper to meet his family in Washington.The two consulted an immigration officer and decided to get married to help Pepper secure a visa. The family of four (Chrissy, Tina and the parents) settled in Longview, Washington where they ran a tavern named Porky's. The restaurant was well known for serving Thai and American dishes. Pepper returned to Thailand when her father was diagnosed with lung cancer.When Pepper eventually returned to the U.S, her marriage to Ron had strained and the couple separated in 2020.