Chrissy Teigen May Just Be Adweek's Most Unexpected 2019 Brand Visionary

Rare celeb who can win TV, book, product and endorsement deals with startling candor and stinging clapbacks

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Mass communication is Chrissy Teigen’s lifeblood, with Twitter being her favorite platform (and sometimes weapon) of choice. But the road to social media superstardom has had its potholes, like her July leak of the full premiere episode instead of a brief clip of NBC’s competition show Bring the Funny.

In her patented self-deprecating style, she joked that she’d been fired as a judge for the gaffe: “thank u all for your kind texts and DMs please send job opportunities to same number.”

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This story first appeared in the Nov. 4, 2019, issue of Adweek magazine. Click here to subscribe.