Cristina Ferrare was discovered as a model at age fourteen, soon after her family moved from Cleveland, Ohio, to Los Angeles, California. During the 1970s and 1980s she was one of the most famous faces and names in modeling. She was a spokesperson for Max Factor Cosmetics for ten years and appeared on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, and other top magazines. She cohosted a talk show, AM, LA, from 1984 to 1989 and went on to cohost ABC's Home Show, Incredible Sunday, and a series of prime-time specials for CBS called Shame on You. Cristina has appeared on The HBO Comedy Special. The Garry Shandling Show, Dream On, and other shows, and has been a guest cohost on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee and Good Morning America. From 1996 to 1998 she was the cohost of the Home and Family show on the Family Channel. She has also designed a line of ceramics that is sold through electronic retailing and in retail stores. She is the author of Cristina Ferrare's Family Entertaining, a collection of family recipes for every occasion, and Cristina Ferrare Style. The mother of four, stepmother of three, and grandmother of one, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two of her daughters.