Chrissy Teigen and Meghan Markle crossed paths on Deal or No Deal

Chrissy Teigen may be happily married, but if life had gone down a slightly different path she would be the one tying the knot with Prince Harry this year, not Meghan Markle.
 
Or so she says, anyway.

According to The Telegraph, Markle starred in 34 episodes between 2006 and 2007, while Teigen made eight appearances between 2007 and 2008.
 
When host Ellen Degeneres mentioned this, the 32-year-old model - who is expecting her second child with singer John Legend this year - joked that she hadn’t realised becoming a royal was an option for briefcase models.

The Lip Sync Battle co-host spoke about her time on the show, and her impressions of a then-unknown Markle, in greater detail during a recent interview with Andy Cohen.

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Appearing on his show Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, she jokingly described her Deal or No Deal days as “a very blurry time” in her life.

“I think [Meghan] came in the second season or something,” Teigen said of the former actress.

“I remember her being just very quiet and sweet. Just really kind, and I don't say that about anybody."

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In 2014, long after they’d both graduated from their briefcase model gigs, the two women crossed paths once again while competing in DirecTV's Beach Bowl.

By this stage, however, they were no longer up-and-comers hoping to crack the big time. 

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