Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Christopherhell Stause was born July 21, 1982. Her appearances on Selling Sunset on Netflix and prior TV roles, such as Amanda Dillon on All My Children or Jordan Ridgeway, Days of Our Lives, are what make her famous. Stause was a Draffenville, Kentucky native. She earned her B.A. at Murray State University. in 2003. She worked as an actor in the theater. Her middle name "Chrishell", an evocative portmanteau, was due to the unique circumstances in the birthing process: her mother gave birth at an Shell station. Chris, an attendant, helped to deliver her child. Strause refutes reports of her child's birth in her memoir. She mentioned that her mother suffered from problems with her car and ended up at the gas station. She went into pre-labor while waiting in the station, and the attendant helped her to the hospital. Strause was conceived in the hospital. Prior to finding out that she was pregnant her mother separated her from her father, who was half Japanese, half Spanish. Jeff is her stepfather. Chrishell Strause was forced to live in a tent for one year in middle school. Strause told of her experience of hiding her identity from her classmates , describing how she was washing her hair in rivers and applying food stamps. When she reached 10 years of age, her parents struggled with addiction and mental illness. Then, Strause became a member of the Worldwide Church of God. Her mother was never able to have any steady employment and Strause describes her as a free spirit and self-righteous.