Telli Swift is many things in one; she’s a model, actress, and reality TV star. Also famous as the fiancee of American professional boxer, Deontay Wilder, she is the brain behind the Boxing WAGS Association, a body that is made up of wives and girlfriends of professional boxers.
It is interesting to point out that despite being linked to the boxer, she has gained her fame by her own rights for her efforts as an entrepreneur, a social media star, and much more.
Who is Telli Swift?
Even though the beauty has come to be known as Telli, it was Shuntel Swift that she was born in Zambales, the Philippines in January 1987. She soon changed her name when she began venturing into the world of entertainment and gained fame.
For someone blessed with good looks, she started out as a child model at the age of 3 when she began taking part in photoshoots. Apart from this, she has not so much revealed any information about her personal life including how she was raised and her education.
It is known, however, that after she was born in the Philippines, she moved to Japan before finally moving to Los Angeles where she finally settled.
How Telli Swift And Deontay Wilder met
Telli and Wilder met for the first time in 2015 at the LAX airport in Los Angeles. According to the beautiful model, there was an instant attraction between the two of them. As the goal-getter that he is, Deontay walked up to her and started a conversation. This did not last before she was interrupted by a friend.
After they both walked their separate ways, the boxer took to social media and DMed her on Instagram. As easy as it might sound, that was how their relationship started.
Deontay Initially Had Cold Feet Proposing To Swift
It didn’t take the two a long while before they fell for each other. However, the boxer was at first skeptical of committing to the former model, because he was scared his heart was going to be broken. On her part, Telli wanted him to commit. In fact, she thought of buying a house to show him she was serious and pressure him into committing.
The boxer continued dragging his feet three years into the relationship, until February 15 2018 when he went on a knee and asked her to marry him on an episode of WAGS Atlanta. Interestingly, he proposed during the Gender Reveal Party of their child, Ava Wilder.
Since then, they have remained very close, but there is still yet to be any talk of marriage.
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Wilder’s was once married to Jessica Scales-Wilder
Telli Swift is not the first woman in the life of the boxer. In fact, he was once married to Jessica Scales-Wilder who has been reported to be born and brought up in Alabama, USA. A nurse, she was said to have met Wilder when they were much younger and then they got married in 2009.
They had three kids between them before the marriage ended in divorce in 2017. It was after this relationship that he officially started dating Telli Swift.
Even before Jessica, he was once in a relationship with Helen Duncan. The two started dating when they were teenagers and she took in for him. Doctors advised that she had an abortion because the child was going to be born with spina bifida. They insisted on having the baby who is now grown, Naieya Wilder. His daughter became the reason he took to boxing.
In total, he has 8 kids with 4 different women.
Interesting Facts To Know About Her
1. Telli Swift is a model and reality TV star
As already stated, Swift started out as a model when she was a child. She continued in that path until much later in life when she delved into the reality TV scene with an appearance on WAGS Atlanta. She was part of the show before she later left after the birth of her daughter. She now works as a fashion designer.
2. She has a child from a previous relationship
Swift is a mother of two; apart from her child with the celebrated boxer, the beautiful model and reality TV star also has a child from her previous relationship. Her first child, Kerron, was born to her former husband whose name is not known.
3. Telli is claimed to be the reason behind Wilder’s divorce
When Deontary first met the woman he is now engaged to, he was still married to his former wife, Jessica. He was said to have soon started an extra-marital affair with Telli, which led to the end of his marriage.
4. She once feared her leg would be amputated
During her first meeting with WIlder, Telli revealed that she just left the hospital where she was treated for a leg infection. She had fears that if the antibiotics she was given failed to work, her leg might have to be amputated. Luckily, they worked.
5. Telli Swift and Deontay Wilder have been together thanks to praying and partying
Swift revealed that they have managed to stay together since 2015 because they love and continue to support each other. More than that, however, she revealed that after each of his victories in the ring, they made sure to pray and then party together.
Complete profile for Telli Swift
| Telli Swift | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Shantel Swift |
| Date of Birth | 24 January 1987 |
| Age | 33 years |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Nationality | Filipino and American |
| Birth place | Zambales, Philippines |
| Ethnicity | Asian-American |
| Profession | Reality TV Personality and Model |
| Education | NA |
| Father | Reginald Swift |
| Mother | Vivian Crawford |
| Siblings | Reginald Jr. |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Spouse/Partner | NA |
| Boyfriend | Deontay Wilder |
| Kids | Kerron Kaorii Lee |
| Religion | Christian |
| Estimated Net Worth: | $180 million |
| Source of net worth | Showbiz and Modeling |
| Height | Feet – 5ft 5inches Centimeters –(165 cm) |
| Weight | 61 kg |
| Eye color | Dark Brown |
| Hair color | Dark Brown |
| Social media | Instagram |
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