Christina Meursinge Haack (born July 9, 1983) is an American real estate investor and TV personality. She co-starred on

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's show ''

Flip or Flop ''Flip or Flop'' is an American television series that aired on HGTV, hosted by the formerly-married couple Tarek El Moussa and Christina Hall. The program was the original show in the ''Flip or Flop'' franchise, debuting in 2013. On November ...

'' (2013–2022) alongside Tarek El Moussa and her own shows ''

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'' (2019–present), ''Christina: Stronger by Design'' (2021) and ''Christina in the Country'' (2022)''.''

Early life

Christina Meursinge Haack was born in

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. She has a sister, Carly, who is ten years younger. She went to school in southern California and graduated from Canyon High School in

in 2001 and began working in the

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after graduating from

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Career

2005–2010: Real estate

In 2005, she first met future husband and business partner Tarek El Moussa while the two were working as real estate agents at Prudential, where they worked until 2008. The couple ran the real-estate agency Tarek and Christina: The El Moussa Group in

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. The husband-and-wife team sold real estate in the southern California area. When the housing market plummeted after the October 2008 stock market crash, their real estate business suffered. The El Moussas went from living in a $6,000-per-month house to a $700-per-month apartment in just a few years. In 2010, the El Moussas, along with their business partner Pete De Best, bought their first investment property in

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for $115,000, selling the property for a profit of $34,000. The trio continued to flip houses, expanding their real-estate investing business into Arizona and Nevada. The El Moussa Group was dissolved in 2018. The business is now owned by Tarek and Associates, a sole venture of Tarek El Moussa.

2011–present: Success in television

In 2011, Tarek El Moussa asked a friend to help him make an audition tape for

. Pie Town Productions expressed interest in the tape. HGTV producers had also noticed the couple's

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profile, which featured before and after profiles of several renovation projects. In 2012, HGTV signed the couple to produce a show for the network. In April 2013, ''

'' debuted on the network. In a 2014 interview, Haack said, "Each episode shows things that can go wrong, and do go wrong". ''Flip or Flop'' ran for ten seasons and the last episode aired on December 1, 2022. In 2017, Haack presented at the

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. In June 2018, it was announced that she would be featured in her own

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show, ''

''. The first episode of season 1 focused on Haack renovating her new post-divorce home, with the remaining seven episodes focusing on her renovating other people's homes. Filming began in the fall 2018, for a spring 2019 premiere. The show's second season premiered on January 2, 2020, on HGTV. On May 15, 2024, it was announced that Haack is set to star in a new

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, ''The Flip Off'' for

. Haack appears in the series with ex-husband Josh Hall, former husband Tarek El Moussa and his second wife Heather Rae El Moussa. The show was supposed to follow the two couples in a competition to find, buy, renovate and flip a house for the biggest financial gain. However, upon the first episode release (January 2025), it has been shared online that Josh Hall will not be in future episodes, leaving the competition to be only between the El Moussa couple, and Haack as a solo competitor. In October 2024, Haack and Kylie Wing founded Christina & Kylie, an

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and

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company.

Other ventures

On April 14, 2020, Haack released a nutrition book, ''The Wellness Remodel: A Guide to Rebooting How You Eat, Move, and Feed Your Soul'', with certified

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Cara Clark. The book includes 60 healthy recipes. In the book, Haack also discusses her health journey, including autoimmune disease diagnosis, struggles with infertility, and stress of going through a divorce while raising kids. On July 14, 2020, Haack announced she will be partnering with Spectra Furniture to create a

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line for the brand. The new line, Christina HOME, debuted in October 2020. In November 2021, Hall created a luxury vinyl flooring line, The Christina Collection, that features 21 different colors and styles.

Public image

During her career, Haack has been featured in numerous publications including ''

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,'' ''

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'' and the ''

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''. She has also appeared on the cover of ''

'' magazine and ''

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Personal life

Relationships and children

In October 2006, Haack began dating Tarek El Moussa, and the couple married in 2009. Their daughter was born in 2010 and their son was born in 2015. In 2013, Tarek was diagnosed with both

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and

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. When doctors recommended radiation treatment, the couple decided to bank Tarek's sperm and try in-vitro fertilization to have a second child. The first attempt failed and Christina suffered a miscarriage on the second try. She became pregnant with their son in 2015. In May 2016, the couple separated after an incident at their Southern California home. Tarek was found by the police on a nearby hiking trail and was in possession of a handgun. He maintained he was never suicidal and had simply gone for a hike, taking a gun to protect himself from wild animals. Tarek and Christina filed for divorce in 2017 and the divorce was finalized in January 2018. In November 2017, Haack began dating English television presenter

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. On December 22, 2018, she married Anstead at their

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home and officially took his surname. She gave birth to their son on September 6, 2019. They announced their separation on September 18, 2020, and she filed for divorce in November. She reverted to her maiden name. The divorce was finalized in June 2021. On April 28, 2022, Anstead filed for full custody of their son, accusing Haack of exploiting their son on social media. A judge later ruled that the couple would continue "to have joint legal and joint physical custody". In July 2021, ''People'' magazine announced that Haack was dating realtor Joshua Hall, and the couple got engaged that September. The couple privately married in October 2021. On April 5, 2022, media outlets reported that the couple married, and she took his surname. On September 3, 2022, the couple married a second time in Hawaii. On July 8, 2024, the couple separated and subsequently filed for divorce. In October 2024, Haack reverted to her maiden name as a result of her divorce from Hall.

Health

In December 2022, Haack said that she had undergone quantum biofeedback machine testing at an

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center, and the results showed she had been diagnosed with "mercury and lead poisoning", which she believed was caused by remodeling and flipping "gross" houses. She also believed her illnesses might be attributed to breast implants. In addition, she said that she had been diagnosed with

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which she intended to treat with herbs and intravenous treatments.

Filmography

Published works

* Anstead, Christina; Clark, Cara. ''The Wellness Remodel: A Guide to Rebooting How You Eat, Move, and Feed Your Soul'' (2020).

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References

External links

"HGTV's Flip or Flop"
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"Local couple star in HGTV reality show on flipping houses"
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