A high school cheerleader turned single mother, Farrah Abraham is one of four young girls featured on the reality show Teen Mom. Born May 31, 1992, the Iowa native welcomed daughter Sophia in February 2009. Her ex-boyfriend Derek Underwood died in a car accident two months before the Sophia was born. MTV cameras followed the aspiring model as she struggled to balance motherhood, work, culinary classes and a social life. Her troubled relationship with her mom, Debra Danielson, was also a focal point of the series. Abraham appears alongside Amber Portwood, Catelynn Lowell and Maci Bookout on the MTV series.

In May 2013, Vivid Entertainment released a sex tape featuring Abraham having sex with porn star James Deen. It has been reported that Abraham sold the footage, which was intended to be marketed as a "leaked" celebrity sex tape, to Vivid Entertainment for $1.5 million.