Coleen McLoughlin
- Profession: Footballer's girlfriend
- Place/Date of Birth: Liverpool, 03 April 2020
- Associated with: Wayne Rooney
But it’s not the first time the famous Wag has proved that there’s more to her than shopping and partying - not that she’s not good at those too.
She’s already produced a fitness video, writes a weekly magazine column and has done various modelling jobs - including appearing in fashion bible Vogue.
In May, publishers HarperCollins reportedly offered Coleen a £1 million deal to write a fashion and lifestyle book, just like Wag Queen Victoria Beckham and most recently there’s been talk of her having her own TV show.
Coleen the new Cilla? - Nov 27 2006
WAG Coleen McLoughlin has been signed up as the new face of Saturday night TV, according to reports.
After months of rumours, Coleen is finally negotiating a deal with ITV to become the new Cilla Black, according to the Daily Mail.
Wayne Rooney’s fiancee looks set to land £1.5m to front a fashion and lifestyle show, which will see her giving advice to the public.
It will be launched in the spring, and Coleen, 20, will apparently publish a "style bible" at the same time.
"Ever since Cilla left ITV in 2003, the station has been desperate to find their new queen of Saturday night," a source told the paper.
"They feel that a format based around someone like Coleen who people can relate to in the same way as they did Cilla would be ratings gold. They think she has that star quality while at the same time having absolutely no pretence."
The Liverpudlian WAG has very little TV presenting experience but became a fashion icon when she ditched her old tracksuits and replaced them with designer togs.
But that doesn’t mean Coleen always gets it right in the style stakes, even if she is set to give fashion advice to the rest of us - she was pictured yesterday sporting two belts over a white shirt and a pair of trousers so long they completely covered her feet.
Wag store burgled - Nov 24 2005
It’s the worst possible news for Coleen McLoughlin, Alex Curran et al - their favourite shop Cricket has been burgled.
More than £70,000 of designer handbags, shoes and dresses were stolen from the boutique, police confirmed.
Burglars are thought to have raided the Liverpool-based shop in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and made off from with a selection of designer goods - including 20 right-footed boots.
A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said officers were alerted by door staff from a nearby nightclub at around 4.20am.
Detectives investigating the break-in are examining CCTV footage of the incident.
The store is a favourite with many of the Wags, including Coleen, as well as a lot of the footballers’ wives who live in nearby Cheshire.
And the rivalry to be style queen has even led some of them to phone up and make sure outfits are put aside before the other wives can buy them.
So the news is sure to hit them hard - and they can’t even enjoy a spot of retail therapy to cheer them up.
Chin up girls, there’ll be more bags in stock soon.
Coleen takes a Closer look - Sept 26, 2020
Coleen McLoughlin turned on the style when she joined stars celebrating the birthday of women’s magazine Closer. (see images)
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Coleen met aspiring footballer Wayne Rooney at St John Bosco Catholic school where, she says, he pestered her in to going out with him by constantly asking ’are you gonna ring me?’ Their first date is reported to have been at the local cinema, where they watched Austin Powers 2. Although Coleen left school with a respectable ten GCSEs and aspirations to become an actress (she had starred in school productions of Grease and Bugsy Malone), by this time she had become something of a celebrity as Wayne became one of England’s most famous young footballers.
Tabloid excitement followed as Coleen shopped ’til she dropped, forgave Wayne an ill advised dalliance with a prostitute, accepted a proposal on a petrol station forecourt then threw her £46,000 ring in to the otter enclosure at the zoo. By the time she was 18 Coleen was one of the most photographed women in the country and her developing style had won her legions of fans.
Before long Coleen had no need to spend her boyfriend’s money - she had amassed a fortune of £5.5m of her own through sponsorship deals, writing her own column for Closer, modelling for Asda (whom she is also in talks to design a range for), and a deal to write her own book, Welcome to My World. Meanwhile she has challenged public perception through a presenting stint on Tonight With Trevor McDonald in which she spoke about Rett’s Syndrome.
Coleen, who lives in Cheshire, will reportedly marry Wayne in 2008.
updated March 2007
November 2007