Coleen McLoughlin | Wayne Rooney fiance

Coleen McLoughlin

Profession: Footballer's girlfriend
Place/Date of Birth: Liverpool, 03 April 2020
Assiociated with: Wayne Rooney

"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)

The stylish WAG posed for photographers in a short, low-cut cream dress and black tights.

The renowned shopaholic was attending Closer’s fourth birthday party at Pangaea nightclub in Piccadilly, central London - she has a column in the weekly magazine.

Also at the bash were TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson and former Big Brother star Jade Goody, who looked glamorous in a royal blue dress and black belt.

The Big Brother contingent were out in force - BB5 star Michelle Bass, opting for plunging pink, was joined by some of this year’s contestants at the party.

Welsh beauty queen Imogen Thomas turned up in thigh-high boots and a silver short-sleeved sweater dress, while Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace chose a more casual look, wearing a white vest and distressed denim miniskirt.

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Biography

The daughter of Tony, a bricklayer, and Colette, a nursery nurse, Coleen McLoughlin was raised in the rough Liverpool suburb of Croxteth. One of four children, she has two younger brothers, Joe and Anthony, and a sister, Rosie, who suffers from the condition Rett’s Syndrome.

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

July 2007