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Coleen Rooney
Born
Coleen Mary McLoughlin
Other namesColeen McLoughlin,
Coleen Rooney
Occupation(s)Model, Writer
SpouseWayne Rooney (2008—)

Coleen Mary Rooney (née McLoughlin) (born 3 April, 1986 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is the wife of Manchester United F.C. and England football star Wayne Rooney. The media interest in Rooney has enabled Coleen to become a celebrity in her own right. She regularly appears in the British tabloids amidst accusations of doing nothing but shopping all day and frequently holidaying in sunny locations. She is therefore viewed by some[who?] as a quintessential "footballer's wife". She was also one of the more prominent WAGs during the 2006 World Cup.

Early life

Coleen Mary McLoughlin was born to Tony, who was a bricklayer and ran a boxing club, and Colette, who was a nursery nurse. She is one of four children. Coleen is the oldest, followed by her brothers Joe and Anthony and then her sister Rosie, who has been diagnosed with Rett Syndrome. She met Wayne Rooney when she was 12 and when they lived in the same Liverpool suburb of Croxteth. They supposedly began a relationship at the age of 16, when in their final year of secondary school.

Wayne's mother, Jeanette, worked as a part-time cleaner at St John Bosco, the Catholic school Coleen attended.[1]

Rooney took McLoughlin to the cinema to see Austin Powers 2 on their first date. [2]

McLoughlin left school with 11 GCSEs, including an A* for Performing Arts.[3] She has long harboured dreams of becoming an actress, having starred in high school productions of Bugsy Malone and Grease.[4]

Life with Wayne Rooney

Rooney proposed to McLoughlin on the forecourt of a BP garage in October 2003 when she was 17, presenting her with a £46,500 diamond engagement ring.[5] Later that year, she left school on completing her A-levels and landed a small part in Hollyoaks, the Merseyside television soap. “I was getting offered acting parts and I couldn’t take them because of my school work,” she said. The couple, dubbed Wayleen, moved into a new £1.3m mansion in nearby Formby. They now live in a £3.5 million mansion in Prestbury, Cheshire, complete with a cinema, gym and games room and American diner-themed kitchen.[6] It also has seven plasma screen TVs and a £30,000 state-of-the-art security system.[7] It was reported that Wayne and McLoughlin are going to get married in 2008 after Euro 2008, for which England did not eventually qualify.[8] However, McLoughlin later denied this, stating that she was currently too busy planning her 21st birthday party to think about a wedding.[9] McLoughlin has always been very supportive of Wayne, even when he was found visiting prostitutes.[10]

Their wedding took place on 12 June 2008 and they sold rights to the pictures. The couple was paid £2.5 million for the exclusive wedding information and pictures.[11]

Media work

McLoughlin has her own column in the celebrity magazine Closer entitled "Welcome to My World", for which she earns up to £100,000.[12]

McLoughlin tried her hand at presenting, when in May 2006, she assisted Sir Trevor McDonald on his show Tonight with Trevor McDonald in a programme about genetic Rett syndrome, a cause obviously close to her heart.

She won the Ariel high street fashion award (as voted for by the public) for 'Best Dressed Female', turning up to the event in a Topshop dress.[13] She presented awards at the ELLE Style awards, Television awards and also presented an award to Best Dressed Female at Aintree in which she handed out the prizes, which included a shopping bag from McLoughlin's favourite store, Liverpool boutique Cricket.[14]

McLoughlin was paid £500,000 to be the face of the LG Chocolate mobile phone advertising campaign. She has a £1.5 million deal with Nike Women Sportswear, a £2 million arrangement with Harper Collins to write a style jokebook and a £1.5 million deal to be the face of Asda. She was also been paid £150,000 to make a documentary about her upbringing called Coleen's Mimsy.[15]

McLoughlin has an exercise DVD on sale in the UK, entitled Coleen McLoughlin's Brand New Body Workout, which became a bestseller.[16] For the DVD she was paid £250,000.[17]

She was paid £3 million to front the George at Asda campaign.[18]

McLoughlin's autobiography, "Welcome to My World", was released in March.[19] She now has a wealth of over £8 million. [20]

Currently, Coleen hosts the ITV2 programme Coleen's Real Women in which she tries to get 'real women' who aren't typical size zero models to be the cover girls for big brands such as Avon. The series is currently being aired in the UK but is being put on a hold during her honeymoon with Wayne. The second series will start when she returns.

Shopping habits

A famed shopaholic, McLoughlin's keen eye for her colourful, eye-catching ensembles have marked her out as a style icon in some quarters, although in other circles she is seen as a fashion victim. McLoughlin caused some controversy after being chosen to appear in British Vogue. Some people felt that she was unworthy of such a celebrity status.[21] Editor Alexandra Shulman defended the magazine's decision, calling McLoughlin "beautiful" and praising her "brilliant sense of style".[22] Most fashion insiders are still critical of her sense of style to date and still see her as a "Chav" and not an icon of style, despite the praise by the known fashion connoisseur English tabloids in which she regularly appears. She claims that her style is reminiscent of other fashion queens of the similar genre, including Lily Allen and Lady Sovereign, both of whom have demonstrated that their careers have genuine staying power.

References

  1. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article381985.ece?token=null&offset=12 Timesonline.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  2. ^ http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329541274-102280,00.html Observer.guardian.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  3. ^ http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article755983.ece Women.timesonline.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  4. ^ http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005082450,00.html Thesun.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  5. ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/latest/tm_method=full%26objectid=18641761%26siteid=89520-name_page.html Mirror.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  6. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=361238&in_page_id=1773 Dailymail.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  7. ^ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16499589&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=room-with-aview--name_page.html Dailymail.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  8. ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_method=full%26objectid=18641795%26siteid=89520-name_page.html Mirror.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  9. ^ http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku=1397 Retrieved on 05-01-07
  10. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/3588112.stm News.bbc.co.uk etrieved on 05-01-07
  11. ^ "Wayne and Coleen 'marry in Italy'". BBC. 12 June 2008.
  12. ^ http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/01/cx_po_soccerwives_slide_11.html%3Epartner=msnbc Forbes.com Retrieved on 05-01-07
  13. ^ http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/lifestyle-fashion/18752004.htm?news_unid=1875 Femalefirst.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  14. ^ http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006160328,00.html Thesun.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  15. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=418783&in_page_id=1773 Dailymail.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  16. ^ http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk/asda/8475083.product Asda.entertainment.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  17. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=418783&in_page_id=1773 Dailymail.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  18. ^ http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23038527-details/Coleen+returns+to+day+job/article.do;jsessionid=xjKZFz0TGvhvK19N9QR44nM11WMjqDHwGyGQpTqtG6t64SvHj7D9!-1412444213 Thisislondon.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  19. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0007236182 Amazon.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  20. ^ http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/coleenmcloughlin/ Hellomagazine.com Retrieved on 05-01-07
  21. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1572329,00.html Timesonline.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
  22. ^ http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html%3Fin_article_id=28410&in_page_id=7&in_a_source= Metro.co.uk Retrieved on 05-01-07
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