Coleen McLoughlin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Image:Broom icon.svg

This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (November 2007)

Coleen Mary McLoughlin (born 3 April, 1986 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is the fiancée 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 English tabloids amidst accusations of doing nothing but shopping all day and frequently holidaying in sunny locations. She is therefore viewed by some as a quintessential "footballer's wife". She was also one of the more prominent WAGs during the 2006 World Cup.

Contents 1 Early Life 2 Life with Wayne 3 Charity work 4 Media work 5 Shopping Habits 6 References 7 External links

[edit] 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. Coleen 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 Irish suburb of Croxteth. They 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 famously 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]

[edit] Life with Wayne

Wayne proposed to Coleen 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 Cheshire, complete with a pink-tiled swimming pool, a Dallas-themed living room, 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.^[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 will take place on the summer of 2008, presumably in an Italian castle.They have already sold rights to the pictures.

[edit] Charity work

In 2004, McLoughlin officially launched the countdown to the national Jeans for Genes Day in celebration of the appeal's 10th birthday. She said: "I can't wait to wear my jeans on Friday. My little sister Rosie has Rett syndrome, so I know how important research is. Please join in!" McLoughlin's sister (aged eight) suffers from the genetic condition. The Rett Syndrome Association is one of the benefiting charities of Jeans for Genes Day 2005.^[11]

[edit] 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] Since her decision to write the column it has boosted the magazine sales. She has decided to take this job up as it combines her passions of fashion and journalism.

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.

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, of 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 bible 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 Secrets.^[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 £6 million. ^[20]

Coleen is about to start a TV show Coleen's Real Women to be aired by ITV which aims to put real women into high profile advertising and modelling jobs.

Coleen has launched her own fragrance "Coleen x" as part of a 10 year contract with French cosmetic company Robertet.

[edit] 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] Many 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 reminissent of other fashion queens of the similar genre, including Lilly Allen and Lady Sovereign. She told a newspaper in an interview that she "just wants to be myself and for everyone to accept it even if they don't want to accept it because they don't like it even though they should like it if they have any sense at all" furthering her argument she promises that 'hubby' Wayne Rooney will "batter" and "mash up" anyone who doesn't appreciate her tastes, and slanders her new perfume and cosmetics. One of McLoughlin's most vocal detractors has been the talk show host Paul O'Grady, who has denounced her as being "famous for doing nothing" and has told her to "go and get a bloody job".^[23] McLoughlin has often offended animal lovers with her wardrobe of fur and snakeskin items, claiming that the animal lovers are overlooking the animals primary reason for existence to make clothing, she asserted that "these animals were put here for a reason, and if you don't understand that, then go to Primark, because you're probably just jealous". ^[24]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Coleen McLoughlin's perfume launch