From WAGs to Riches
Reality shows soaked in scandal, paparazzi at every turn, those ridiculously expensive shopping sprees and chiselled hubbies… footballer wives and girlfriends, whom the Brits refer to as WAGs, seemingly have it all.
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Holidays in Sardinia and Ibiza are a luxury for footballer Peter Crouch and his belle, 23-year-old Abbey Clancy. But things got quite scandalous for the pair in August after the British press claimed Crouch spent a drunken night out in the arms of at least two other women in France while on holiday.Holding Court
Wife of tennis pro Roger Federer, Mirka Vavrinec, tries her hardest to stay out of the press. Though not much is known about her, it is said that she’s a tough cookie and is the one who really rules the roost. How’s that for a backhand?Model Sportsman
She’s admitted to the Daily Mail that she’s not a fan of soccer, but Irina Shayk — of model girlfriend £80 million football megastar Cristiano Ronaldo — can’t help but be a stylish WAG. Her it-girlfriend status catapulted her to prominence, and one need only look to her recent raunchy GQ spread.
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Kendra Wilkinson famously shared Playboy head honcho Hugh Hefner with two other women, now she’s got Minnesota Vikings pro baller Hank Baskett all to herself. A reality show and bundle of joy later, the pair is still going strong.
Following her brutal breakup with fellow R&B star Chris Brown, Bajan beauty Rihanna decided to look for love not on the stage but rather on the pitch…she found Major League Baseball player Matt Kemp…and whether she’s a brunette, blond or redhead, her boy toy is never far from her side.
Charlotte Church is the sweet soprano who landed British rugby player Gavin Henson. The couple share more than just two children…try an £800,000 yacht.
With a story not unlike the Beckhams, Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole married Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy in 2006. Like Victoria ‘Posh’ Beckham, this WAG enjoys various stints on reality TV and is most notably the judge of the hugely successful The X Factor. In February of this year news broke that her husband was an alleged philanderer and the couple split shortly thereafter. But even divorce is a fab affair when you’re a WAG, the couple have a £35 million empire between them…Mrs Cole walked away with £11.5 million.
Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Kim Kardashian loves her a ball player, no surprise then that she loves being New Orleans Saints’ Reggie Bush’s main squeeze. Though the couple have since parted ways, they remain one of North America’s most popular sports star-screen siren pair.
She’s a Spice Girl and he, an English Premier League Adonis: David and Victoria Beckham’s union is a match made in tabloid heaven. ‘Mrs Becks’ has used her popstar-cum-WAG status to position herself as an international fashion icon with a successful clothing line and endorsements aplenty.
‘Man U’ striker Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen are arguably this week’s most buzzed about couple. For, having forgiven him for allegedly cheating on her with prostitutes a second time, England is now looking to this WAG as she is considered pivotal influence in whether or not the 25-yearold footballer from England transfers to Real Madrid.