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 British 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. On her wedding certificate published in The Sun, McLoughlin bizarrely claimed that her profession was a 'Journalist'.

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.

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

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

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. 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. It also has seven plasma screen TVs and a £30,000 state-of-the-art security system. It was reported that Wayne and McLoughlin are going to get married in 2008 after Euro 2008. However, McLoughlin later denied this, stating that she was currently too busy planning her 21st birthday party to think about a wedding. McLoughlin has always been very supportive of Wayne, even when he was found visiting prostitutes.

Their wedding will take place on the summer of 2008 and they have already sold rights to the pictures. The couple will be paid 2.5 million pounds for the exclusive wedding information and pictures.

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 suffers from the genetic condition. The Rett Syndrome Association is one of the benefiting charities of Jeans for Genes Day 2005.

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.

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. 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.

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 Secrets.

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

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

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

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. Editor Alexandra Shulman defended the magazine's decision, calling McLoughlin "beautiful" and praising her "brilliant sense of style". 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.

Coleen Rooney (geb. McLoughlin; geboren 3 April 1986 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) ist die Ehefrau von Manchester United FC und England Fußball star Wayne Rooney. Sie war auch eine der prominentesten WAGs während der Fußball-WM 2006.

Rooney und die schöne Coleen

Der wilde Wunderstürmer Wayne Rooney und seine sexy Freundin Coleen sorgen in England für fast genauso viele Schlagzeilen wie Becks und Posh.

Wayne Rooney und Coleen McLoughlin gelten in England als die neuen Beckhams: Im Sommer wird das Paar heiraten - und lässt die Originale plötzlich ganz alt aussehen.

Der Countdown läuft: Bald hat England ein neues Power-Paar. Denn wenn Fußballstar Wayne Rooney, 22, und seine Verlobte Coleen McLoughlin, 22, Mitte Juni vor den Traualtar treten, sollten sich Victoria, 34, und David Beckham, 32, warm anziehen. Schließlich gilt die Heirat der beiden schon jetzt als das Highlight des Jahres.