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Guest · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:28 am Post subject:

COLEEN: I HATE THOSE CONTROLLING DIETS.

MY book isn't an autobiography, I'm too young to write one of those. Instead it's the story of the last few years and all the experiences I've faced.

LIKE MY DAD SAYS, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR YOU

I'VE got friends who can just eat and eat whatever they want and stay the same shape.

Unfortunately, like most girls, I'm the total opposite. If I eat and eat and eat then, guess what, I put weight on!

So, sometimes I'll cut down a little and maybe exercise a bit more and, hey presto, I'll lose a few pounds.

My view is that as long as you are happy with your own shape then that's all that matters.

You can't let others determine how much you should weigh and what you should wear. The fact is that there are some fashions that look better on a slimmer figure but, like I've always said, "I'm me and I'll wear what I like and what I think I look good in."

I'm surrounded by family and close friends who'll tell me their opinion if they think I've put a bit of weight on.

If I turn to my eldest brother Joe, I know he'll be honest with me. I asked him recently whether I'd got bigger and he said, "Yeah, you looked like a stump when you were walking the other day!" We can't all be blessed with long legs like Gisele!I'm not and never have been one for fad diets. That's why I used to go to WeightWatchers with my mum.

It isn't a bad diet, it's not to do with starving yourself. Every now and again I'll go with my mum to the local church club at Queen Martyrs in Croxteth.

I prefer to go to a place where I'm surrounded by people I know and down there it's full of neighbours and friends I used to go to school with. Sometimes I'll go to the local sports centre and join a class. The last one I took was a body-combat class. I prefer a slimming diet that allows you to eat normal food as long as you don't overindulge. Not that I'm dieting all the time.

It's only recently that we've had a set of scales in the house and that's because Wayne decided to buy some so he could keep track of his own weight. I sometimes use them but I'm not obsessed.

I believe it's what you feel inside that counts, not what's on the scales. Instead, I'll rely on how I feel about myself, or how I feel inside my clothes.

I can't stand those diets that say you can't eat this and that. Like my dad says, "a little bit of everything is always good for you." All this talk of food is making me hungry!

During the week I'll aim to have cereal for breakfast - Cornflakes or Sugar Puffs - with semi-skimmed milk. Then for lunch I'll have a salad or a sandwich, although I hate buying sandwiches because they put loads of rubbish in them.

At Mum's maybe I'll have soup or spaghetti hoops, just on their own, warmed up. Then in the evening I'll try to have a proper meal with Wayne. When it gets to Friday, I'll often go round to my friends' houses and start picking at stuff.

On the Saturday after a night out it's difficult to avoid eating rubbish. If I'm out shopping with mates in Liverpool on the Saturday then we might pick up a butty or a McDonald's on the way home.

I've got to admit that I can't resist the taste of McDonald's. I think my cravings date back to when I was a kid and my favourite game was playing "shop" with this huge toy drive-through McDonald's.

Mum's still got it now, somewhere up in the loft. She says she wants to keep it in case she has grandchildren!

Wayne just likes me in normal gear.. he's not big on me showing a lot of flesh off

MY book isn't an autobiography, I'm too young to write one of those. Instead it's the story of the last few years and all the experiences I've faced.

Hopefully I'll be able to tell you what it's really been like living in the spotlight while trying to stay true to myself and my background.

It really has been every young girl's dream come true. And the book's as much about my life as it is my love of fashion, style and beauty. And, of course, shopping!

I'm no longer the 16-year-old seen in the papers walking to school in that knee-length puffa jacket.

I'm 20 now and I've grown up inside and out. Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman once wrote that I was "a phenomenon of our time". I'm not sure I'd go that far but I do love fashion.

Wayne prefers me in casual jeans and a T-shirt. Mind, he has also said that my bum looks massive in my Juicy tracksuit, but I don't take any notice!

He likes me in normal gear. He's not big on me showing off a lot of flesh. If I do wear something sexier he becomes Mr Fashion Expert! "I can see your knickers through that," he'll say. And his ultimate tactic is: "'Ask your dad."

Not long ago, I'd been invited to a Childline charity do and I had on a sheer white dress. My dad made such a big fuss that I borrowed one of my mum's underskirts.

Trouble was, I had to chop a few inches off the bottom. All night, frayed cotton was dangling down and I had to keep burning it off with a lighter!

MY SIX GOLDEN RULES OF FASHION

1 NEVER be afraid to experiment. An item of clothing will never hurt anyone.

2 THE more money you spend doesn't necessarily mean the more style you buy.

Team up designer with high street and a touch of vintage.

3 ACCESSORIZE! Accessorize! Accessorize! That doesn't mean go all bling, but you can change the accent of an outfit just by adding a simple scarf or necklace.

4 BE true to yourself. Don't be a fashion victim, wear what suits you no matter what the magazines say this season.

5 LESS is more. Don't go trying to over-dress in everyday situations. You can look good without looking like you've just stepped out of the pages of a magazine.

6 HAVE fun. If you look in the mirror and like what you see then that's the only compliment you need.

MY PET HATES

1 VERY short skirts with high heels. Unless your name happens to be Beyonce and you are singing Crazy In Love you have no excuse. It's not sexy.

2 VISIBLE thongs above trousers' waistbands. The modern-day female equivalent of builder's bum. Very unattractive.

3 SEEING double. If you are appearing on Strictly Come Dancing then fine, but otherwise girlfriends and boyfriends should not wear matching out fit s. Unless they're six years old, in which case it's officially cute.

4 CLEAVAGE overload. Message to all those girls who take their fashion tips from men's magazines: keep them hidden and keep them guessin'.

5 SILLY hats. Riding hats and clown cones are good for fancy dress, but never mistake eccentricity for individuality.

Guest · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:38 am Post subject:

Coleen porn movie shock

21/02/07

SHOCKED Coleen McLoughlin has told how Wayne Rooney went wild when the couple were tricked into watching porn.

The fiery footballer flipped when one of his younger brothers played the X-rated prank on one of Wayne’s first dates with Coleen.

Wayne’s brother slipped the blue movie on the end of a taped episode of Footballers’ Wives.

The lovebirds, both then 16, were stunned.

Then Wayne rushed into his brother’s bedroom and bashed him with the tape.

The rising footie star and Coleen had asked Wayne’s mum to record the programme for them.

“The programme finished and the next thing we know we’re staring at some porn video,” Coleen revealed.

“I was just sitting there not knowing what to do. Next thing, Wayne ran into his brother’s bedroom and started whacking him round the head with the tape. Wayne’s brother had stitched us up.”

Her saucy confession came as DJ Chris Moyles, 32, told Radio 1 listeners yesterday: “I really fancy Coleen. She is so slutty.”

He admitted the crush after hearing how Wayne, 21, had once rescued her naked from the sea when a current pulled her bikini off.

Coleen, 20, admitted her love of junk food has left her with every WAG’s worst nightmare – cellulite on her bum.

“I’ve always had a bum. Even if I went dead skinny it’d still be there. The bum runs in the family,” she said.

Her cellulite-busting routine includes lying on the floor and doing “weird” cheek-clenching exercises.

Guest · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:40 am Post subject:

Coleenation St

20/02/07

COLEEN McLoughlin is set to become the new face of Coronation Street without even appearing in it.

Football ace Wayne Rooney’s fiancée could hit the screen before every episode after Asda emerged as red-hot favourite to be the soap’s new sponsors.

Coleen, 20, has a £3 million contract to be the face of the supermarket chain’s George clothing range.

Insiders say she could star in Asda ads before every Corrie episode, replacing Cadbury’s range of chocolate products.

And that would make her the most often-seen celebrity on British telly.

According to marketing sources Asda has won the battle to become Corrie’s next sponsor.

Bosses have targeted the £10m-a-year contract as part of a new drive to be seen as a “common sense” retailer.

They believe being linked with Britain’s most watched soap will help them fight off Sainsbury’s bid to overtake them in the UK supermarket league table.

Asda currently lies second behind Tesco with a 16.8% slice of Britain’s
grocery business. But Sainsbury’s market share is 16.5% and rising.

And a company source said: “The pressure is on to first of all fend off Sainsbury’s and secondly close the gap on Tesco. The sponsorship of Coronation Street has been earmarked as a major opportunity to unite two of Britain’s leading household names.

“It is widely perceived Cadbury’s sponsorship has been massively beneficial to the company both in terms of raising its profile and its products.

“We believe that Asda could benefit in a similar way. Coleen is regarded as one of the company’s biggest weapons.

“She could end up with the most watched face on British TV!”

Official bidding for the sponsorship is due to start next month.

But a senior marketing source said last night: “As far as the industry is concerned Asda is Corrie’s new sponsor.

“They wanted it and we believe they have got it.”

Guest · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:31 am Post subject:

Coleen's fashion gaffes exposed

When Coleen McLoughlin announced she was writing a style manual, cynics questioned whether an advocate of rabbit fur shoes and neon yellow moon boots was ideally placed to dispense sartorial advice.

Which may explain why the Liverpudlian appears to favour the 'do I as I say, not as I do' approach to fashion.

Day-glo Coleen was known as a 'chav' for her street outfits

So, admirable though her sartorial tips undoubtedly are, the 20-year-old fiancee of Wayne Rooney herself regularly ignores them.

Advising readers not be "fashion victims", Miss McLoughlin seems to have forgotten all about her fluorescent Marc Jacob moon boots and matching puffa jacket.

Where on earth did you get that jacket Coleen?

Or, indeed, her infamous velour Juicy Couture tracksuits - the very same tracksuits, in fact, that once earned her the sobriquet, queen of the Chavs.

In another embarrassing faux pas, she instructs readers to "experiment", adding that an "item of clothing will never hurt anyone".

Try telling that to the seven rabbits that died in the making of her £260 Mukluk fur boots.

Looking casual in a velour tracksuit - but it's a fashion no-no

While Miss McLoughlin certainly sticks to the motto, 'have fun', she cannot always be happy with what she sees in the mirror.

She cannot, for example, be thrilled at photographs of her multicoloured padded jacket, unflattering, baggy tracksuit bottoms, and large carrier bag combo.

Similarly, one of her pet hates - "visible thongs above waistbands" is again something she herself as been guilty of.

At last summer's World Cup, she was spotted hitching up her jeans, struggling to hide an all too visible knicker line.

Another of her dislikes, "cleavage overload", is also an unfortunate oversight.

While her individual sense of style has improved over the past four years, Miss McLoughlin is not adverse to exposing rather too much decolletage.

Her final pet hate - the wearing of "silly hats" - is also a little strange given that the model and face of Asda attended a party last summer, wearing an elegant three-tiered rara skirt - teamed with a ridiculous, eight-inch high flowered hairpiece.

Despite such glaring contradictions, Miss McLoughlin will still be dishing out lifestyle and fashion advice as part of a lucrative seven figure deal with ITV to host a new Saturday night show.

Her latest book, however, looks set to net the former council estate girl a small fortune.

It is just one of several million pound-plus deals that she has secured over the past 18 months.

Since shedding her 'Chav' tag, Miss McLoughlin has brought out a fitness DVD and become the face of brands including Diet Coke, Nike, George at Asda and LG.

Of course, she is not the first WAG - wife and girlfriend of a footballer - to go against her own sartorial advice.

Victoria Beckham, in her recent coffee table style manual, contradicted herself throughout her glossy tome.

Coleen's Golden Rules and Pet Hates:

1) Never be afraid to experiment. An item of clothing will never hurt anyone.

2) Be true to yourself; don't be a fashion victim. Wear what suits you no matter what the magazines say this season.

3) Have fun. If you look in the mirror and like what you see then that's the only compliment you need.

4) Visible thongs above trousers' waistbands. The modern-day female equivalent of builder's bum. Very unattractive.

5) Cleavage overload. Message to all those girls who take their fashion tips from men's magazines: keep them hidden and keep them guessin'.

6) Silly hats. Riding hats and clown cones are good for fancy dress but never mistake eccentricity for individuality.

www.mailonsunday.co.uk

Guest · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:50 am Post subject:

Colleen's joke on us

If it's all a game — and many swear blind it is — Wayne Rooney's girlfriend Coleen McLoughlin has won the gold for exploiting our addiction to celebrity.

It turns out that her acting career consisted of a single line of dialogue in Hollyoaks. Now fast forward to the deals with Coca-Cola, Nike and Asda, worth £3.5million, not to mention the autobiography and fitness DVD.

Her skill is in presenting herself as the sweet side of the Rooney product: the redeeming counterweight to his belligerence, his outlaw scowl.

Convention dictates that we should crowbar them into the showbiz marriage category, and wait for them to explode like Paul and Heather McCartney.

This is too jaundiced for me, because they have one crucial advantage. They became entwined long before Rooney was famous. Coleen benefits greatly from the association, but that was not her starting point.

If it's one big comedy of image projection, the joke's on us, not her.

Guest · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:28 am Post subject:

Colleen mobi is top WAG gadget

February 22, 2007

A MOBILE phone, endorsed by Colleen McCloughlin, has been named the WAG gadget of the year.

The LG Chocolate handset - so called because it looks like a bar of the sweet stuff - took the coveted gong while another phone, from top Italian designer Roberto Cavalli, was named runner-up.

The awards were hosted by Shiny Media, which runs leading gadget websites techdigest.tv and shinyshiny.tv, and editor Katie Lee said: "The Chocolate phone has great looks and good functionality – it's the epitome of what WAGs stand for!"

Other big winners at the technology event held in London last night included the Nintendo Wii, which trumped all the opposition including Apple's iPod Nano to win European Gadget of the Year.

The category was voted on by more than 5,000 gizmo fans from the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and France.

In another twist on the usual awards format, an MP3 music player made by Samsung was crowned ASBO gadget of the year - thanks to its pullout speaker allowing music to be pumped out loudly from it on the train or bus.

Boss of Shiny Media Ashley Norris said: "It was a great idea putting decent speakers on a tiny MP3 player but we do fear some bus passengers may suffer from these powerful speakers if the current trend of playing music on tinny mobile phone speakers is anything to go by.

"But I suspect some ASBO owners will prefer our runner-up, those Heely trainers with wheels in the bottom. They are ideal for, ahem, quick getaways."

Also recognised by the judges were The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Game of the Year), Sky for Best High Definition TV Contribution and the low power Evesham Crusader Carbonthree PC which was named Green Gadget of the Year.

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject:

COLEEN STAR PALS WARNING

FRIENDS attending Coleen McLoughlin’s 21st birthday party have been told not to embarrass her by asking celebrity pals for autographs.

The invite for Coleen’s bash tells them they will be unable to use their phones to take pictures or video.

To make sure, they are being confiscated on arrival at Thornton Manor, in Wirral, Merseyside.

The 300-strong guest list includes Girls Aloud, Take That, David and Victoria Beckham, former Atomic Kittens Liz McLarnon and Natasha Hamilton and US rap star P Diddy.

There are also dozens of footballers.

But scores of friends from the Croxteth estate in Liverpool — where Coleen and fiance Wayne Rooney, 21, grew up — are also on the guest list.

The exquisite lilac and pink invitation cards tell them not to SEEK autographs, CARRY mobiles, TAKE photos or RECORD videos.

The card says: “We ask guests to refrain from using any recording equipment. To comply with this all such items must be submitted to security on arrival.”