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Coleen McLoughlin isn’t just Wayne Rooney’s fiancé. She’s using her sudden brush with fame to make the most of her love of clothes – as the face of George at Asda.
Forget everything you’ve ever read about celebrities looking totally different in the flesh from their photographs: Coleen McLoughlin looks exactly the same. Smooth tan skin, butterscotch hair in a ponytail and white teeth – she wouldn’t look out of place in a fifth-year netball team. This rude healthiness, which she’s never managed to hide behind oversize Mukluk boots and neon Juicy Couture tracksuits, is part of her appeal. She somehow feels within reach, a cheery antidote to the savage chic of some tabloid darlings.

But what you don’t get of Coleen from those paparazzi snaps is her voice. It sums her up: a warm Liverpool lilt, punctuated regularly with a throaty Scouse “erm,” that suggests a friendliness and also that she’s down to earth and utterly comfortable in her own skin. “I’ve always been very secure and confident in myself, even when I was a schoolgirl in Liverpool,” she says.

These qualities have taken her a long way. The 20-year-old is forging a career away from her hot-headed footballer fiancé’s side. She writes a column for Closer magazine and has a book in the pipeline – but it’s in the fashion stakes that she’s really emerging as a force in her own right. With a Vogue photo shoot and a Marie Claire cover under her belt, her more colourful, much-publicised fashion mistakes have been replaced with a sleek, elegant look. To cement her rise into the fashion firmament, this autumn she’s the new face of the “Must Have” range by George at Asda.

It’s an inspired choice. Not only is Coleen best known for loving clothes (and shopping for them), but her aura of accessibility makes her perfect to advertise a range that does catwalk looks at supermarket prices. “It was our local supermarket. We all always did the weekly shop there and I had bought lots from George when I was a kid, so me mam’s made up.”

Although Coleen seems refreshingly normal, the whole PR engine surrounding her is not. After I arrive, I’m kept in a different room as the shoot takes place, so that I don’t put her off. When we do speak, hours later, her fierce, protective senior publicist sits in on the interview, rebutting any questions about Wayne or WAGs with a firm, “Not going there.”

Despite the experimentation, a consistent look does emerge: an unabashedly coiffed, label-heavy northern chic that she’s proud to admit to. “Girls in the North do dress very differently from those in the south. The style in Liverpool is just unbelievable. If you walk through the town centre on a Saturday afternoon you’ll see so many lovely girls. I’ve known people who come up from London and go out in their jeans and feel really out of place. We’ve got the ‘eye’ up North. No matter how little money you have, you can still look fabulous.” Lots of money can’t do any harm, of course – occasional comments make you realise that she really is shopping in a different league to the rest of us. When I ask her about trips abroad, she says that she enjoys shopping in different cities but that “Prada is the same everywhere”. And her favourite fashion moment may have been wearing a vintage dress to the National Television Awards, but it was the accessories that made it. “Chopard lent me nearly a million pounds of jewellery and I had a security guard with me for the whole night, so that made me feel that bit more special. The earrings weighed half a pound alone – I don’t know why they didn’t fly off, we were dancing around so much.”

Coleen obviously adores glamour, but says, “I’m more of a girlie girl than a sexy girl.” She isn’t really one for make-up, eschewing even mascara in the day. And contrary to WAG lore, she never uses fake tan. “I’m just lucky to get a really good colour after a week in the sun.” Her only concession to the footballer’s wife stereotype is the long extensions that snake down her back, but even then, she admits to getting a bit of home help. “Wayne’s cousin is really good, she does my hair sometimes.” This no-nonsense approach extends to her body image as much as personal grooming.

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COLEEN SO HAPPY WITH PSYCHIC READING

COLEEN McLOUGHLIN has a rosy future with fiance WAYNE ROONEY - it's in the stars.

Scouser Coleen got a personal reading from psychic HONOR BROXAP last week.

And judging by her reaction, wedding bells will be ringing out soon - with several little Roos to follow. Or maybe the Tarot cards were just predicting a new Fendi handbag!

One onlooker at London's trendy Pangaea club revealed: "They were nose to nose for ages and Coleen was entranced by what Honor was saying.

"At one point Coleen jumped up and squealed before dashing over to her friend who was in the VIP area."

The friend was Wayne's cousin CLAIRE, who had her own reading later.

Shopaholic Coleen and Man U and England ace Wayne, both 20, got engaged two years ago. And they've made no secret of their desire to start a family.

Honor told ViP she asked to speak to Coleen after getting messages from the spirit world for her.

She said: "Coleen's a delightful young lady. I like her energy very much."

She wouldn't reveal details. But our Gypsy Rose Debbie and Psychic Alice have their own forecast for Coleen...

WE see a tall dark stranger entering your life. But his nose is bleeding so maybe Wayne has belted him.

YOU will be seen carrying a new handbag that no-one else has got - not even your Poshest rival.

SOMEONE called George will make you very rich. That Asda be good news.

EURO due for a trip to Austria. We hear cheers - from Viennese shopkeepers.

WAYNE sees red when Chelsea top the Premiership in 2007 and 2008. Ah well, you can still go to Topshop's sale.

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WAYNE ROONEY insists he would never dive — because he is too honest.

The Manchester United and England striker underlined his determination to stay on his feet during games — even if a growing number of players around him are dropping like flies.

He said: “I’d never dive. I’d like to think of myself as an honest player. That’s the way I play. I don’t like diving, football doesn’t need it.”

Roo is itching to get back on England duty this weekend after his suspension for the red card he received at the World Cup against Portugal.

Rooney, 20, admits that dismissal brought tears to his eyes.

He told FourFourTwo magazine: “It was a horrible moment and a horrible night.

"Personally, I felt I’d let the players down. I was sad and depressed rather than angry. The players told me not to worry, that it wasn’t my fault.

“I appreciated that. And that’s when I felt a few tears in my eyes. I don’t cry often — and I hadn’t cried when I’d been sent off.”

But Rooney has vowed to keep playing the same, combative way.

He added: “I play the game the way I see it and if that means going in for a tackle then I’ll do it.”

The Sun

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STEVE McCLAREN has promised to put the smile back on Wayne Rooney’s face.

The England boss singled out the Manchester United striker for a private word after training yesterday.

He told Roo to start enjoying his football again — beginning with Saturday’s Euro 2008 clash with Macedonia at Old Trafford.

An England insider said: “The manager knows Wazza has been a bit down. He put his arm around him and assured him it will all come good and that England will put the smile back on his face.

“He and Peter Crouch will start on Saturday and the team will practise feeding the ball to Wazza in scoring positions — and we all know he will hit the net sooner rather than later.”

Rooney, 20, has not scored since the opening game of the Premiership season and will return to the England team after serving a suspension for his red card against Portugal in the World Cup finals.

McClaren is aware relations between his young superstar and the FA have been fraught since they upheld his ban for being sent off in a pre-season friendly.

The England boss is determined to repair any damage and told Rooney the team will practise getting the ball to him over Crouch.

McClaren said: “We need to get Wayne into positions where he can score goals and create more and get better service into the final third.”

Crouch’s record of 11 goals in 10 appearances sparked a debate about whether he and Rooney were a suitable partnership.

It is two years since Rooney scored a competitive international goal, going back to the victory against Croatia at Euro 2004.

The Sun

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Guest · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

£130,000 Roodster for Car-leen
WAYNE Rooney yesterday treated fiancée Coleen McLoughlin to a new motor — a £130,000 Bentley Continental GTC.

The England ace, 20, broke off from preparing for today’s match against Macedonia for a test drive in the 195mph roadster — in his SOCKS.

Coleen yesterday picking up the car

He returned to the team’s Manchester hotel and left the keys behind for Coleen, 20.

She arrived five minutes later, picked up the bunch and drove off.

An onlooker said: “She was grinning from ear to ear.”

Guest · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject:

Rooney can Ferg-et MTV bash
IT comes as no surprise, but WAYNE ROONEY won’t be going to the MTV Music Awards next month.

P Diddy ... no scouse in da house

The Man U striker had been invited to the do in Copenhagen, along with fellow team-mate RIO FERDINAND, by new pal P DIDDY.

Despite being in Denmark the day before for a Champions League game, United boss ALEX FERGUSON has told them they are not allowed to go — just as I predicted.

The Diddyman had even promised to attend his first-ever football match to watch his buddies play FC Copenhagen on November 1.

The following night the threesome had made plans to go to the awards bash — hosted by none other than JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE.

The ban is going to be a huge blow to Rooney as he’s a huge hip-hop fan and was desperate to go.

He still hasn’t cashed in on his trip to New York to party with the rapper and stay at his mansion.

He bid for the prize at POSH and BECKS’ World Cup summer party.

I can’t help thinking I told you so on this one, though.

Fergie has made no secret of the fact he doesn’t like his players living the showbiz lifestyle.

And I’m sure Becks would be only too happy to vouch for me on this one . . .