Coleen Rooney currently features at number 8 in the top ten richest self-made women. Yes, a 'self-made' WAG. I almost fell off my chair. It would be true to say that the Liverpudlian wife of Wayne Rooney used her rather lucky claim to fame to jump start her career. For those of you who don't know, her career involves writing a style book, being the face of Asda, writing a magazine column, making a fitness video and of course being there for 'Wayyy-ne'. Her TV show, 'Real Women' received many bad reviews, one stating that Coleen 'carrying around a Chanel handbag worth around a grand ain't exactly showing off your realness is it?' On a serious note though, if Coleen thinks that the biggest problem in this world is the modelling industry's dislike for women larger than a size eight, WAGs are more delusional than I thought.
There is a social stigma attached to being a WAG, and the likes of Abbey Clancy and Danielle Lloyd (to name just a few) seem to have facilitated this. Why should being unemployed and grabbing money off your partner be something to be proud of? However trife it sounds, I'd like to think women of today would want to gain some self-satisfaction from their own achievements rather than exist on someone else's salary.
We live in a privileged society bursting with wealthy women with nothing to do. Surely we as a society should encourage these women to give to charity or volunteer? Although the thought of Danielle Lloyd in an old people's home does make me smile, you never know, maybe they could make another dull reality series based on it? At least then they could become self-sufficient and able to pay for their own Prada handbag.
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