WAGs

    Elen Rives has been consoling herself after being ditched by Chelsea star Frank Lampard by smooching with Stevenage Town player Lawrie Wilson. She's a WAG through-and-through, like the other women in our gallery...

    Victoria "don't call her Posh Spice" Beckham is probably still the queen of the WAGs, dividing her time between motherhood and modelling. She lives in Los Angeles with the kids while hubby David has moved to Italy to play for AC Milan.

    But Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole is hot on Posh's tail in the WAG stakes, having increased her profile dramatically with a hugely successful run as a judge on The X Factor last year.

    One footballer isn't enough for some WAGs, and Celebrity Big Brother racist Danielle Lloyd has been linked with Jermain Defoe, Marcus Bent and Jamie O'Hara since splitting up with former Spurs ace Teddy Sheringham.

    The childhood sweetheart of Manchester United star Wayne, Coleen Rooney is probably now better known than her husband to a generation of ITV2 viewers - thanks to a seemingly endless series of reality shows based around her.

    Liverpool captain marvel Steven Gerrard's wife Alex Curran is perhaps the quintessential WAG - in that she seems primarily famous for her shopping, and indeed writes a newspaper column on the subject. The boutique owners of the north west will have been extremely worried by her recent vow to spend less because of the credit crunch.

    Air hostess-turned-lingerie model Danielle Bux was in a six-year relationship with a lower leagues footballer before she notched up a score draw with England legend Gary Lineker.

    I'm A Celebrity contestant Nicola McLean is distinguished by the unusual fact that she became famous as the WAG of an unknown footballer. Her profile will probably soon sink back to the same level as Peterborough's Tommy Williams though.

    Her fellow jungle dweller Carly Zucker is the wife of Chelsea star Joe Cole - and will be remembered by I'm A Celeb viewers for her explanation that yes, her hubby earns an obscene amount of money - but it's OK because she recycles her rubbish.

    Another WAG with a higher profile than her partner, feisty singer Charlotte Church also probably wears the trousers in her marriage to silly-haired Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson.