A new reality show on ITVBe follows six WAGs and their millionaire lifestyles. Four of the six women married footballers and live in huge mansions and two had previous careers as glamour models
First
came Footballer's Wives, then there was The Only Way Is Essex and Made
In Chelsea and now a new reality show called The Real Housewives Of
Cheshire looks set to trump them all.
The
new ITVBe programme centres on six of the county's most outspoken WAGs,
their multi-million pound mansions, extensive shopping habits and loud
personalities.
Dawn
Ward, Tanya Bardsley, Ampika Pickston, Lauren Simon, Leanne Brown
and Magali Gorré have all sharpened the fake nails for several rounds of
cat-fighting and snobbery, which will be beamed into our living rooms
weekly from this Monday.
The women certain have high opinions of their home county, with Lauren telling The Mirror: 'I would put Cheshire on a par with Prince Charles, Camilla and the Queen.'
We are then given a brief introduction to the women, who each emphasise their taste for high-end life and their brash all-about-me attitude.
Introducing The Real Housewives Of Cheshire:
Dawn Ward
Dawn Ward
Age: 41
Married to: Former Manchester City footballer Ashley Ward
Information: Dawn is a successful interior designer who has worked on houses for several famous Cheshire inhabitants, including Wayne and Coleen Rooney.
She describes herself as a workaholic and is seen in the programme saying: 'I don't believe in pussy-footing around, there's no point in candy-coating anything.'
Housewife fact: She lives in 11-bedroom mansion complete with beauty salon
Tanya Bardsley
Tanya Bardsley
Age: 33
Married to: Phil Bardsley, Stoke footballer
Information: Tanya used to be an FHM model and was the first non-famous girl to appear on the magazine's cover.
She told The Mirror: 'I outsold their biggest selling issue, which had J-Lo.'
Since her modelling days, she has spent thousands of pounds maintaining her looks.
She has admitted to paying for a breast augmentation and regular vampire facials and fillers.
Housewife fact: She has a 'handbag wall' at home
Ampika Pickston
Ampika Pickston
Age: 32
Divorced from: Businessman
Information: Ampika was working as a glamour model when she met her now-ex husband, who is a millionaire businessman.
She openly admits to seeking out a rich man in the past, something she is now on the lookout for again.
Ampika is one of the more brash members of the group - on the first episode, she tells cameras: 'I'm not a little rag doll - I'll play with the toys, and when I'm done with you, I'll discard you.'
Housewife fact: She has 43 pieces of diamond jewellery.
Lauren Simon
Lauren Simon
Age: 42
Married to: Paul Simon, businessman
Information: Lauren is one of the more eccentric members of the group.
She owns a pet rabbit, which she regularly takes on walks around the local neighbourhood.
She is also the only woman in the show whose husband isn't a footballer.
Housewife fact: Her mantra is: 'I like coffee, chocolate and I like men.
'And they should all be rich, like my husband'
Leanne Brown
Leanne Brown
Age: 38
Married to: Wes Brown, Sunderland footballer
Information: Although all of the women love clothes, make-up and general pampering, Leanne is the girliest member of the group.
She says: I love designer clothes, girly things, my roots, my hair, my nails...'
Leanne's husband plays for Sunderland but they are key members of the A-List footballer set in Cheshire.
Housewife fact: Her wedding was in a castle and had Wayne and Coleen Rooney on the guest-list
Magali Gorré
Magali Gorré
Age: '40s'
Married to: Dean Gorré, ex-footballer & coach
Magali is the eldest member of the group and offers some of the few real musings about the trappings of wealth on the programme.
She tells the producers: 'The value of money is not always what makes you happy.'
But that doesn't mean she isn't a big spender - she is filmed for the show shopping for a ring worth more than a million pounds.
Housewife fact: Her pet dog wears a real pearl necklace
The Real Housewives Of Cheshire starts on the 12th January on ITVBe at 10pm