Rebekah Vardy

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Rebekah Vardy
Rebekah Vardy attends England–Panama match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.jpg
Vardy supporting her husband Jamie at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Born
Rebekah Miranda

(1982-02-17) 17 February 1982 (age 39)
Norwich, England
Occupation
  • Model
  • media personality
Years active1996 - present
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
TelevisionI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2017)
Dancing on Ice (2021)
Spouse(s)
Mark Godden
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(m. 2001; div. 2003)​
Steve Clarke
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(m. 2005; div. 2006)​
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(m. 2016)​
Children5

Rebekah Vardy (née Miranda; born 17 February 1982) is an English model and media personality. She was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2017 and on Dancing on Ice in 2021.

Television[]

In November 2017, Vardy was a contestant on the seventeenth series of the ITV reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. Vardy was the third celebrity to be eliminated on 4 December 2017.[1] Vardy has made multiple appearances as a guest panellist and presenter on Loose Women.[2] She has also appeared on Good Morning Britain, Jeremy Vine and This Morning. In 2019, Vardy appeared in two episodes of Celebrity Gogglebox alongside husband Jamie, and an episode of How To Spend it Well at Christmas in 2019 alongside her family.[3] In September 2020, it was announced that she would be competing in the thirteenth series of Dancing on Ice in 2021.[1] She was partnered with Andy Buchanan and was eliminated in week 6.[4]

Charity work[]

Rebekah and Jamie Vardy are both Family ambassadors to Barnardo's.[5][6][7] Vardy is also a patron of The Dorothy Goodman School in Leicestershire.[8][9] She has supported Leicester based homeless charity 'Homelessness to Hope' having officially opened The Hope Centre [10] and has supported the Jeans for Genes charity campaign.[11] Vardy was a very public defender of baby Alfie Evans and supported his family in their campaign to have him sent abroad.[12]

Personal life[]

In 2014, whilst working as a nightclub promoter, Vardy met current husband Jamie.[13][14] The couple married on 25 May 2016 at Peckforton Castle.[15] Vardy has five children, a daughter Megan (born 2005), a son Taylor (born 2010) with footballer Luke Foster and three children with current husband Jamie Vardy, Sofia (born 2014), Finlay (born 2017) and Olivia Grace (born 2019). Vardy is also stepmother to Jamie's daughter from a previous relationship, Ella.[16] Vardy is a daughter of Carlos Miranda, who was born in Madeira, making her half Portuguese.[17]

On 9 October 2019, Coleen Rooney made a Twitter post[18] alleging that posts from her private Instagram account were being leaked to The Sun newspaper. Rooney stated that to catch out who was selling the stories, she had restricted access on who could see the posts. She stated that the only viewer of these posts was Vardy, therefore insinuating that she was the culprit. This Tweet went viral, being dubbed the 'Wagatha Christie'[19] scandal (a play on words of famous mystery writer Agatha Christie, and the football term 'WAG'). Vardy responded on her own Twitter account, denying the claims and stated that her Instagram had been hacked.[20] In June 2020, it was reported that Vardy is taking Rooney to court for defamation, with legal costs reportedly estimated to be £500,000 for each side.[21]

Vardy won the first round of her case, setting the grounds for future libel action and also winning almost £23,000 in costs from Rooney.[22] The pair are trying to reach a resolution without going through the courts, agreeing to delay further court proceedings until February 2021.[23]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rebekah Vardy signs up for Dancing on Ice". The List. 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Rebekah Vardy breaks down as she opens up about Coleen Rooney row in first TV interview". Heart. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Rebekah and Jamie Vardy join Phillip Schofield in How To Spend it Well at Christmas". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. ^ Davis, Barney (28 February 2021). "'It's..Rebekah Vardy' Star booted off Dancing on Ice after 'awful' skate off". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Jamie and Rebekah Vardy to become Barnardo's first family celebrity ambassadors | Ethical Marketing News". Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Rebekah Vardy backs top tips to help children celebrate who they are". Barnardo's. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  7. ^ Watson, Hayley (9 November 2018). "Rebekah Vardy cutting the ribbon on new charity shop". LeicestershireLive. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Rebekah Vardy | Dorothy Goodman School". www.dorothygoodman.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  10. ^ "It's official - The Hope Centre is now open". 21 September 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Our celebrities Genetic Disorders UK". Jeans for Genes. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  12. ^ Douglas, Nicole (23 April 2018). "Rebekah Vardy fights for Alfie Evans as protestors storm hospital: 'This is a disgrace'". OK! Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  13. ^ "#WorldCupWAGs: Wives and Girlfriends of England Stars Rocking the World Cup in Russia". USAHint. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Who is Rebekah Vardy? I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! 2017 profile". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Leicester City's Jamie Vardy gets married". BBC News. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  16. ^ Watson, Hayley (23 November 2017). "Fans of I'm A Celebrity star Rebekah Vardy blast show for describing her occupation as 'footballer's wife'". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  17. ^ "About Rebekah". RebekahVardy.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  18. ^ @colleenrooney (9 October 2019). "This has been a burden in my life for a few years now and finally I have got to the bottom of it..." (Tweet). Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  19. ^ Khan, Coco (13 December 2019). "Why Wagatha Christie was an essential reprieve in a year of dreadful news". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  21. ^ Brinsford, James (23 June 2020). "Rebekah Vardy sues Coleen Rooney in High Court as she launches '£1m lawsuit'". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Rebekah Vardy wins in first stage of Coleen Rooney libel action". The Guardian. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  23. ^ Bryant, Tom; Troughton, Adrian (19 January 2021). "Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney try to avoid legal trial". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

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