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While the world of high-speed vigorous sports isn’t for everyone, sightings of the glam-first WAGs (‘wives and girlfriends of high-profile sportsmen’) sprinkled throughout the audience, make it a more intriguing affair.
Bursting onto the scene at the onset of the 2000s, the pop-culture acronym was coined through perhaps the first widely adored WAG on record, Victoria Beckham. Causing quite an uproar, the Spice Girl’s fashion, beauty, mannerisms and personality were leading talking points on and off the pitch.
Growing in sports, ages and styles, the new-age WAGs have all been returning to centre stage in recent months. From Euros to Wimbledon, and even F1, here are the sports star’s partners that the zeitgeist is simply infatuated by.
Georgina Rodríguez
Who Gen Z would call “mother” in the realm of current WAG crown-holders, the entrepreneurial Spanish-Argentine model is a familiar name in this domain. Making the move to the regal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2021, the Hermès connoisseur has become an ever-loved socialite in the region. From attending F1 races in Abu Dhabi to vacationing in Dubai, the lavish-living model continues to give her 60-million-plus Instagram followers a glimpse at what the pinnacle princess treatment looks like.
Tolami Benson
Flaunting her impeccable streetwear-meets-chic sense of style, you can always find 23-year-old Tolami Benson amidst the Arsenal stadium seats. Long-term girlfriend Bukayo Saka, the rising it-girl is an avid traveller, who frequents Dubai’s opulent waters, while also balancing a full-time job senior planning executive in London. From racer jackets to jersey corsets, this British wag prefers to keep her relationship on the private side, without a single post of follow from one another on their pages.
Morgan Riddle
From Zendaya’s challengers to Serena Williams’ new makeup line, tennis is having a moment in the limelight, and falling in pursuit is the game’s first-ever WAG, Morgan Riddle. Always decked in timeless Chanel pieces, the American star began dating Taylor Fritz amidst the Pandemic in 2020. Meeting on celeb-dating app Raya, the two have continued building a name for themselves on and off the court, even appearing in the Netflix docu-series “Break Point”.
Jordyn Woods
Though her introduction to the world of stardom was far before her high-profile relationship, “Heir Jordyn” is by all accounts part of the new age WAGs team. What started as a friendship through mutuals then transformed into “couple goals” status, with NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns in mid-2020. From travelling to Abu Dhabi for a lavish weekend of courtside fun and opulent brunchin’ to, roaming the tranquil deserts of Dubai, these two seem to be attached at the hip, as they tick off new worldly adventures together.
Alexandra Malena Saint Mleux
With almost one million TikTok followers, Alexandra Saint Mleux another WAG who stepped into the world of stardom before the dawn of her romantic relationship with F1 Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc. Both from Monaco, the Italian-heritaged beaut shares GRWMs, travel snippets and heart-melting moments with their shared pup Leo.
