This Italian model has no time for the beautiful game

In the WAG hierarchy, it doesn’t get much better than bagging a World Cup winner, and that’s exactly what Italian model/ TV presenter Marta Cecchetto has achieved - she met Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni nine years ago at a nightclub, when the striker was with lowly Lodigiani. Thirty-year-old Marta has been a model for sixteen years (she has represented countless high end brands and appeared on the cover of plenty of snooty fashion magzines) and she has since branched into television work.

Last year, Marta was offered a hosting position on one of Italy’s biggest football shows, but she turned it down because she doesn’t actually like the sport. Ceeerrazy! Now, she co-hosts a show called Modeland, which helps young men and women carve out a Zoolander-esque career for themselves.

Spoiler bonus: Marta’s popularity grew in her home nation when she appeared in a series of promotions for strangely-coloured drink Aperol. All the adverts share a common theme, whereby pouring this particular tipple makes people feel compelled to dance on bars and eating surfaces…