Coleen McLoughlin, Kate Moss and Sienna Miller are nation's top style icons

Coleen McLoughlin has been voted Britain's most influential fashion role model. The 21-year-old Liverpudlian, who is engaged to footballer Wayne Rooney, came in ahead of supermodel Kate Moss in second place and actress Sienna Miller in third.

Coming just five years after Miss McLoughlin came to Britain's attention as a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl in an outsized jacket, this represents a spectacular climb up the ranks in the nation's consciousness.

The survey, carried out for women's magazine Look, placed David Beckham's wife Victoria fourth and his England team-mate Ashley Cole's wife Cheryl fifth. The magazine's editor, Ali Hall, said: "Coleen has transformed herself from Puffa-jacket schoolgirl to style icon in just a few years.

Sienna Miller declares her love for Wales

WELSH actor Rhys Ifans’s soon-to-be bride Sienna Miller has declared her love for Wales and is reportedly looking to settle down here.

The outspoken actress, 26, is apparently thinking of buying a house in Snowdonia with Notting Hill star Rhys, who’s been bringing her on regular trips to his homeland since the pair started dating last year.

Layer Cake actress Miller, who was born in New York, is quoted in a London-based newspaper as saying, “I love Wales. I think it is the most beautiful country in the world and the people were just gracious and lovely considering they have been raped and pillaged by the English for so long.”