Rebekah Vardy now enjoys a glamorous life with footballer husband Jamie Vardy, but long before private jets, luxury homes and life in the spotlight, she was working a very different and normal job.
The couple are on the small screens this week after their new reality show dropped on ITV.
Viewers of The Vardys are watching Rebekah and Jamie as they relocate their family to Italy following the latest chapter in Jamie’s football career.
Jamie Vardy met his now-wife Rebekah in 2014 (Credit: Splashnews.com)
At the time of filming, Jamie had left Leicester City FC and signed for Cremonese in the Lombardy region.
These days, the family are associated with designer fashion, luxury travel and a lavish lifestyle.
However, Rebekah’s path to becoming one of Britain’s best known WAGs began far from the world she lives in now.
Here’s what we know about her journey.
What did Rebekah Vardy do before she met Jamie?
Rebekah Nicholson, as she was then known, met Jamie in January 2014. At the time, she worked as a nightclub promoter in Sheffield while he played for Leicester FC.
The pair first crossed paths when Rebekah was asked to organise a 27th birthday party for a celebrity client.
Speaking in Netflix documentary Untold UK: Jamie Vardy, Rebekah recalled: “I find out it was Jamie Vardy, and I’m like, ‘What’s the big deal?
“I don’t even know who he was, but when I learned that Jamie was a professional sports player it made me want to run in the other direction.
“There’s this preconception that they’re all idiots, they are all [bleep]holes.”
Rebekah had recently come out of a long term relationship with lower league footballer Luke Foster. During their six-year romance, they became engaged and welcomed a son, Taylor, who is now 15.
Rebekah went from nightclub promoter to World Cup WAG within two years (Credit: Splashnews.com)
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