LA socialiate, reality TV star, millionairess and Playboy pin-up ... Kim Kardashian is planning date with Wayne Bridge
BOTH are glamorous, beautiful, multi-million pound heiresses. They have their own mansions - or palaces - and successful careers. And they are unlikely to have heard of the Cricket boutique so beloved of Premier League footballers' wives and girlfriends. For these are the new super-WAGS, set to put previous top dogs Alex Curran and Coleen Rooney firmly in the shade. Danish royal Baroness Caroline Luel-Brockdorff is dating Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner. And this week it was reported Manchester City ace Wayne Bridge is seeing reality TV star Kim Kardashian. Here, we take a look at the new girls on the block and ask: Can the British WAGS Keep Up With The Kardashians (and Luel-Brockdorffs)? *Super Wives And Girlfriends
Kim Kardashian
BUSTY Kim has all the credentials to be a new super-WAG.
Kardashian on cover of Playboy
Sexy, sassy, with a hint of controversy and... filthy rich.
The daughter of late millionaire lawyer Robert Kardashian, Kim was already a well-known socialite in the US, often pictured hanging out with fellow heiress Paris Hilton at Hollywood's top haunts.
But she shot to world fame after a sex tape was leaked on the internet three years ago.
Kim cashed in on her notoriety by becoming a Playboy centrefold and starring in cable TV reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
An upmarket version of The Osbournes, it followed the antics of her whole family.
She also starred in last year's Dancing With The Stars - America's version of Strictly, launched an acting career and did modelling work for Bongo jeans.
Kim, 29, has also became a Jordan-style entrepreneur with her own workout DVD, perfume and a fashion boutique, all helping her to build her own fortune on top of her inheritance.
But her personal life has been more troubled. Ten years ago she married US music producer Damon Thomas. They divorced four years later.
And in 2007 the infamous sex tape - made with her then boyfriend, R&B singer Ray J - was leaked on to the internet and she went on to win a £3.3million settlement from Vivid Entertainment.
Later that year she began dating American football star Reggie Bush after they met at an awards ceremony.
The pair were said to be looking at a £3.2million mansion in Beverly Hills, and she was even said to be shopping for her own £13million engagement ring.
But they split last month after rumours Bush had cheated on her.
Now Kim could be poised to join Britain's WAG elite.
She met footballer Wayne Bridge at a Miami nightclub.
The 29-year-old had fled to the States to escape the media storm surrounding his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel after her fling with John Terry.
The pair swapped numbers at the city's trendy Nikki Beach Club and are planning to meet up next week when Kim visits the UK.
Caroline Luel-Brockdorff
WITH her fine blonde hair, stylish yet understated dress and just a hint of make-up, Caroline looks much like any Chelsea Sloane.
But the Size 8 beauty is, in fact, an exotic European aristocrat - daughter of Denmark's Baron Niels Luel-Brockdorff.
The Luels, one of the oldest families in Denmark, can trace their roots back to the 13th Century, and several years ago Caroline inherited the family pile, Valdemars Castle.
Until 2007, ex-model Caroline, 34, lived there with husband Rory Fleming - cousin of James Bond creator Ian Fleming - and himself worth a fortune thanks to his family's private bank.
They were friends with Danish royals Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary and spent their six-year marriage hobnobbing with the cream of Denmark's society.
The pair had two children, Alexander, now six, and Josephine, three, but cracks started to show when reality TV crews moved in to film them renovating their castle.
The series turned Caroline, plus a reluctant Rory, into stars in Denmark but the "TV Baroness", as she became known, was criticised for being "brash and spoiled".
Her occasional tantrums, though, were perhaps down to the fact her marriage was breaking up.
It was during filming that she first met Nicklas Bendtner a guest on the show, saying at the time: "He is charming and bright and he's very willing to help other people.
"You never know when our paths will cross again."
When she and ex-playboy Rory split in 2007 he is said to have handed over £400million - half of his fortune - in one of the biggest ever divorce deals.
Caroline disputes the sum and has gone back to work, swapping places with a modest housewife on another Danish reality TV show.
But she could afford a £3million house in one of Copenhagen's most exclusive suburbs and is believed to still have a property in London.
Caroline and £2.5million Premier League ace Bendtner, 21, are thought to have stayed in touch.
They began dating four months ago - despite the sizeable age gap.
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