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Rebecca Loos (born 19 June 1977) is a Dutch former personal assistant,
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, and
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. Loos first came to public attention following her claims that she had conducted an affair with the married footballer
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while she was employed as his
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. The allegations led to Loos appearing on several
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series, magazine covers, and in other media for a few years thereafter.


Early life and education

Loos was born in Madrid, Spain, but holds Dutch citizenship. Her father, Leonard Loos Bartholdi, was a Dutch diplomat, and her mother, Elizabeth Loos, is originally from
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, England. Loos was privately educated at
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in Madrid. She is a second cousin of
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, who was editor of the ''
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'' tabloid newspaper when Loos initially gained media attention.


Career

Loos became the personal assistant to former
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captain
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, when he transferred to
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in July 2003. Her employment was terminated a few months later and Loos subsequently gave an interview to the British tabloid newspaper ''
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'' in April 2004, alleging that she and Beckham had conducted a four-month affair whilst he was married to his wife
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. The claims were never corroborated and were dismissed by Beckham as "ludicrous", although he did not mount a legal challenge to the story. Shortly after the newspaper coverage of her alleged affair with Beckham, Loos commenced a career as a media personality. In 2004, she briefly appeared as a hostess on the Dutch TV programme '' Shownieuws''. In October 2004, Loos made a controversial appearance on the reality television programme '' The Farm'', a Channel 5 version of the
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show ''
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''. The
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accused producers of pandering to a "morbid and sordid fascination with farm animals", while
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and
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demanded the show be taken off the air. In 2005, Loos appeared on the
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network
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show ''
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''. The same year, Loos took part in a staged wedding ceremony with American fashion model
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for the television programme ''Power Lesbian UK''"Jenny Shimizu & Rebecca Loos: what's the story?"
by Jane Czyzselka, ''
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'' magazine, November 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2007.
to protest against America's laws on
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. It was broadcast in the United States as ''Power Lesbians'' on
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. The two had a relationship for a period thereafter. Loos has stated that she is bisexual and "has been ever since hewas a teenager.""When Hello means Bi for now"
''
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,'' 9 May 2004.
Loos played for the England Women's football team in a Sky TV charity event in 2006. In April that same year, she also ran the
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, and raised more than £7,000 in sponsorship for the
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. Later, in May, Loos appeared on '' The X Factor: Battle of the Stars'' alongside
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, in which she famously received a negative reception from judge
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."You Loos, Sharon"
''
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,'' 5 June 2006.
Loos was a contestant on the Spanish version of '' Survivor'' in 2007, in which she came third. In November of that year, she appeared in Sky TV's ''
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'' in which she was one of two new contestants introduced midway through the series. In 2008, Loos was a guest on ''
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''. In September, she had a part in a Dutch feature film called ''Mijn vader is een Detective''. In October, she took part in the Dutch version of ''
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'' (''71 Graden Noord''). Loos has been featured on the covers of ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Nuts'', ''
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'' and other men's magazines and
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s.


Personal life

Loos met her future husband, Norwegian doctor Sven Christjar Skaiaa, while she was filming ''71 Graden Noord''. After becoming pregnant, she relocated to Norway in 2009, and has only made occasional media appearances since then. Loos has stated on her official website that she is now a mother of two sons, and works as a yoga teacher.


Notable media appearances

* 2004 – Hostess on Dutch television show '' Shownieuws'' * October 2004 – Participant on '' The Farm'' * 2004 – ''
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'' for
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* February–April 2005 (on screen) – ''
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'', a Sky football-based TV series. Recurring role of Naomi Wyatt, a sports psychologist * Summer, 2005 – Participant on the
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reality show ''
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'' * Autumn, 2005 – Hostess of the TV documentary ''Power Lesbian UK'' for
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* January 2006 – Celebrity model in the Dutch edition of ''
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'' magazine * April 2006 – Participant in the Belgian/Dutch version of the reality show '' Temptation Island'' * April 2006 – England team member in
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's Celebrity World Cup Soccer Tournament (losing 2–1 to Brazil in the final). * May 2006 – Contestant in '' The X Factor: Battle of the Stars'' celebrity show, singing along with
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* February 2007 – Appeared on New Zealand's reality TV show '' Treasure Island: Pirates of the Pacific'' * May 2007 – Contestant on the Spanish version of '' Survivor'', in which she came third * November 2007 – Contestant on Sky TV's ''
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''. Loos was voted out by the public after just a week. * 8–9 December 2008 – Guest host of television's ''
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''


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Loos, Rebecca 1977 births Living people LGBT models Bisexual women English people of Dutch descent Glamour models Dutch LGBT entertainers Dutch LGBT rights activists People from Madrid Dutch people of English descent The X Factor (British TV series) contestants Dutch LGBT broadcasters English expatriates in Spain Dutch expatriates in Spain