Examples of just couples with a... beauty imbalance

1. Marc Anthony & Jennifer Lopez It was third time’s the charm for J.Lo when she married husband no.3, long-time friend and on-off lover. Their wedding was a complete surprise to their guests who thought they had been invited for an afternoon party at the star’s house. In 2008, Lopez gave birth to their first children together (and the fourth and fifth for Anthony)- a twins Max and Emme.

2. Christina Aguilera & Jordan Bratman The formerly Dirrty singer married music executive Jordan Bratman in November 2005, and gave birth to their son Max in 2008. Aguilera’s songs ‘Right Man’ and ‘Aint No Other Man’ were inspired by ‘Jordy’, and she says of her husband “He is my life partner, but he’s also my best friend... The relationship is my backbone and such a support system for what I do. … We’ve grown together a lot over the past 4 1/2 going on five years together now… It’s a really beautiful time for both of us.”

3. Peter Crouch & Abigail Clancy Liverpool and England striker Crouch and lingerie model Clancy had a rocky start to their relationship after allegations of the model’s drug-taking and cheating past. Crouch apparently dumped Clancy by fax and through a statement from his lawyer. But after weathering the media storm they have been together for 4 years and with their recent engagement, Abbey is set to join the likes of Victoria Beckham and Cheryl Cole as the top tier of England WAGs.

4. Kate Moss & Pete Doherty The Supermodel and the Rockstar. Following in the footsteps of such star-crossed lovers as Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger, and Axl Rose and Stephanie Seymour, the relationship was a crazy, dysfunctional, downward spiral of drug abuse, co-dependency and jealous rages. The volatile on-again off-again pairing eventually came to an end in 2007, after 2 eventful years, when the couple finally managed to break one of their addictions- each other.

5. Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones Michael Douglas and his beautiful wife share the same birthday. Just 25 years apart. But their age difference hasn’t proved too big an obstacle for the Oscar winning couple, as they are about to celebrate their ninth wedding anniversary. She claims that when they met, he used the line "I'd like to father your children“. And apparently she didn’t find that at all creepy as they have since had 2- a boy and a girl.

6. Sandra Bullock & Jesse James Sandra Bullock, the queen of romantic comedies admitted, “If I can do anything in this time of my career, it’s to make it easier for girls who are growing up not to feel they have to wind up with someone to complete them ... You know, I complete me. I’m just lucky that after I completed myself, I met someone who could tolerate me.” And that lucky guy was motorcycle mechanic turned television presenter, Jesse James. The unlikely couple have been married for 4 years and Bullock is step-mother to James’ 4 children from previous relationships.

7. Joel Madden & Nicole Richie The heavily tattooed frontman of punk rock band Good Charlotte has been known to attract pretty young Hollywood starlets, having previously dated pop princess Hilary Duff before settling down with former wild child and party girl Nicole Richie. Lionel Richie’s adopted daughter and Paris Hilton’s sometimes BFF has apparently been tamed by Madden and now devotes her time to being mother to their... eccentrically named offspring, Harlow Winter Kate Madden and Sparrow James Midnight Madden. Well a girl’s got have to have some outlet for all that pent up craziness.

8. Marilyn Manson & Dita Von Teese It would be hard to find a girl who is a match for Marilyn Manson in the looks department but at least the gothic rocker and his burlesque dancer ex-wife could share makeup... If only she had given him some lessons in how to apply it.

9. Marilyn Manson & Evan Rachel Wood Brian Hugh Warner (as he was born) clearly has a type: ivory complexioned, rouge lipped, classic beauties seem to have become de rigueur for the controversial artist. (You can also add actress Rose McGowan to the list-see insert) Wood is 19 years younger than Manson but early in their relationship Manson was reported to exclaim "I've found my double, my twin”. A dubious honour...

10. Dominic Monaghan & Evangeline Lilly These ‘Lost’ lovers surprised everyone by revealing they were a couple back in 2006. It seems Jack and Sawyer were so busy fighting amongst themselves that Charlie used the distraction to run off with the girl! In real life, the highly private lovebirds had a very public breakup in 2007, but quietly rekindled their romance and are now rumoured to be engaged- for the second time.

11. Jean Todt & Michelle Yeoh Former Formula 1 team boss and CEO of Scuderia Ferrari, Jean Todt, and Malaysian actress, Michelle Yeoh, were introduced by a former flame of Yeoh’s. They adamantly denied rumours of their engagement for months, with Yeoh proclaiming “What? How did that come out? I didn’t know about it,” before finally admitting they are indeed planning to walk down the aisle. Now why on earth would she want to hide that happy fact?