Vanessa Perroncel
Perroncel is one of the most controversial figures on this list because she was in the middle of a major scandal. First, she dated former Chelsea star Wayne Bridge. But then a furor erupted when it emerged that his teammate John Terry also secretly spent time with her. The former England captain cheated on his wife with Bridge’s girlfriend.
Allegedly, she also had trysts with three other soccer players during this time. The UK press vilified her but she became very rich after she sold her story to the French media. Then she returned to Paris with a Gallic shrug and left the chaos behind her. We respect that because she didn’t allow them to break her (via Bleacher Report).