Victoria Beckham

Profession: Style icon
Place/Date of Birth: Goff's Oak, Hertfordshire, 17 April 2020
Associated with: David Beckham, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Mel B, Mel C

Victoria, who arrived with David and their children in LA earlier this week, with Becks preparing to play football for LA Galaxy, was speaking as they took part in a raunchy photo shoot for W magazine.

"Shoot me from down below, so I look even thinner and taller - that’s always good," she can be heard joking to one photographer, during the shoot, in which both Beckhams share their joy at their upcoming LA adventure.

"We are really excited about moving to America," she smiles. "And what better place to bring the children up than in LA."

Media frenzy over Posh and Becks - 13 July 2020
A scrum of photographers and Beckham fans were out in force to greet the couple as they arrived in LA.

And several people at the airport to pick up passengers became paparazzi themselves, snapping images with their mobile phones.

"It was so awesome, he looks better in person than in the magazines," said devoted Beckham fan Priscilla Flores, 15. "I’m really excited to see him play his first game here. He’ll make soccer more popular."

The media swarm also attracted curious onlookers, though not everyone knew what the big deal was.

"Who’s David Beckham?" asked Austin Baker, an 11-year-old California boy waiting for a connecting flight.

The former England football captain and Posh held hands as they walked out of a Los Angeles International Airport terminal shortly before 8.20pm local time - around 4.20am UK time - after arriving on a BA flight from London.

The midfielder, who helped Real Madrid win the Spanish title last month, is being unveiled as an LA Galaxy player later today.

Dozens of reporters and photographers pushed and shoved behind barriers set up at the terminal before the duo, surrounded by security guards, left in a black sport utility vehicle without commenting.

And despite the long flight, the pair were ready for the cameras - Victoria wore a sleeveless black dress and sunglasses and gave a quick wave to the paparazzi. Her husband wore a black jacket and jeans.

Their three children accompanied them on the flight, but did not leave the terminal with them.

Beckhams pose for raunchy photoshoot - 11 July 2020
David and Victoria Beckham have posed for their raunchiest ever photoshoot as they bid to break America.

The couple adorn the cover of fashion bible W magazine, with Posh Spice in a skimpy mesh swimsuit and her footballer husband showing off his heavily tattooed torso.

But it is the nine-page photo spread inside that will really raise eyebrows.

One shows David reclining on a bed naked but for a pair of tight white briefs.

Another features Victoria in provocative pose, staring moodily into the camera and stripped down to her underwear.

Others see the couple kissing and David helping Victoria into, or out of, her suspenders.

The pictures in the August issue of W were shot in Spain by top photographer Steven Klein.

The magazine says the pair are "determined to become the new American idols".

With England star David preparing to make his debut for football team LA Galaxy, the photoshoot is the first stage in the US launch of ’Brand Beckham’.

Next week NBC air fly-on-the-wall documentary Victoria Beckham: Coming To America, chronicling her move to Los Angeles.

It was intended as a six-part reality series but has been cut to just a one-hour special.

Posh denies Scientology issue - 11 July 2020
Victoria Beckham denies Scientology ever gets in the way of her friendship with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, according to US reports.

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Biography

Victoria Caroline Adams was born to a wealthy Hertfordshire family in 1975, in fact so wealthy her father, the owner of an electrical wholesale company, reportedly drove her to school in a Rolls Royce (much to her embarrassment).

Victoria wanted to be famous from a young age, taking dance lessons after watching Fame and attending the Jason Theatre School in Enfield from the age of 8 until she was seventeen. This was when she secured a place at the Laine Arts Theatre College in Surrey and began auditioning for bands.

In March of 1993, when she spotted an ad in The Stage: "Are you between 18 and 23 and are able to sing and dance? Are you street-smart, extrovert, ambitious and serious about it?" Victoria joined Geri, Mel B and Mel C along with a girl called Michelle (who would later be replaced by Victoria’s childhood friend Emma Bunton) in winning a place in the Spice Girls. After a rocky start the group signed to Virgin Records and became the biggest girl group ever, releasing hit singles and albums year after year, making a succesful feature film and becoming one of the most influential bands of the nineties and inspiration to millions of young girls.

However, the Spice Girls’ bubble eventually burst as Geri left to pursue a solo career and although the remaining four released a few more singles the magic had gone and after recording a final album they went their seperate ways. Victoria bided her time before launching her first solo single, Out Of Your Mind, in collaboration with Truesteppers and Dane Bowers. The single coiincided with the release of Sophie Ellis Bextor’s collaboration with Spiller and resulted in a chart battle which Sophie won. The defeat reflected badly on Victoria and her solo career seemed to go from bad to worse. Her next single, Not Such An Innocent Girl found itself up against Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, which only served to highlight the difference in quality between Victoria’s efforts and those of established pop stars. Her debut album was released two weeks later and on managing to only just edge in to the top ten Victoria was dropped by Virgin.

On hooking up with former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, Victoria decided to take a more R&B influenced turn, against her manager’s advice. She began a friendship with Damon Dash who not only assisted Victoria in her musical direction but signed her up to model for his Rocawear label. A dounle A side, Let Your Head Go/This Groove, was released in the week following Christmas 2003 but charting at number 3 in the single chart’s least competetive week it was considered a commercial flop. The single remains Victoria’s last release although she has regularly returned to the studio to work with, among others, Cathy Dennis. Several tracks remain unreleased and Victoria claims that she’ll only sing again if the Spice Girls reunite.

Concentrating on her fashion career, Victoria as previously designed for Rock and Republic as well as modelling for Rocawear and Maria Grachvogel. Her second book (her first was an autobiography, Learning to Fly), That Extra Half An Inch: Heels, Hair and Everything in Between, cemented Victoria’s influence as a fashion icon.

In 1997 Victoria met British footballing icon David Beckham and before long they were the country’s most talked about couple. Victoria fell pregnant two years later and following the birth of their first son, Brooklyn, the couple were married in a lavish ceremony at Ireland’s Luttrellstown Castle. Despite rumours of David’s infidelity and problems moving between Britain and Spain for his career the Beckham’s marriage remains strong and they have had two further sons, Romeo (born 2002) and Cruz (born 2005). The family plan to move to Los Angeles later this year with plans to create a relaity show based around the move. Meanwhile rumours of a Spice Girls reunion persist. We might get Victoria back in front of that mic yet.

November 2007