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
Dash doco - Feb 05
Victoria Beckham set to feature in Damon Dash documentary. Film crews caught much of the hip hop moguls attempts to relaunch Victoria’s pop career on film back in 2003 when they were filming a fly on the wall documentary, which is due to be screened soon. The documentary is expected to be the latest in a long line of trials for Victoria’s relationship with husband David Beckham as it contains rather a lot of footage of arguments between the couple. Dash is confident that the footage will throw a whole new light on to the public’s perception of David and Victoria’s marriage.
Naked Posh - feb 05
Victoria Beckham is to pose nude for charity. Bizarrely Mrs Beckham will be following in the footsteps of her love rival Rebecca Loos by stripping off for Tatler magazine. According to reports Victoria is allowing photos of her in nothing but spike heeled Jimmy Choos and Cartier diamonds taken for Elton John’s new book 4 Inches, which goes on sale later this year in aid of the Elton John AIDs Foundation.
Bendy like Beckham - Feb 05
Victoria Beckham challenges baby fat with yoga. With only weeks to go before Posh gives birth to her third child the ex singer has hired a top yoga instructor to help her keep in shape as her tummy grows. Having binged on chocolate throughout her pregnancy Victoria is concerned that she may find it difficult to get her skinny figure back and yoga is the ideal solution, being recommended to pregnant women the world over to assist with weight loss, stress relief and muscle strengthening.
Victoria Loos-es flat - Jan 05
Victoria Beckham pulls out of flat purchase due to Loos connection The star was reportedly ready to hand over the cash for a ?3.75m Primrose Hill pied a terre when she found out that the very same flat had been the venue for a raunchy photo shoot featuring Rebecca Loos. Victoria wanted the flat as a place to stay after glitzy nights out in the capital but a source says that as soon as she heard Loos name she was put off of the idea and has started her search elsewhere.
The Posh Factor - Dec 04
Victoria Beckham will judge new X Factor show. According to reports the singing star will soon be seated next to Simon Cowell, following in the footsteps of her fellow Spice Girl Geri Halliwell as a talent show judge (we’re saying nothing) on either the next series of UK’s X Factor or for the first series of the American version. "She is very witty and can poke fun at herself. She didn’t take herself seriously at all and I think a show like The X Factor would be the best opportunity for the public to see the real side of Victoria. She’s good TV and she’s interesting" Simon Cowell is quoted as saying.
Elton John blames Vic - Nov 04
Elton John has blamed Victoria Beckham for problems in her marriage.
That Elton can’t leave things alone can he? A good mate and godfather to their two sons, he still went ahead and said Victoria should have moved with the Real Madrid star when he relocated to the Spanish capital He went on to say to Heat magazine that the couple should have released a statement confirming their marital problems. "But they just denied it and kept denying it, and there were obviously problems ... which now they seem to have sorted out. Basically, they are two people that love each other very much."
Victoria Beckham is meanwhile leaving music behind her to concentrate on fashion. She is currently in China presenting the World Elite Model Pageant Final as part of Shanghai Fashion Week.
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Victoria Beckham
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