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
Beckham baby names - Nov 04
Victoria Beckham lets slip about baby names. Posh has told British press that she is thinking of naming her next baby (a son, it would seem) Juan "or San Miguel Beckham. I like names that sound different but not ridiculous." We’re not sure if she’s joking but we certainly hope so.
There have also been rumours that if the baby were to be a girl the Beckham’s could be facing a lucrative deal with Pepsi if they call their kid after the cola brand although even the Beckham’s must know how silly that sounds. Victoria also defended the names of her two sons "When you’ve got people like Gwyneth Paltrow naming their babies Apple, how does that make Romeo odd? In Italy Romeo is like John."
Victoria’s vow - Oct 04
Victoria Beckham has sworn revenge on latest Beckham bird. Following reports that her husband has had an affair with Danielle Heath, Victoria Beckham has told press "I am going to destroy that ugly, lying cow for what she’s done to me and my family. I’m sick and tired of people trying to make money out of us. That girl is going to get what’s coming to her - I’ll bring her down." Quite a statement after her dignified silence that followed Rebecca Loos’ revelations earlier in the year. It would seem that the pop star, who is currently pregnant, is feeling the full force of those notorious baby hormones and that Danielle Heath picked the wrong time to be selling to the tabloids. Especially as she is probably still fuming from the recent Channel Five ’documentry’ slating her...
Becks v Madrid - June 04
Beckham has blamed poor training at Real Madrid for his poor Euro performance. David has seriously upset the bosses at his Spanish club by saying their training standards were not up to scratch, meaning that he was unfit to play in the game against Euro 2004 hosts, Portugal.
Real’s president has hit back at Beckham saying "Who was it who did not train at all during the Christmas break? Who keeps flying back to England when he is asked to rest? Who has to take responsibility for that?" Looks like relations are rather strained at the Spanish club.
Bye bye Beckham? - June 04
David Beckham’s popularity has gone into freefall. The nation watched with bated breath as their national hero went up to take a shot at goal in England’s most important game in months, confident that the footballer known for his penalty kicks would pull one out of the bag. But, as we all know by now Beckham missed by a mile and despite his attempts to blame his mistake on a shoddy pitch or bad training he has gone from the UK’s favourite son to being about as popular as Posh at a Weight Watchers meeting.
As Rooney-fever grips the nation, Beckham has been relegated to bottom of the football star pile, with the media asking if he should be in the national squad at all, let alone be captaining it and fans furious that the team have had to come home early. And it’s not just Britain that has had enough, even the Asian media, long time lovers of the Beckhams, have turned, with headlines such as "Blow it like Beckham" gracing their covers. Could this mistake spell the end of the world’s obsession with all things Becks?
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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