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Victoria Beckham
Date of birth: April 17, 1974
Age: 36

Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams) is an English pop singer, songwriter, dancer, turned fashion designer, author, businesswoman, and occasional actress.

During her rise to fame with 1990s pop group the Spice Girls, she was dubbed Posh Spice, a moniker first coined by the British tabloid press. Since the Spice Girls followed separate careers, Beckham has dabbled with pop music, scoring four UK Top 10 singles as a solo artist. Her first single to be released, "Out of Your Mind", reached number two in the UK Singles Chart and is her highest chart entry to date. During her solo music career she has been signed to Virgin Records and Telstar Records.

Beckham has found more success as an internationally recognised and photographed style icon. She has had a significant career in fashion, designing a line of jeans for Rock & Republic and later designing her own denim brand, dVb Style. Beckham has brought out her own range of sunglasses and fragrance, entitled Intimately Beckham which has been released in the UK and America. In association with the Japanese store, Samantha Thavasa, she has produced a range of handbags and jewellery. In addition, she has released two bestselling books, one her autobiography, the other a fashion guide.

In her television ventures, Beckham has had five official documentaries and reality shows made about her, some of which include Being Victoria Beckham and The Real Beckhams. Her last documentary to date was Victoria Beckham: Coming to America which documented her move to the United States with her family in 2007, but it was poorly received by American critics. She since made a cameo appearance in an episode of American TV series, Ugly Betty.

Universally referred to as "Posh", she is married to English football player David Beckham with whom she has three sons. The couple's joint wealth is estimated at £112 million.

Beckham was born to Anthony and Jacqueline Adams and raised in the prosperous area of Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire. Beckham's father was an electronics engineer and the success of the family business meant a wealthy upbringing for Beckham and her siblings, Louise and Christian.

Beckham attended St. Mary's High School in Cheshunt and Jason Theatre School in Hoddesdon. She was embarrassed by her family's wealth and often begged her father not to drop her off outside the school in their Rolls Royce. During her schooling days, Beckham was a victim of bullying, being made to feel like an outsider. She commented "Children were literally picking things up out of the puddles and throwing them at me. And I just stood there, on my own. No one was with me. I didn't have any friends."

After Beckham had watched the musical, Fame, it inspired her and she subsequently decided that she wanted to become famous. It was then that her parents enrolled her at Jason Theatre School. At 17, she attended Laine Theatre Arts College in Epsom, Surrey and studied dance and modelling. She was also in a band called Persuasion.

Beckham (known then as Victoria Adams) joined the all-girl group Spice Girls, first called "Touch," in 1994, with Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm. She had previously answered an advertisement in The Stage in March 1993 which required girls who were "street smart, extrovert, ambitious and able to sing and dance".

The group's first single, "Wannabe," went to number one in the UK and the United States, and would be followed by eight other successful number one singles from their albums, Spice, Spiceworld and Forever. Each member of the group received a nickname from the media; Victoria Beckham became "Posh Spice". The group was one of the most successful pop acts of the 1990s, selling over fifty-five million records worldwide. After the release of their third album, Forever (UK#2), which was much less successful than their previous two albums, the Spice Girls stopped recording, leading Beckham to try to build a solo career.

See also:  Singer,  Actress,  Spice Girls,  British,  Dancer,  Songwriter,  Author,  Fashion Designer,  WAG
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Victoria Beckham Up for Posh Fashion Honor - E! Online (blog)

E! Online (blog)
Victoria Beckham Up for Posh Fashion Honor
E! Online (blog)
"So honoured to be nominated for designer brand of the year from the British Fashion Council!!!!in love and light x VB x," the popster turned style icon ...
Victoria Beckham, David Gandy, and Nicola Formichetti Nominated for British ...New York Magazine
Victoria Beckham Nominated for a British Fashion AwardStyleBistro
Victoria Beckham nominated for fashion awardThe Guardian
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Who Wore it Best: Leighton Meester or Victoria Beckham? - FabSugar.com (blog)

E! Online (blog)
Who Wore it Best: Leighton Meester or Victoria Beckham?
FabSugar.com (blog)
Both Victoria Beckham and Leighton Meester wore this Victoria Beckham Collection creamy frock recently; Vic wore it to the Range Rover 40th anniversary ...
Will the Real Victoria Beckham Please Tweet Up?E! Online (blog)
Victoria Beckham Will Be in a Twitter During Fashion WeekNBC New York (blog)
Victoria Beckham Conveniently Joins Twitter On Nomination DayStyleite
StyleList (blog) -Hollywood Life (blog) -Fashionista (blog)
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Chris Martin, Natalie Portman, Victoria Beckham and others in 'Eye on ... - Washington Post
Chris Martin, Natalie Portman, Victoria Beckham and others in 'Eye on ...
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Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at an Apple product unveiling in San Francisco while Usher attends the US Open in New York.



Romeo Beckham Celebrates His 8th Birthday With Laser Tag - X17 Online (blog)

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Romeo Beckham Celebrates His 8th Birthday With Laser Tag
X17 Online (blog)
David and Victoria Beckham threw their adorable son Romeo (inset) a birthday party at Ultrazone Laser Tag in Sherman Oaks yesterday, and the middle Beckham ...
David & Victoria Beckham: Romeo Birthday Bash!Just Jared (blog)
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David and Victoria Beckham throw party for sonMusicrooms.net
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Legacy of entrapment is a record of great stories with few convictions - The Guardian

The Guardian
Legacy of entrapment is a record of great stories with few convictions
The Guardian
2 The Victoria Beckham kidnap plot On 3 November 2002, the day after five arrests had been made following an undercover investigation, the front page was ...



Daddy's day out: David Beckham heads to the baseball with his all-American boys - Daily Mail

Daily Mail
Daddy's day out: David Beckham heads to the baseball with his all-American boys
Daily Mail
Victoria Beckham and Tana Ramsay chose not to join in on the excursion - Victoria has allowed David to drag her along to basketball games in the past, ...

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David Beckham Reveals "Most Attractive Thing" About Victoria - Us Magazine

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David Beckham Reveals "Most Attractive Thing" About Victoria
Us Magazine
Eleven years after saying "I Do," David Beckham is still head over heels for the wife and mother of his three boys, ex Spice Girl Victoria Beckham. ...
Victoria Beckham's plane makes emergency landing at HeathrowDaily Mail
Victoria Beckham 'Shaken' After Plane FaultMTV UK
David Beckham reveals how he keeps relationship aliveMonsters and Critics.com
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David and Victoria Beckham party with the Ramsays at a mutual friends' £3.2 ... - Daily Mail

Daily Mail


Loving Louboutins:Cheryl Cole, Victoria Beckham and Rihanna - Shiny Style
Loving Louboutins:Cheryl Cole, Victoria Beckham and Rihanna
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If our fairy shoe mother was to give us £1000 we'd head straight to Christian Louboutin and buy a pair of his red ...



Harrods Unveils The Perfume Diaries - Women's Wear Daily
Harrods Unveils The Perfume Diaries
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Christopher Bailey, Phoebe Philo, Victoria Beckham and Paul Smith all have been nominated for the 2010 British Fashion Awards. Marciano Visits the NYSE. ...



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