46 Facts About Victoria Beckham

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Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality.

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Victoria Beckham rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh Spice.

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Victoria Beckham has since made a cameo appearance in an episode of Ugly Betty, and been a guest judge on Project Runway, Germany's Next Topmodel, and American Idol.

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Victoria Beckham has become an internationally recognised style icon and fashion designer.

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The Victoria Beckham label was named designer brand of the year in the UK in 2011; in 2012 the brand was assessed as the star performer in the Beckham family's business interests.

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Victoria Beckham is married to former association football player David Beckham, and they have four children, including Brooklyn.

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Victoria Beckham was born at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom, and raised in Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire.

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Victoria Beckham is the eldest of three children of Jacqueline Doreen, a former insurance clerk and hairdresser, and Anthony William Adams, who worked as an electronics engineer.

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Victoria Beckham's great-great-great-grandfather was German artist and revolutionary Carl Heinrich Pfander and her great-great granduncle was Minnesota politician William Pfaender.

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In 1991, Victoria Beckham entered Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom, Surrey and studied dance and modelling.

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Victoria Beckham attended St Mary's High School in Cheshunt, where 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.

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Victoria Beckham auditioned for a March 1994 advertisement in The Stage which required girls who were "street smart, extrovert[ed], ambitious and able to sing and dance".

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In 1994, Victoria Beckham joined the all-female group, the Spice Girls.

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Each member of the group received a nickname from the media and Victoria Beckham was named "Posh Spice".

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On 14 August 2000, Victoria Beckham released her first solo single, "Out of Your Mind" in collaboration with Dane Bowers and Truesteppers.

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Victoria Beckham sang "Out of Your Mind" to a 100,000-strong audience.

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Victoria Beckham then signed a recording contract with her group label Virgin Records.

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Rumours soon spread that Victoria Beckham was to be dropped by her label for not charting in the Top Three.

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But, in April 2004, Telstar announced bankruptcy and both albums were cancelled, while Victoria Beckham, disappointed with wasted time in studio, gave up music to focus on her fashion career.

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The band reunited again for a 2019 tour, however Victoria Beckham opted not to participate in the reunion choosing to focus on her fashion label instead.

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Victoria Beckham made a guest appearance on the catwalk for Maria Grachvogel on 17 February 2000, marking her debut as a model at London Fashion Week.

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Victoria Beckham acted as a British ambassador for Dolce and Gabbana and was briefly the face of Rocawear in 2003.

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On 16 January 2006, Victoria Beckham walked the runway for Roberto Cavalli at Milan Fashion Week, and was for a period exclusively dressed by him for red-carpet and social events.

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On 14 June 2007, Victoria Beckham launched dvb Denim collection in New York at Saks Fifth Avenue, along with unveiling her eyewear range in the United States for the first time.

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Victoria Beckham has graced countless fashion magazine covers during her career, including I-D in 2004 and W in 2007.

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Victoria Beckham has graced various international editions of Harper's Bazaar and Elle.

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In November 2011, Victoria Beckham won Designer Brand of the Year at the British Fashion Awards.

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In September 2012, Victoria Beckham was the most talked about designer on Twitter during New York Fashion Week, acquiring 57,000 new followers during the shows according to research by The Whispr Group.

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Mrs Victoria Beckham launched her label in 2008 with a collection of luxury dresses, and now sells fashion and accessories in more than 400 stores around the world.

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The second, Being Victoria Beckham, was broadcast in March 2002 and saw Beckham discussing her career as a solo artist with the release of her first album, and showed her at various photo shoots and recording sessions.

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In February 2008, it was revealed that Victoria Beckham would be the guest judge for the finale of fourth season of Project Runway, which aired on 5 March 2008 in the US.

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On 13 September 2001, Victoria Beckham released her first book, Learning to Fly.

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The title was taken from a line in a song from the musical Fame, which Victoria Beckham had enjoyed as a child.

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Victoria Beckham describes her eating disorder associated with the need to be slim.

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Victoria Beckham was quoted by a Spanish journalist in 2005 as saying: "I've never read a book in my life".

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Victoria Beckham later explained this was a mistranslation from the original Spanish in which the interview was printed, saying she actually stated that she never had time to finish reading a book because she was always too busy looking after her children.

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Victoria Beckham is a patron of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

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Victoria Beckham's stand against the fur industry generated praise from animal rights organisations, including PETA.

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Victoria Beckham has stated that she is "supportive of its [PETA's] high-profile anti-fur campaigns," and pledged "never to work with fur in any of her own fashion collections".

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In 2014, Victoria Beckham joined the Ban Bossy campaign as a spokesperson advocating leadership roles for girls.

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Victoria Beckham was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to the fashion industry.

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Victoria Beckham stated she was "delighted and humbled for the recognition," which her husband received in 2003.

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However, as recipients of honours are sworn to secrecy, and Victoria Beckham had announced her honour before the 2017 New Year Honours' official publication, she was criticised for the "betrayal of etiquette" by the Conservative MP Peter Bone.

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Victoria Beckham was engaged to electrician Mark Wood with whom she was in a relationship from 1988 to 1994.

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Victoria Beckham then had a relationship with Canadian actor Corey Haim in 1995, which ended on mutual terms.

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Victoria Beckham wore a diamond coronet created for her by jewellery designer Slim Barrett.