Victoria Beckham Biography:

Victoria Caroline Beckham (born Victoria Caroline Adams on 17 April 1974) is an English popular music vocalist, who first came to distinction as a member of girl band the "Spice Girls", as Posh Spice, a nickname given to her by the BBC's Top of the Pops magazine. She is married to soccer icon David Beckham.

Victoria Beckham was born and raised in wealthy Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire to Anthony William (Tony) Adams, an electronics engineer, and Jacqueline Doreen (Jackie) Cannon. She has a younger sister Louise and a younger brother Christian. Her father used to take her to school in a Rolls-Royce, and their residence had a pool. Before joining the "Spice Girls", Victoria had a number of small modeling and dancing jobs (she is a skilled dancer). Just before joining the Spice Girls she had joined a band where she was the lead singer; however she left after falling in love with the "Spice Girls" project. Even though she sang off key in the try-out she was selected anyway.

Victoria Adams married the ex-Manchester United and present England and Real Madrid footballer David Beckham, on July 4, 1999, with whom she has three sons: Brooklyn, born March 4, 1999, Romeo, born September 1, 2002, and Cruz, born February 20, 2005.

After the birth of her first child, Victoria's weight-loss became a subject of much debate in the British tabloid press. She agreed to appear in advertisements for a potato crisp brand, but there were claims that she would not actually eat the snack food. She has insisted to this day that she never had an eating disorder, though she says past band member Geri Halliwell did get her severely obsessed with dieting. She likes to mention her vivid weight loss was due to a bad ovaries condition but her tumbling weight over the years makes this hard for most people to believe (especially compared to pre Spice Girls photos and videos.)

Regardless of being one of the most celebrated celebrities in Britain, and having her music reach the top ten (the only solo Spice Girl to do so), Victoria Beckham's career as a solo artist is mostly considered to have been a business failure. The only Spice Girl not to have had a UK number one single as a solo artist (despite "Out Of Your Mind" was the solo Spice Girl single with the largest sales in its first week, selling 181,584 records), she fought failed media-driven "chart battles" for the number one spot with "Spiller" in 2000 (whose single featured the singing of Beckham's rival Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who caused Beckham to be the only solo Spice Girl to not have a number one hit single) and Kylie Minogue in 2001. Her debut album reached number ten on the UK album chart.

A single called "Let Your Head Go/ This Groove" was released in late December 2003 and hit number three. This single was a concession with her manager Simon Fuller, one side being a pop and dance song and the other side a song showing strong R&B influence which was motivated by her new adviser Damon Dash. A release for the United States was scheduled for March 2004; as well as a second single, but a string of unfortunate events saw to it neither happened. In fact, Damon Dash (by his own admittance) had a falling out with Simon Fuller over how to direct and produce Victoria's career and music. With him out of the venture Victoria decided to shelve the idea rather then plod ahead. Beckham decided to work on a series of innovative fashions for Rock and Republic instead. A promotional CD was sent to the media which featured the singles and a fragment of a cover of the Beatles 'Come Together' though the entire song has never heard.

In 2004, her joyful marriage vision suffered when a chain of women lined up with the tabloids claiming they had affairs and sexual relations with David, including Rebecca Loos. All were dismissed as "ridiculous", "bizarre" and "unproven" by David Beckham and the Beckham's portrayed a publicly unified front against the allegations. However, Loos maintained that she had not made-up the allegations, and since the Beckhams took no legal action to challenge them, they have continued to tarnish the image of the Beckhams as the UK's "golden couple". The British newspapers and public, however, ultimately lost interest in the story, and the Beckhams have continued life as normal.

In 2003, Victoria denied rumors of breast enhancement on British television insisting, "I'm completely natural, I have not had breast enhancement or anything except for my fingernails, and I have a bit of help with my hair and a bit of San Tropez going on." A year later she told British talk show host Michael Parkinson, "I haven't had a boob job." This was generally thought to be confirmed as a lie in 2005 when a court document concerning a libel case revealed she did have breast enhancement. The documentation, obtained by Britain's The People newspaper, says "That the Second Claimant (Victoria Beckham) had in fact undergone breast enhancement surgery and had lied about it on the 'Tabloid Tales' television program." However some people have failed to realize that nothing has been proven, or shown to the public - just what the tabloid is claiming to be fact. So far there is no proof she has had breast enhancement.

Victoria Beckham has had a well publicized quarrel with supermodel Naomi Campbell, which started when she publicly identified Campbell as "a massive cow" and a "bitch" in 2000. Campbell later remarked that she could not understand how the former "Spice Girl" ever got the nickname "Posh". Nevertheless, any bad blood (tabloid induced or not) between them seems to have cooled down over the past several years, the girls have even appeared together and seen to be friends. In fact Naomi was the one who introduced Victoria to Damon Dash.

In 2004 Victoria introduced a jeans fashion line for Rock and Republic called 'VB Rocks'. The jeans were expensive,  selling for over $300. The product was so successful that Victoria made additional clothing lines, including a series of children's and men's fashion wear for the Spring/Fall of 2006. She also worked on a series of women's clothes with shirts and skirts. The unique feature on the garments is Victoria's logo - a crown with the letters VB.

There was a period of time during 2005 when it was reported that Victoria Beckham may be sued by HM Queen Elizabeth II over the illegal use of what appeared to be The Queens crown as Victoria Beckham's clothes line symbol.

In 2006 Victoria had a further career achievement when she walked the catwalk for friend and fashion designer Roberto Cavalli. Rumor had it she was planning a career as a model, though Victoria herself has said this is silly.

Further work in 2006 included a line of sunglasses, a perfume (one for her and a cologne for David), and continuing her fashion business.

On February 26, 2006, Beckham made an formal statement about the future of her music career in an interview with the Sunday Mirror: "I'm never going to sing again, unless it was a chance to do something with The Spice Girls. I don't really miss the shows we did together. I miss the girls more. I see Geri a lot - I love her, she's amazing. I speak to the others from time to time. I love them too and miss them."

In 2007, David and Victoria relocated to the United States as David was signed to play soccer for a U.S. team. But due to injuries and various other problems, was rarely seen on the field leading tabloids and the public alike to wonder why the deal had ever happened in the first place. In addition, Victoria did not fit in well with the United States public and Hollywood set. She was almost never seen in public or with a smile, and industry insiders speculate that few Hollywood producers, directors or actors have any desire to work with her, making a possible acting career in the United States difficult.

But Hollywood has a short attention span, and anything can happen. Stay tuned!

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