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Victoria Caroline Beckham (born '''Victoria Caroline Adams''' on 17 April 1974 ) is an English Celebrity and designer, formerly a Popular Music Singer , who first came to prominence 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 Footballer David Beckham . BIOGRAPHY Victoria Beckham was born and brought up in affluent Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire to Tony Adams, an electronics engineer, and Jackie Cannon, the oldest of 3 children. Prior to joining the Spice Girls, Victoria trained as a dancer and had a number of modeling and dancing jobs, and had joined a band in which she was to be the lead singer, but left them in favour of the Spice Girls project. Even though she admits having sung off-key in the audition (claiming the song was in the wrong key for her but 'she can really sing') she was chosen anyway. Victoria Adams married the ex-, born March 4 1999 , Romeo, born September 1 2002 , and Cruz, born February 20 2005 . Following the birth of her first child, Victoria's weight loss became a topic of much discussion in the British Tabloid Press . She agreed to appear in adverts for a potato crisp brand but there were claims that she would not actually eat the crisps. She has claimed to this day that she never had an eating disorder though she says former band member Geri Halliwell did get her dangerously addicted to dieting. She likes to say her dramatic weight loss was due to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome , a condition that more usually causes Hirsutism , Central Obesity and occasionally Masculinization . Despite being one of the most famous celebrities in Britain, and having all her music reach the top ten (the only solo Spice to do so), Victoria Beckham's career as a solo artist is largely considered to have been a commercial failure. She is the only ex-" (2000) at number 2 being the closest that she came to the accolade. Her debut album reached number 10 in the UK album chart. '' Let Your Head Go/ This Groove '' (a Double A-side ) was released in the UK in late December 2003 and reached number 3. This single was the result of a compromise with her manager Simon Fuller , one side being a pop/dance song and the other side a song displaying strong R&B influences which was inspired by her new mentor Damon Dash . Disagreement between Dash and Fuller over how to manage and produce Victoria's career and music lead to the cancellation of the US release of this record, and Victoria began to work on a range of original fashions for Rock And Republic instead. A promotional CD, featuring these singles and a snippet of a cover of Lennon And McCartney 's '' Come Together '', was sent to the media but the full song was not released. In 2004, her happily married image suffered when a string of women claimed to the tabloid press to have had affairs with David, including Rebecca Loos . All were dismissed as "ludicrous", "absurd" and "unsubstantiated" by David Beckham, and the Beckhams showed a publicly united front against the allegations. However, Loos maintained that she had not fabricated the allegations, and since the Beckhams took no legal action to disprove them, they have continued to mar the image of the Beckhams as the UK's "golden couple". The British press and public, however, eventually lost interest in the story, and the Beckhams have appeared to continue life as normal. In 2003, Victoria denied rumors of breast enhancement on British TV insisting, "I'm completely natural, 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 chat show host Michael Parkinson , "I haven't had a boob job." This was widely believed to be proven as a lie in 2005 when a court document relating to a libel case she and her husband filed revealed she did have her breasts enhanced. The file, 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." Beckham has had a well-publicized feud with Supermodel Naomi Campbell , which began when she publicly branded 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". However, any bad blood (tabloid-induced or otherwise) between them seems to have subsided and the women have appeared to be friends, Naomi having introduced Victoria to Damon Dash . AUTOBIOGRAPHY Victoria Beckham wrote an autobiography, ''Learning to Fly''. The book was the 3rd best selling non-fiction title of 2001, and has been translated into several Asian languages, although Victoria Beckham told a Spanish journalist in 2005 "I haven't read a book in my life". That quote was later recanted when Victoria told another interviewer she meant she had never had time to read a book "cover to cover". FASHION DESIGNER In 2004 Victoria designed a fashion line for Rock And Republic called ' VB Rocks 'consisting mainly of Jeans for the high end of the market (retailing at approximately $300 in the U.S.). The line was successful and Victoria has contributed further lines, including children's and men's wear, for the Spring/Autumn of 2006. She has also worked on a range of women's clothes including shirts and skirts. The clothing features a Logo of a crown with the letters VB. It was reported that Victoria Beckham might be sued by HM Queen Elizabeth II for use of what appeared to be the Queen's crown in this logo. In 2006 Victoria walked the catwalk for friend and fashion designer Roberto Cavalli , but she dismissed rumours that she wanted to start a career as a model as "absurd". Further plans for 2006 include a line of sunglasses, perfumes (one for her and a cologne for David), and furthering her fashion range. FUTURE IN MUSIC On February 26 , 2006 , Beckham stated 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." DISCOGRAPHY Albums
Singles
The following recordings also became available in the public forum, but were not officially released by her record company Pop songs
R 'n B songs
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