Posh Spice Victoria Beckham has admitted for the first time that she suffered from an eating disorder.
She made the revelation in an extract from her forthcoming autobiography, Learning To Fly, which was published in the
Mail on Sunday newspaper.
Beckham has denied that she had anorexia in the past.
Beckham described her illness and said that for a time she was "obsessed" with her appearance.
"In the gym, instead of checking my posture or position, I was checking the size of my bottom, or to see if my double
chin was getting any smaller," she wrote.
The singer also described her "paranoia" after threats on her own life and that of her husband, England captain David
Beckham.
Those fears may have been heightened on Sunday when she was briefly pelted with fruit and vegetables at BBC Radio
1's One Big Sunday event in Leicester.
Some members of the 100,000-strong crowd did not appreciate her sneak preview of her latest single Not Such An
Innocent Girl.
Beckham ignored the disruption and continued with her performance.
Dieting obsession
After her weight dropped following the birth of her son, Brooklyn, Beckham was led to deny accusations of anorexia in
the press.
Now she has admitted that in the early days of the Spice Girls, when they were under pressure from their management
to lose weight, dieting was a preoccupation.
Beckham said it was Geri Halliwell, who encouraged her and Mel C to go running and take liquid meal substitutes.
In the following years, Beckham began to binge eat - in one passage from her autobiography she describes eating 10
bowls of Frosties in one sitting.
Source: BBC News Website
Victoria Caroline Adams was born April 17, 1974, in Hertfordshire, England.
She has two siblings, brother Christian and sister Louise, while parents,
Jackie and Tony, ran a successful electrical wholesale business and were well
off by most standards.
As a child, Victoria was surprisingly lonely; other children often teased her
because of her acne and she would even ask her father not to drop her off in
front of school so as not to be seen in the family's Rolls-Royce.
no wannabe
Such a personality made her an unlikely candidate for pop stardom, but she
found herself in a band while in school. She studied at the Jason Theatre
School as a child and then moved on to the Laine Arts Theatre College, where
she also dabbled in dance and modeling.
Although her original band never took off, her life was forever changed when
she decided to answer an ad in The Stage that was looking for five women
who could sing and dance to form a group.
Little did Victoria know that this ad would lead to a group called the Spice
Girls, which would eventually leave an indelible mark in music history.
Released in 1996, the Spice Girls' first single, "Wannabe," and their debut
album, Spice , were smash hits in the US and abroad. Victoria, along with her
band mates Emma, Geri, and the two Mels, became instant household names,
with success that changed the face of pop culture and gave new meaning to
"girl power."
spicing up lives worldwide
With hits like "2 Become 1" and "Spice Up Your Life," the Spice Girls went on
to sell over 35 million albums and 25 million singles worldwide, igniting a
worldwide phenomenon in the process.
But this mega success was relatively short-lived. Worldwide tours, millions of
albums sold, and a movie (Spiceworld) later, Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell
decided to split from the Girls in May 1998, leaving a huge void in the group.
After the remaining foursome released Forever in 2000, which was met with
lukewarm sales, the Spice Girls decided to split up and pursue solo projects.
Taking some time off and falling in love in the process, Victoria "Posh Spice"
Adams wed soccer star David Beckham in July 1999, and together they have
two sons, Brooklyn and Romeo.
flying solo
She also released an autobiography, titled Learning To Fly. In 2001, she
released her first solo album, Victoria Beckham, which has spawned the
singles "Not Such An Innocent Girl" (which unfortunately was clobbered on
the charts by Kylie Minogue's comeback single) and "A Mind Of Its Own."
When she isn't recording songs or tending to her family, Victoria loves
shopping and taking care of her three Yorkshire Terriers. She is currently
working on her upcoming singles and continues to live a happy life as Mrs.
Victoria Beckham.
She made the revelation in an extract from her forthcoming autobiography, Learning To Fly, which was published in the
Mail on Sunday newspaper.
Beckham has denied that she had anorexia in the past.
Beckham described her illness and said that for a time she was "obsessed" with her appearance.
"In the gym, instead of checking my posture or position, I was checking the size of my bottom, or to see if my double
chin was getting any smaller," she wrote.
The singer also described her "paranoia" after threats on her own life and that of her husband, England captain David
Beckham.
Those fears may have been heightened on Sunday when she was briefly pelted with fruit and vegetables at BBC Radio
1's One Big Sunday event in Leicester.
Some members of the 100,000-strong crowd did not appreciate her sneak preview of her latest single Not Such An
Innocent Girl.
Beckham ignored the disruption and continued with her performance.
Dieting obsession
After her weight dropped following the birth of her son, Brooklyn, Beckham was led to deny accusations of anorexia in
the press.
Now she has admitted that in the early days of the Spice Girls, when they were under pressure from their management
to lose weight, dieting was a preoccupation.
Beckham said it was Geri Halliwell, who encouraged her and Mel C to go running and take liquid meal substitutes.
In the following years, Beckham began to binge eat - in one passage from her autobiography she describes eating 10
bowls of Frosties in one sitting.
Source: BBC News Website
Victoria Caroline Adams was born April 17, 1974, in Hertfordshire, England.
She has two siblings, brother Christian and sister Louise, while parents,
Jackie and Tony, ran a successful electrical wholesale business and were well
off by most standards.
As a child, Victoria was surprisingly lonely; other children often teased her
because of her acne and she would even ask her father not to drop her off in
front of school so as not to be seen in the family's Rolls-Royce.
no wannabe
Such a personality made her an unlikely candidate for pop stardom, but she
found herself in a band while in school. She studied at the Jason Theatre
School as a child and then moved on to the Laine Arts Theatre College, where
she also dabbled in dance and modeling.
Although her original band never took off, her life was forever changed when
she decided to answer an ad in The Stage that was looking for five women
who could sing and dance to form a group.
Little did Victoria know that this ad would lead to a group called the Spice
Girls, which would eventually leave an indelible mark in music history.
Released in 1996, the Spice Girls' first single, "Wannabe," and their debut
album, Spice , were smash hits in the US and abroad. Victoria, along with her
band mates Emma, Geri, and the two Mels, became instant household names,
with success that changed the face of pop culture and gave new meaning to
"girl power."
spicing up lives worldwide
With hits like "2 Become 1" and "Spice Up Your Life," the Spice Girls went on
to sell over 35 million albums and 25 million singles worldwide, igniting a
worldwide phenomenon in the process.
But this mega success was relatively short-lived. Worldwide tours, millions of
albums sold, and a movie (Spiceworld) later, Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell
decided to split from the Girls in May 1998, leaving a huge void in the group.
After the remaining foursome released Forever in 2000, which was met with
lukewarm sales, the Spice Girls decided to split up and pursue solo projects.
Taking some time off and falling in love in the process, Victoria "Posh Spice"
Adams wed soccer star David Beckham in July 1999, and together they have
two sons, Brooklyn and Romeo.
flying solo
She also released an autobiography, titled Learning To Fly. In 2001, she
released her first solo album, Victoria Beckham, which has spawned the
singles "Not Such An Innocent Girl" (which unfortunately was clobbered on
the charts by Kylie Minogue's comeback single) and "A Mind Of Its Own."
When she isn't recording songs or tending to her family, Victoria loves
shopping and taking care of her three Yorkshire Terriers. She is currently
working on her upcoming singles and continues to live a happy life as Mrs.
Victoria Beckham.
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