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Am I the only person who thinks Victoria Beckham looked better in her early Spice Girl days...

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isittoolatetosay · 30/10/2023 23:39

...before all the weight loss, then she has since?

I don't get why she's so celebrated as a style icon for being skinny. She was lovely and had beautiful facial features in her early fame days

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BOOTS52PollyPrissyPants · 31/10/2023 00:20

I agree with you totally as she was not extremely underweight and she looked lovely. Now she has done her lips and looks weird and her nose also and looks like she has cheek implants. I was shocked at how thin the top of her arms were in the recent documentary. She does not look good and if she was not having regular botox, filler she would look so old. She was lovely in her earlier days. Nothing to do with anyone ageing as she has changed how she looked so much through extreme dieting and procedures.

Ramalangadingdong · 31/10/2023 00:19

BurbleBumleBleep · 31/10/2023 00:12

Meh. She looks what she is.

Jerri and both Mels look fantastic too.

They can all afford to look good.

Ramalangadingdong · 31/10/2023 00:18

isittoolatetosay · 30/10/2023 23:48

What would be the point of that?

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I think she’s trying to say that we all looked better 20 years ago. And I agree with her.

LifesADance · 31/10/2023 00:16

Another thread scrutinising a woman’s appearance. <sigh>

Did you ever stop to think that it’s the constant scrutinising that makes women feel like they’re not good enough and has a big part to play in ‘all the weight loss’. 🙄

SunlightOverBamburgh · 31/10/2023 00:13

BellaAndDave · 31/10/2023 00:08

They referred to it in the documentary. I don’t feel sorry for her, I feel sorry for Rebecca Loos who’s moved on from it all. There was no need to bring it up again.

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Rebecca Loos was no victim.

BurbleBumleBleep · 31/10/2023 00:12

Meh. She looks what she is.

Jerri and both Mels look fantastic too.

Teddy65 · 31/10/2023 00:10

I think she always looks incredible and beautiful now and was also beautiful then.

Not everyone enjoys life through food. I do, though… 🐽

BellaAndDave · 31/10/2023 00:08

SunlightOverBamburgh · 30/10/2023 23:54

I feel sorry for her with the Rebecca Loos being dragged up again, it can't be easy for her being reminded of it all.

They referred to it in the documentary. I don’t feel sorry for her, I feel sorry for Rebecca Loos who’s moved on from it all. There was no need to bring it up again.

LusaBatoosa · 31/10/2023 00:08

isittoolatetosay · 30/10/2023 23:54

Gosh, no, quite the opposite. I would love to hear someone say my youthful body was perfect as it was and I didn't need to starve myself to suit other's expectations.

You do you, though,

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Post your photos and let’s have at it, then.

SweetBirdsong · 31/10/2023 00:05

She doesn't look much different. Confused She has barely aged. Her face looks almost the same! She is a bit slimmer now, but most people are slimmer, or less slim at different stages of their life. She looks lovely in both photos. Smile

AllWeWantToDo · 31/10/2023 00:05

BackAgainstWall · 31/10/2023 00:03

Ffs, we all looked much better in the early spice girl days.

God yeah, the glow of youth!

AllWeWantToDo · 31/10/2023 00:04

It's obviously the look she wants and she must have massive will power to have achieved it, it's not for everyone obviously but many women in the public eye do become thinner as they age

Bloody hell, I'm thinner now than I was in my 20s and I wasn't over weight then . Its her body, her choice

BackAgainstWall · 31/10/2023 00:03

Ffs, we all looked much better in the early spice girl days.

LuckyCats · 31/10/2023 00:01

Woman in her early 20s looks better than same woman in her late 40s shocker.
She must like how she looks now to have maintained it for so long, I also doubt she cares what random people on the internet think, especially considering she probably looks better than the majority of us at the same age.

Noname99 · 31/10/2023 00:00

You do you, though

yeh so how about letting her do her too

MariaLuna · 31/10/2023 00:00

Goodness, more mysoginy on here.

Take a look at yourself. Is being VB the only way to be? FFS!

CheezePleeze · 30/10/2023 23:59

eurotravel · 30/10/2023 23:49

She's been a stick for years. No idea if stories of her eating very little & the same foods for years are true but if so it's very sad. Life is there to enjoy

'A stick'?

Have a word with yourself, how nasty.

Doingtheboxerbeat · 30/10/2023 23:58

wouldn't

Doingtheboxerbeat · 30/10/2023 23:58

Tempnamechng · 30/10/2023 23:53

I looked amazing 30 years ago too.

Didn't we all! If I had a live-in chef and personal trainer, I still wont look like I did in my 20's
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EconomyClassRockstar · 30/10/2023 23:56

I don't know about you (and I'm the same age as Victoria) but I look very different now since I was 25 too! She is very open about the fact that she's not a foodie and so doesn't care if everyone else thinks her diet is bland. She clearly likes being thin as she has been very skinny for a long time now. She definitely doesn't come across as someone who doesn't enjoy life to me, even if she's very careful about who she smiles for. She has a freakin amazing life!

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isittoolatetosay · 30/10/2023 23:55

@U2HasTheEdge I'll try to care...

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isittoolatetosay · 30/10/2023 23:54

Sorry wolvesart I didn't mean to quote post you but a previous poster

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SunlightOverBamburgh · 30/10/2023 23:54

I feel sorry for her with the Rebecca Loos being dragged up again, it can't be easy for her being reminded of it all.

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isittoolatetosay · 30/10/2023 23:54

Wolvesart · 30/10/2023 23:52

It worries me they they are presented as such successful types. 3 boys left private and expensive education and not a university degree in the offing. Her dress sense classy, her children not so much

Gosh, no, quite the opposite. I would love to hear someone say my youthful body was perfect as it was and I didn't need to starve myself to suit other's expectations.

You do you, though,

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Tempnamechng · 30/10/2023 23:53

I looked amazing 30 years ago too.