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

I agree and would say the same about Kim and Khloe kardashian, as well as some other celebs.

They were both gorgeous and had amazing figures but the pressure to be skinny means that they don’t look that nice anymore and I’ve noticed some photos where they don’t even look very well because they’re so skinny now.

If someone is naturally slim it’s different and they look healthy.
But when they’re unnaturally slimmer than they should be, it really shows.

I think it’s very difficult to be a female celebrity and there is so much pressure on them.

I remember reading magazines 10 years ago and there were photos of all the celebs who have cellulite or rolls on their stomach when they sat down etc, proper body shaming them.

I do agree with this lol but his wife is stunning so it doesn't put the ladies off !

Why can we not have a conversation about the pressure on women to be very thin and its consequences?

Go ahead. I don't think this is a societal pressure to be rail thin. Look outside and most people aren't. Those who are, are either tall or petite and that's how they naturally look.

Please also note that people slagging off Victoria for being too thin is no better. It contributes to disorder eating (overeating) and a fixation with weight gain and very poor body image.

This is why we just mind our own business and leave people alone.

I think Victoria was stunning and still is. Yes she clearly has lip fillers and Botox but it's done nicely I think.

Judgmental, just in a different way

No one is stopping you having a conversation about anything. It’s a response to the OP.

Of course women shouldn’t feel pressure to be thin. Can we imagine having this conversation about a man who’d been awarded an OBE for services to his industry, who is a father and successful individual? No.

That’s what this one is about if you read it more carefully.

We can, maybe start a thread on that rather than on slagging off victoria beckham

No opinion on her appearance but her eldest son, the one who got married, always looks quite…unkept. Which is odd considering how style conscious the rest of the family seems to be. Whenever I see a picture of him it looks as if he needs a hot shower and hair wash.

Why can we not have a conversation about the pressure on women to be very thin and its consequences?

I wish people would stop saying overeating causes cancer. Obesity can be a risk factor but it riles me when a size 6, 20 something friend is dying of cancer. Kind of implies her lifestyle is a fault. Looks of very active, thin, sporty people still get cancer. Being slim and pert won't protect people from cancer. If only it was that simple. My friend could get down to a size 2 and beat it.

Why can’t we concentrate on what she brings to the world rather than her looks? Depressing thread.

Everyone who also looked better when they were younger raise your hands 🙋🏻‍♀️

Being healthy is being slightly underweight? Well there's the stupidest comment I've heard in a while.

Well, I’m sure most women looked better at 20, than at nearly 50 after four children. Does it actually matter to anyone but herself, what she looks like?

I don't think about her much. She's not the type of person I would aspire to be. She's looked miserable for years!

If OP had titled the thread “Am I the only person who thinks VB looked better with more weight on her” the response would have been different.

There would have been some posters who wanted to make it about age, but more posters would have got the point.

Imo VB looks great now, she doesn’t look that different or even much older than 20 years ago - she does look better with more weight on her though.

Far from being misogynist - fat is a feminist matter. The question is why so many women still feel pressure to be really thin.

Being healthy is being slightly underweight. Being healthy is leaving a meal when you are not quite full.

Hmm… sounds more like an eating disorder to me.

We all look fresher when we were younger of course.

Victoria you look fabulous.

A thread comparing a woman's appearance in her late 40's to her appearance in her early 20's. And then going on at length about her weight.

Internalised misogyny is alive and well.

Lady Mary Charteris, @Gloriously , same circles. She’s cultivated a classy image @ClaudiaWankleman @Wolvesart & she’s done it very well. Possibly as it was important re: new career. I think she’s clearly very strong & disciplined & admirable. I like her ‘off duty’ look especially, jeans, white shirt.

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I will go against the grain of this thread and say I think VB is too skinny - she looks emaciated and older than her years

If VB looks older than her years at nearly 50 what do you think women of that age should look like? I would love to see pictures of all these women who look younger than VB at her age.

There is too much pressure on people today to be skinny - people like VB add to this pressure

If anything being fat is encouraged. Being morbidly obese is celebrated.
Greed which leads to heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes and all the aches and pains that happen as you age and joints are worn out and life limited is apparently great.

All those on here saying 'she looks great' need a reality check - you are part of the problem

Happy to be part of the problem if it saves someone’s life.

Being healthy is being slightly underweight. Being healthy is leaving a meal when you are not quite full.

Most people nowadays would help themselves enormously if they restricted there food intake now and then and left the dining table slightly hungry instead of over eating

Women looks better at 20 then 40... What a shocker!

I think she looks great in both pictures.

As the Beckham's raked it up by doing a documentary they can't be upset that Rebecca Loos has reappeared, they brought it on themselves.