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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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fluffypotatoes · 31/10/2023 06:49

camelfinger · 31/10/2023 06:30

Possibly a better way of putting it is that she looked better 30 years ago than she did 28 years ago. She got significantly thinner a few years into being famous.

How is that better

Tighginn · 31/10/2023 06:44

The stress of all of David's illegitimate children...

Shutthedoormargaret · 31/10/2023 06:43

I do wonder if she would have lost so much weight if it wasn't for the pressure of the 90s and 2000s culture. If her eating (if true) habits are a personal preference then that's her choice, but I can't help but feel it may have been a result of the body shaming of that time. She did indeed look beautiful in that before picture and if it was taken today, would be praised and admired.

There is a video on insta/tik tok that keeps doing the rounds of clips from the 2000s of women being shamed for their weight/bodies in the media.VB is quizzed by chris Evans on TFI Friday I think about being back to her pre pregnancy weight and asks to put her on the scales. It's bloody shocking (but also explains why I've felt fat my whole life despite always being a healthy weight).

sollenwir · 31/10/2023 06:41

I personally feel she did overdo the skinny look, but it's her life and if she's happy then it's up to her. Regardless of her body shape she's still someone who cannot sing yet became famous for being in one of the best ever girl bands so......

Justleaveitblankthen · 31/10/2023 06:39

AllWeWantToDo · 31/10/2023 00:22

Yeah, poor women who had her 10 mins of fame because she snagged a married footballer and is now back giving interviews. She's obviously moved on from it all 🙄

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The Beckhams made yet another pile of cash with the very carefully crafted documentary. Made entirely by David's company and completely stage managed.
I don't blame Rebecca for accepting a few of the pile of offers she would have been besieged with.
She has a family to think of too.
It was all abit of a non story though. I hardly think she was 'disrespected' or 'blamed' at all. But they had to talk about something.

Sheeponacid · 31/10/2023 06:39

There are some absolutely disgusting posters here, scrutinising and speculating about different parts of a woman's body like she was an animal at the auction mart. Seriously, have a word with yourselves.

Soonenough · 31/10/2023 06:38

Personally I think her WAG days were her best look . The hair ! The bags carried on the crook of her arm.

Am I the only person who thinks Victoria Beckham looked better in her early Spice Girl days...
Mumtobabyhavoc · 31/10/2023 06:36

Wow - another thread bashing a woman's appearance and age. What a revelation. 👏

AmandasFleckerl · 31/10/2023 06:36

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.

If I was Victoria I wouldn’t care. They’ve got through it. Married for 20+ years, four children, great life. I’d say Rebecca who??

ChocolateCakeOverspill · 31/10/2023 06:36

Is this for real or is someone just bored because it’s half term? Feels like such a cliche way to whip up strong feelings.

Just as a suggestion for your next one OP, how about women shouldn’t go to work when they have kids or only terrible parents formula feed.

Graasspp · 31/10/2023 06:34

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

Perhaps she enjoys being thin.

Not everyone makes food the basis of their life's enjoyment

Fairyliz · 31/10/2023 06:31

I take it you are not quite the size you would like to be op? You could always take tips from VB rather than knock her down to make yourself feel better.

camelfinger · 31/10/2023 06:30

Possibly a better way of putting it is that she looked better 30 years ago than she did 28 years ago. She got significantly thinner a few years into being famous.

TheaBrandt · 31/10/2023 06:29

Some people genuinely get little pleasure from food. A friend is like that she is also enviably slim. On the one hand aesthetically it’s great but I would still like to be someone that gets pleasure from food even though it means a larger arse.

SnowyPetals · 31/10/2023 06:25

I believe she exists purely on fish and vegetables in order to maintain her extremely thin body. On her birthday she had a birthday cake made mostly of veg. How joyless

Not everyone gets "joy" from eating processed sugary crap. I don't eat cake because it makes me put on weight. I get more "joy" from being healthy than I do from stuffing my face with cake.

fluffypotatoes · 31/10/2023 06:23

Though am heartened to see lots of replies agreeing it's not really on

malificent7 · 31/10/2023 06:23

Well she was stunning then and stunning now. If anything it's better to stay thin for health reasons.

fluffypotatoes · 31/10/2023 06:22

What a mean sprited thread

Nemareus · 31/10/2023 06:19

happinessischocolate · 30/10/2023 23:46

How about you post pics of yourself now and 20/30 years ago and we all judge whether you looked better then than you do now?

Would love to look how she looks. I think the move from slim to toned works well for her.

Joey1976 · 31/10/2023 06:15

happinessischocolate · 30/10/2023 23:46

How about you post pics of yourself now and 20/30 years ago and we all judge whether you looked better then than you do now?

This.

crumblylancs · 31/10/2023 06:13

What a shitty thread 🙄 imagine having a load of random women on the internet pick your body and face apart unnecessarily.

Ihaterhymingrabbit · 31/10/2023 06:12

iloveeverykindofcat · 31/10/2023 04:33

How about we stop picking other women's bodies apart? Her body, her life, her business. I was a healthy weight in my twenties and now I'm underweight. There are reasons, mostly anxiety and stress related. I'm sure some people think I looked better then but people have been kind enough not to say it except at one point when I really was seriously underweight and going through a bad time at work. Can we just leave this 'she's too big/she's too skinny' in the 2000s where it belongs?

Perfectly said thank you.

PunjabiGirl · 31/10/2023 06:11

Lovely misogynistic thread 👍🏼

Ihaterhymingrabbit · 31/10/2023 06:11

Hate this thread, such cliche bitching about another woman’s appearance.

It’s 2023 we need to move past this shit.

When someone in my office comments on another woman’s appearance or weight gain/loss it makes my toes curl and think less of the person saying it. I brush over it quickly.

Bunnycat101 · 31/10/2023 05:40

She has obviously been very controlled with her diet but so will everyone in her circle so it will seem normal. I do think it’s unfair to then talk about example to the children when none of the four have ever looked underweight.

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