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

If she’s not unwell how is she modelling unhealthy?
Surely if she’s not unwell she is well, she certainly looks well to me, maybe she’s mentally well enough to know how to bring up children, all her sons seem fine and healthy, other than the fact they’ve not got a degree between them 🙃 her daughter looks very healthy and happy and loved, they’ve made a nice life, both doing, working, living and eating how they want, kids mostly grown up, marriage still going strong after ups and downs.
Women should be supporting other women, stop being jealous of women thinner or prettier than you or women who got on without the degree, it’s not a good look and it doesn’t improve your life.
you want a degree go get one, you want to be thin stop eating so much and start working out, if you want a happy healthy relationship work on yourself and your boundaries.
Dragging other women online or elsewhere is not going to improve your life at all it’s just really unpleasant.
VB is probably one of the least offensive women ever to live so long in the public eye, she’s never hurt anyone, by what I’ve seen she’s a good mum and loyal wife, I doubt she’d be on many peoples favourites list either tbf but shes just living her life, most of us looked better in our 20s than 40s this post is just jealous band nasty

She's nearly 50 and looks great. Personally I think she looks better now, carrying her life experience and maturity than as younger and fresh faced.

She's not unwell though. It's a choice. Maybe it is her body etc etc but what about the messages she is giving her daughter? Or is it a case of her daughter so, raising her with an unhealthy relationship with food and her body is her choice too?

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?

God, women are awful to each other

The woman has been under public scrutiny since she was a teenager. If you got photographed and your weight discussed and analyses every time you went out then if you had her resources you'd maybe take the path she has. She's moved from music to fashion as an industry, even more relentless and anti fat .

The thing is VB obviously thinks she looks much bettwr than she did atvher natural body weight years ago. She hasn't put weight on, she restricts and heavily controls her own diet to stay underweight which is a very unhealthy way of living.

Bu all accounts VB"s eating is disordered. 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. The worrying thing here is the seriously messed up message that she is giving ti her daughter re food restriction, weight and body image.

Stop caring and judging what other people look like. Focus your life on good things and highlight positives. Your negative opinion of another woman's body is really dated. A PP said it comes with the territory of being famous; says who? We should all stop judging other people's bodies and appearances.

I'm about the same age as her and she looks much better than me.. Good on her for having the discipline to do it.

I think the OP's point is that she became this "style icon" because she worked to meet the expectations of the fame industry instead of revelling in the beauty she already had.

Just look on Style and Beauty. Women posting that they wont wear skinny jeans if they are not considered fashionable anymore, rather than just wearing what they know looks good on them and what they like. They are more concerned with what other people think of them than anything else.

VB and all the other celebs are doing exactly the same, but to a greater degree and under greater scrutiny.

Most of the A listers do all look the bloody same, and its a shame! They muck about with their bodies and faces to the point where half the time they barely resemble their original selves and its heartbreaking that they feel that they have to do that. And no before someone says, I dont think that they are choosing to do it because they prefer it, I am sure that they are doing it because fame values youth and beauty, preferably skinny youth and beauty.

@Branster that makes a lot of sense tbh, I'm useless with the magic that can be done with make up but I'm sure she knows every trick.
I've got to use up some of my Sisley eye pencils before I'll try her make up range but I've heard good things.

She's far too thin on the second pic not healthy.

It worries me that some people's only measure of success is whether or not a person has been to university. Good on them for realising that there are more important things in life.

Are we still doing this?

She's a grown woman who has aged beautifully, has grown children and a business.

Of course she looks different.

Even if she gorged like a hungry piggy she could still be compared to a stick insect! She leads a busy life so probably doesn't have time to put on weight.
This may, or may not, change in the future but, meanwhile, she seems to be healthy enough and happy with her family and she certainly isn't harming anyone!

Why do women do this to each other?

I never see people on male dominated forums go "Fucking hell, Brad Pitt looks a bit rough these days, why doesn't he look like he did 30 years ago?"

I do see them say it about women, what can I say, my sex are shits. But given that misogyny is so rife, why do women feel the need to stick the boot into each others appearances too?

@TomatoSandwiches she wears a different, heavier , darker eye makeup nowadays and her eyebrows are a different shape and thicker (and possibly lower because we're 20 years down the line).
Possibly fillers or something to lift/plump cheeks as they appear quite high and detract from her eyes.
The Princess of Wales favours a heavy, dark eye makeup as well which is very noticeable.
Maybe because they get photographed a lot or maybe it's a fashion?

I think Victoria Beckham looks absolutely fine both now and in her Spice Girls era photos.
That glow and natural plumpness of face never lasts beyond 30 years of age at the most.
4 kids and 20 odd years later, anyone would look different and she chose to maintain a lower constant weight but she always looks toned which is not a bad thing.
She is probably very disciplined and committed.

An absurd post! Her children were never going to attend state schools.
University is not for every body. David and Victoria didn't go to university either and they are doing alright. Besides there is plenty of time in the world to attend university.

Body shaming another woman, how delightful. My daughter is the same size and is subject to strangers, lecturers etc saying she needs to out weight on.

She is a size 6, but actually wears some of my size 10 clothes from 25 years ago. They are the same size.

Have you genuinely started a thread just to bash a woman for (in your opinion) not looking as good at nearly 50 as she did in her 20’s?? Really??

I think she looks great back then and now but I am confused about her eyes. They look so much bigger back then, how do they get much smaller, is it just natural ageing or some surgery?

Although I am going to go against the thread a little and say I think I look WAY better now in my late 40s than I did in my mid 20s. I was a knackered young mum back then with a terrible short hair cut (inspired by bloody Posh Spice) and no time or money to work out.

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 🙄