“Dear Victoria, I know you are struggling right now,” she wrote to her 18-year-old self. “You are not the prettiest, or the thinnest, or the best at dancing at the Laine Theatre Arts college.” She went on to lament her bad acne, “plump” figure, and placement in the very back of her end-of-the-year show. She recounted calling her mother to tell her she wanted to come home. Beckham has previously detailed her struggles with anorexia and bulimia in her book “Learning to Fly.” “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. Beckham’s weight and eating habits are consistent fodder for tabloids. She also drew backlash for using an extremely thin model to advertise her clothing. “All those years I denied it – stupid,” she wrote. “A sign of insecurity. Just celebrate what you’ve got.” “The judges of the competition will match you to four other girls, all misfits in their own ways,” she wrote. “Together you will make it OK to look different. And, as the Spice Girls, you will sell 75 million records.” To 18-year-old Beckham (and all the other teens reading this), we say: You better listen carefully.
title: “Victoria Beckham Reveals Body Image Issues In British Vogue” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-22” author: “Darlene Tolles”
“Dear Victoria, I know you are struggling right now,” she wrote to her 18-year-old self. “You are not the prettiest, or the thinnest, or the best at dancing at the Laine Theatre Arts college.” She went on to lament her bad acne, “plump” figure, and placement in the very back of her end-of-the-year show. She recounted calling her mother to tell her she wanted to come home. Beckham has previously detailed her struggles with anorexia and bulimia in her book “Learning to Fly.” “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. Beckham’s weight and eating habits are consistent fodder for tabloids. She also drew backlash for using an extremely thin model to advertise her clothing. “All those years I denied it – stupid,” she wrote. “A sign of insecurity. Just celebrate what you’ve got.” “The judges of the competition will match you to four other girls, all misfits in their own ways,” she wrote. “Together you will make it OK to look different. And, as the Spice Girls, you will sell 75 million records.” To 18-year-old Beckham (and all the other teens reading this), we say: You better listen carefully.
title: “Victoria Beckham Reveals Body Image Issues In British Vogue” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-20” author: “Louis Ramon”
“Dear Victoria, I know you are struggling right now,” she wrote to her 18-year-old self. “You are not the prettiest, or the thinnest, or the best at dancing at the Laine Theatre Arts college.” She went on to lament her bad acne, “plump” figure, and placement in the very back of her end-of-the-year show. She recounted calling her mother to tell her she wanted to come home. Beckham has previously detailed her struggles with anorexia and bulimia in her book “Learning to Fly.” “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. Beckham’s weight and eating habits are consistent fodder for tabloids. She also drew backlash for using an extremely thin model to advertise her clothing. “All those years I denied it – stupid,” she wrote. “A sign of insecurity. Just celebrate what you’ve got.” “The judges of the competition will match you to four other girls, all misfits in their own ways,” she wrote. “Together you will make it OK to look different. And, as the Spice Girls, you will sell 75 million records.” To 18-year-old Beckham (and all the other teens reading this), we say: You better listen carefully.