Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 17 April 1974)[2][3]beckham was born at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.and Anthony William Adams, who worked as an electronics engineer.[9] They founded an electronics wholesale business which allowed a comfortable upbringing for Victoria and her sister Louise[2] and brother Christian Adams.
In 1980, she watched the musical film Fame and subsequently made the decision to pursue a musical career.[13][14] Jacqueline and Anthony Adams enrolled her at Jason Theatre School.[2] In 1991, Beckham entered Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom, Surrey and studied dance and modelling.[2][3] Beckham attended St. Mary's High School in Cheshunt, where she was embarrassed by her family's wealth and often begged her father not to drop her off outside the school in their Rolls Royce.[15] Eventually, she became a member of a band called Persuasion.[16]
Beckham has participated in five official documentaries and reality shows about her, including Being Victoria Beckham, The Real Beckhams, and Victoria Beckham: Coming to America. She has since made a cameo appearance in an episode of Ugly Betty, and been a guest judge on Project Runway, Germany's Next Topmodel, and American Idol. She is married to David Beckham and they have four children. As of 2014, the couple's joint wealth is estimated at £380 million.[5]
In the past decade, Beckham has become an internationally recognised style icon and fashion designer. Following high-profile collaborations with other brands, she launched an eponymous label in 2008 and a lower-priced (diffusion) label in 2011. The Victoria Beckham label was named designer brand of the year in the UK in 2011; in 2012 the brand was assessed as the star performer in the Beckham family's business interests.[6][7] Writing in the Daily Telegraph in 2011, Belinda White noted that the transition from WAG to fashion designer had been more successful than most had predicted, saying: "She has gathered a significant celebrity following and won over the scathing fashion pack who now clamour for a ticket to her bi-annual show at New York Fashion Week."[8]