Singer turned fashion icon Beckham to celebrate 40th

She rose to fame as Posh Spice, then became one of the most famous footballer’s wives. Now a self-made fashion icon, Victoria Beckham reaches another milestone this week — she turns 40.

Born on April 17, 1974, in Hertfordshire, to Jackie and Anthony Adams, as a child Victoria Caroline Adams attended the Jason Theatre school and later Laine Arts Theatre College in Surrey.

In 1994, she was chosen, with Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, and Melanie Brown, to form The Spice Girls.