Victoria Beckham Paling Benci Kakinya
by Abdul Hamid Lembah Bujang
BEKAS penyanyi Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham, yang kini menjadi perancang fesyen ini jarang mengenakan sepatu tinggi yang mendatar dan tipis di depan umum, meskipun ia tak pernah merasa nyaman dengan kasut tinggi dan runcing itu.
Dalam satu temubual dengan majalah Glamour, Amerika Syarikat, Victoria mengatakan, "Memang kasut tinggi membuat kaki saya sakit. Itu memang Betul!
"Saya tidak akan berbohong. Tapi, hasilnya harus dibeli dengan perjuangan, seperti kata mereka. Bagi saya, itu bukan masalah. Saya mahu menderita. Bukannya saya mengenakan heels setiap hari, kecuali kalau keluar rumah. Kasut tinggi membuat saya merasa yakin pada diri."
Sebelum ini, Victoria pernah mengungkapkan bahawa ia benci kasut yang mempunyai tapak yang tipis dan rata.
"Saya benci kasut ala balerina. Saya tak bisa berjalan dengan kasut begitu kecuali jika dikenakan oleh balerina yang sedang menari. Saya suka kasut tinggi," kata Victoria.
Ketika foto bintang berumur 35 tahun ini dirakam tanpa kasut baru-baru ini, tampaklah tulang pangkal kakinya menonjol keluar akibat dari terlalu sering mengenakan high heels.
Victoria mengaku kaki merupakan bagian tubuh terakhir yang menjadi favoritnya.
"Saya benci kaki saya. Ia merupakan bagian paling menjijikkan dari saya," kata isteri kepada jaguh bolasepak David Beckham.
Victoria Beckham's Gift to David: A $3,000 Bulldog
by Abdul Hamid Lembah Bujang
Cost wasn't an issue in Posh Spice's Christmas shopping this year. Victoria Beckham splashed out on a $3,200 pet bulldog for her soccer star husband David, and gave it to him during the family’s festive celebrations at their UK home Beckingham Palace, in Hertfordshire.
The as yet unnamed mutt will soon be flown out to Los Angeles to live with the couple and their three sons -- Brooklyn, ten, Romeo, seven, and four-year-old Cruz.
Victoria, 35, chose that particular breed because it is synonymous with the fighting spirit of the England soccer team and the country. A family friend told The Sun newspaper: “David absolutely loves the bulldog. Victoria said she chose the breed because it is a symbol of David’s spirit on the soccer field. He will be flown out to Los Angeles so the boys can look after it when their dad is away.”
The dog is the third canine addition to the Beckham household. David, 34, already has two Rottweilers named Snoopy and Puff after rap superstars Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy, formerly known as Puff Daddy.
David and Victoria spent Christmas Day with their children, British TV chef Gordon Ramsay, his wife Tana and their four children, David’s parents Sandra and Ted, his sister Joanne and Victoria’s parents Tony and Jackie.
The bulldog is one of the UK’s four national animals and during World War II British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was commonly referred to as the ‘British Bulldog’ and characterised as the animal to represent his unbreakable spirit.