15 Times Victoria Beckham Was The Most Underrated Member Of The Spice Girls

Pointing, pouting and all that's in between.
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Victoria Beckham may be one of the biggest stars in the world now, but back when she was in the Spice Girls, it often felt like she was overlooked in favour of Ginger, Baby, Sporty and Scary. 

But to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 'Wannabe', which was released on 8 July 1996, we're proving why Posh was always the most underrated spice on the rack.

1. Her famous point was the most iconic thing about the whole band, let's be real

2. Come on, Emma's pigtails, Mel C's tracksuits and Mel B's love of leopard print had nothing on this

3. She refused to follow the crowd and always did her own thing - a true marker of Girl Power

4. No other member of the band could have pulled off the whole classy dominatrix look in quite the same way

5. While all the girls were busy wanting to be Emma and Geri, it was Victoria who was lapping up all the male attention

6. Which might explain how she bagged the hottest fella of all her bandmates

7. She was the queen of the bitchy resting face

8. But all that stuff about her never smiling was just bollocks

9. Who could forget the time she *nearly* came a cropper during the Girls' Olympics performance?

10. Despite being one of the less vocal members of the group, she was still one of the biggest champions of Girl Power

11. While she was (and still is) a fabulous fashionista, it was always reassuring when she got it wrong

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12. When she gave us this gem: 

13. If you ever went as Posh to a fancy dress party, you always got to wear the nicest clothes

14. She was totally realistic about her own limitations as a pop star, but was living the dream regardless

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15. Nowadays, she'll do anything to avoid spending time with her bandmates, and we kinda rate it, tbh

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1996The Spice Girls at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party (credit:PA)
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1996Victoria Beckham (credit:PA)
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1996Melanie Brown (credit:PA)
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1996Geri Halliwell (credit:PA)
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1996Melanie Chisholm (credit:PA)
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1996Emma Bunton (credit:PA)
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1996Girl group The Spice Girls in the studio (credit:PA)
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1996The Spice Girls backstage at the Capital Radio Roadshow (credit:PA)
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1996The Spice Girls at Radio One Roadshow (credit:PA)
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1996The Spice Girls arrive at the Lloyds Bank British Fashion Awards in London (credit:PA)
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1996The Spice Girls show off their latest award during a visit to a record store in Birmingham (credit:PA)
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1997The Spice Girls celebrate Red Nose Day (credit:PA)
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1997The Spice Girls lend their support at the launch of TV station Channel 5 (credit:PA)
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1997Prince of Wales & Spice Girls at the Royal Gala (credit:PA)
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1997The Spice Girls pose outside the Martinez Hotel in Cannes, during the 50th Cannes Film Festival (credit:PA)
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1997The Spice Girls are shown at the MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall (credit:PA)
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1997The Spice Girls at the European MTV Music Awards (credit:PA)
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1998The Spice Girls at a premiere for their movie Spice World (credit:PA)
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1998The Spice Girls at the Brit awards (credit:PA)
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1998The Spice girls at a press conference in Modena (credit:PA)
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1998Spice Girls arriving at the Empire, Leicester Square, for the gala premiere of the film Spice - The Movie (credit:PA)
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1999Mel G, Victoria Beckham, Mel C and Emma Bunton, the Spice Girls, withtheir wax doubles at Madame Tussaud (credit:PA)
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2000The Spice Girls at the launch of their new album Viva Forever (credit:PA)
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2001The Spice Girls get back together to record at the famous Abbey road studios (credit:PA)
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2007The Spice Girls pose for the photographers with a British flag on the grounds of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, (credit:PA)
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2007The Spice Girls at the Victoria's Secret 25th Anniversary Fashion Show (credit:PA)
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2007The Spice Girls perform at the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (credit:PA)
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2007The Spice Girls unveil the new name, Spice One, of a Virgin Atlantic Jet at the Flight Path Museum at Los Angeles Airport (credit:PA)
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2008backstage prior to the start of the Roberto Cavalli Fall/Winter 2008/2009 men's collection (credit:PA)
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2012The Spice Girls during a photocall at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London to launch Viva Forever the musical (credit:PA)
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2012Victoria Beckham
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2012The Spice Girls - Viva Forever musical launch (credit:PA)
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LONDON - NOVEMBER 6: British pop stars (L-R) Victoria Beckham, 'Mel B', 'Mel C' and Emma Bunton of the ex pop group 'Spice Girls' attend their album launch held at the Red Cube restaurant on November 6, 2000 in London. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON - NOVEMBER 6: British pop stars (L-R) Emma Bunton, 'Mel B', Victoria Beckham and 'Mel C' of the ex pop group 'Spice Girls' attend their album launch held at the Red Cube restaurant on November 6, 2000 in London. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON - NOVEMBER 6: British pop stars (L-R) Victoria Beckham, 'Mel B', 'Mel C' and Emma Bunton of the ex pop group 'Spice Girls' attend their album launch held at the Red Cube restaurant on November 6, 2000 in London. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: The Spice Girls' Ginger Spice (Geraldine Halliwell) (L) -- Scary Spice (Melanie Janine Brown) (2nd from L) -- Posh Spice (Victoria Adams) (C) -- Baby Spice (Emma Lee Burton) (2nd from R) -- and Sporty Spice (Melanie Jayne Chisolm) (R) -- arrive atop a double decker bus for a screening of their new movie 'Spice World' at Planet Hollywood in New York 14 January. AFP PHOTO Henny Ray ABRAMS (Photo credit should read HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 01: WEMBLEY ARENA Photo of SPICE GIRLS, Group performing live on stage, sitting in chairs L-R Victoria Adams (Beckham), Geri Hallliwell, Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), Emma Bunton and Melanie Brown (Mel B) (Photo by Peter Still/Redferns) (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 10: BRIT AWARDS, LONDON ARENA Photo of SPICE GIRLS, Group portrait L-R Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), Melanie Brown (Mel B) and Victoria Adams (Beckham) (Photo by JMEnternational/Redferns) (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 10: BRIT AWARDS, LONDON ARENA Photo of SPICE GIRLS, Group performing live on stage L-R Melanie Chisholm (Mel C) , Geri Halliwell , Victoria Adams (Beckham) , Emma Bunton and Melanie Brown (Mel B) (Photo by JMEnternational/Redferns) (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 10: BRIT AWARDS, LONDON ARENA Photo of SPICE GIRLS, Group performing live on stage L-R Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Brown (Mel B) (Photo by JMEnternational/Redferns) (credit:Getty Images)
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UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 01: WEMBLEY ARENA Photo of SPICE GIRLS, Group performing live on stage Spiceworld tour L-R Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams (Beckham), Emma Bunton and Melanie Brown (Mel B) (Photo by Mick Hutson/Redferns) (credit:Getty Images)
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Portrait of UK pop group The Spice Girls (Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell) photographed in London in 1998. Job: 34206 Ref: SDD - Non-Exclusive - World Rights Only (Photo by Steve Brown/Photoshot/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Portrait of UK pop group The Spice Girls (Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell) photographed in London in 1998. Job: 34206 Ref: SDD - Non-Exclusive - World Rights Only (Photo by Steve Brown/Photoshot/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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English pop group the Spice Girls in concert, circa 1998. From left to right, Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Victoria Adams (later Beckham, aka Posh Spice), Melanie Brown (Mel B or Scary Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) and Melanie Chisholm (Mel C or Sporty Spice). (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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The Spice Girls filming the video for '(How Does It Feel To Be) On Top Of The World', the official theme song for the 1998 World Cup football tournament, London, 1998. Assisting the girls are co-writer Ian McCulloch (back, left) of Echo And The Bunnymen and singers Simon Fowler of Ocean Colour Scene (centre), and Tommy Scott of Space. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)

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