More than 20 years after Victoria Beckham got her start with the massively successful pop group Spice Girls, she discussed her humble beginnings in an interview published by Us Weekly Friday.
Thousands of girls showed up to audition, and each of them had to stand up and sing individually, Beckham said. While the future Posh Spice would go on to perform such chart toppers as "Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life," she bizarrely chose the dramatic, heavy "Mein Herr" from Cabaret to win the job.
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