Does David Beckham Court Publicity?

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Jessica McCarrick        10P        02/05/07

Does David Beckham Court Publicity?

        World Class Footballer? Model? Family Man?

These are the three questions asked constantly about a certain, world famous multi -millionaire. David Beckham.

        Does David Beckham court publicity? Or maybe it’s the media who have a fetish over him. For my assignment I am going to research the three different sides to David Beckham, and then come to my decision whether he encourages the press to interfere in his life, or not.

        There is quite a large majority of factors to consider, which could indicate that on some parts of his life Beckham does invite the media into his life. There are several occasions when David Beckham has been caught by the press whilst making peculiar fashion statements. These include sarongs, that when he wore them the tabloids were amazed and astounded that a ‘red-blooded bloke’ – ‘OK!’ magazine would be seen wearing a ‘skirt.’ However, the fact that they are now a popular holiday garment for men, is proof of Beckham’s outstanding influence on our nation.    Another famous fashion fad of David Beckham was pink nail varnish, which although criticised at the time there are now such claims as-

 ‘Boots are reporting that male interest in nail varnish has increased considerably.’                                                                                   Which I found on the website - .

Two other of these strange yet popular trends include Beckham’s diamond earrings and of course, the thing that has become a tabloid newspaper’s obsession, his, from my viewpoint, ‘bizarre’ styles of hair, which are of course copied by millions of fans across the country.

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        Other points of his public life include the calendar that he has brought out for 2003 which is described as ‘sexy’ by ‘OK!’ Magazine and states that ‘the calendar looks set to be on the wish list of every young fan come the festive season.’

His clothing range in Marks and Spencer’s which appears on many television adverts. Another television and also magazine advert, which Beckham appears in, is the ‘Vodaphone’ advert.  Numerous television interviews including the ever-famous ‘Parkinson’ chat show that both David and his wife Victoria took part in. His ‘Japanese theme’ party for charity that generated a ...

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