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Thursday October 30, 2008

Victoria Beckham is following in the footsteps of her soccer star husband David – by modeling underwear for Armani.

The former Spice Girl will front the fashion house’s new global Emporio Armani lingerie collection, out next spring.

A statement from the company reads, “Who better than Victoria Beckham to launch our new global Emporio Armani underwear campaign?

“Victoria is a style icon, a dynamic lady whose influence and recognition will add great excitement to the continued international growth of our Emporio Armani women’s underwear business.”

According to reports, Victoria is being paid around $24m to promote the new range.

A source said, “Victoria adored David’s underwear campaign, not least because it was quite raunchy.

“She always used to laugh with her girlie pals about David’s bulging packet on bill-boards and how proud she was. So she just jumped at the chance to follow suit and be involved in a similar campaign – and it will probably be just as sexy.

“David can’t wait to see the first shots of his wife in her undies.

“Victoria is very much aware there is a limited shelf life for any woman as to how long they can model, let alone model underwear.

“She is over the moon and extremely flattered to be the face and body of such a high-profile advertising campaign.”