Saturday, 2 December 2006

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Paps snub Posh

Photographers boycott art awards after Victoria puts her foot down

Victoria Beckham was snubbed by paparazzi after she tried to control pictures taken of her at an awards ceremony.

Dressed in a gold embroidered Osaka Hilton gown, the former Spice Girl looked her usual glam self when she attended the Bambi arts awards, held in Germany.

But Mrs Beckham insisted all photographers signed an agreement which limited the number of pictures that could be published.

She also stated she wanted copies of all the snaps and the ability to use them for promotional purposes and snappers were restricted from revealing any 'confidential information' they might learn about her during the ceremony.

Reuters and two German photo agencies rejected the agreement, and in desperation, organisers drew up a separate contract allowing them to cover the event as long as they promised only to take photos of Victoria on the red carpet.

The Associated Press chose to snub the event altogether while the other photographers refused to photograph Victoria in protest.

A source told The Sun: 'The gown was hideous anyway. It looked like a bedspread. What has she got to hide?'