She was photographed with a smile on her face and the world nearly stopped.  Victoria Beckham showed her funny side this week after social media nearly came to a standstill as the former Spice Girl was photographed smiling. Yes, smiling.

.@victoriabeckham on not smiling: "I have a responsibility to the fashion world. I'm smiling on the inside." love her.

— babu (@rchnbb) November 10, 2015

Was Lookin Tv and i Saw @victoriabeckham Smiling i Was i Don't Know Surprise? #whatachokinrevalation #ToTalScary — PRISCA (@OkiyiPrisca) October 30, 2015

It looks like Victoria is well aware of the comments made about the fact she doesn't smile in photographs and so took to Instagram on Monday night to share the rare image of herself with a smile - and thus pre-empting a number of articles - adding the caption: "Yes she smiled! I’m happy!”

Yes she smiled! I'm happy. x vb #glamourWOTY25 #everywomancan

A photo posted by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) on Nov 9, 2015 at 6:59pm PST

Fans were delighted with the p*ss take but really, it’s no wonder she was smiling as she scooped a top award at the American Glamour of The Year Awards for her work as a fashion designer and philanthropist.

Thank you to all my girls. #GirlPower x vb #glamourwoty25 #everywomancan A photo posted by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) on Nov 9, 2015 at 7:25pm PST

She accepted the accolade from her son Brooklyn and he also took to Instagram to share a jokey snap with followers.

Why u so quiet mum

A photo posted by Brooklyn Beckham (@brooklynbeckham) on Nov 9, 2015 at 9:09am PST

As much as we love these pictures of Victoria, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to look back at some of our other favourite (and non-smiling) photos of her. What a lady. [caption id="attachment_237925" align="alignnone" width="680"] [/caption] [caption id="attachment_264107" align="alignnone" width="581"] Images: Getty[/caption]