These are some new photos of Cheryl Cole at last night’s “Pride of Britain” Awards. Cheryl wore Victoria Beckham, instantly recognizable by Posh’s visible zipper down the back. When Kate Winslet wore one of Posh’s zipper dresses, most of you hated it, but I still really like that design. I think it’s fun design detail, and it brings as much interest to the back of the dress. As for how Cheryl looks in the dress… ugh. This cotton-candy pink isn’t really her color, but she could have potentially made it work with better hair and makeup. Instead, she’s still going much, much too light with the hair and much too heavy with her makeup. Posh would not approve.

I’ve always wondered if Victoria Beckham and Cheryl Cole kind of hated each other. They’re so much alike – two WAGs, self-styled “Fashion Girls” looking to break their way into America. It seems like it could potentially be a decent English-style bitch-fight, especially since we know Cheryl can throw down with the best of them, and I suspect Posh is pretty scrappy too. But nearly a decade separates them in age – and it shows. Victoria has already accomplished so much in internationally, with the Spice Girls and with her clothing lines, and I think she loves it in America and wants to raise her kids here. Cheryl only got to stay here for a couple of months and then she was shipped back home, devastated. So, Posh would win on that count and many others. Posh is the groundbreaker, the WAG iconoclast, and now all of the little girl-banders and WAGs are trying to copy her.

Basically, I was trying to find some history of animosity between Cheryl and Victoria, and what I found surprised me. First of all, Posh has said nice things about Cheryl in interviews. Second, Cheryl has said bitchy things about Victoria’s FASHION. Oh noes. In 2009, Cheryl dismissed Victoria’s fashion collection as “for older women” and “not something Girls Aloud would wear.” Like “not something Girls Aloud would wear” is some huge insult, I know. So it’s extra funny that Cheryl is wearing something by Posh.

Speaking of, Cheryl wants to be a designer too. She recently discussed her plans to begin a shoe line, which has caused one bitchy source to tell The Mail, “Victoria has spent years trying to distance herself from the world of the WAGs that she and Cheryl inhabited when they were friends during the 2006 World Cup,’ a source told Heat magazine this week. She’s fought tooth and nail to be respected in the world of high fashion and last week she was the toast of New York’s Fashion Week. Now she feels as though Cheryl’s trying to piggy-back on all of her hard work.” In other words, Posh looked at Cheryl and said, “Bitch. Please.”

Photos courtesy of WENN.