best for Spice Girls
As the Spice Girls went their separate ways, they continued to show how Girl Power lives on – and even made time for a reunion (or three!)…
In December 2000, the Spice Girls announced they wanted to concentrate on solo careers – and the world waited to see what they would do next.
Far from fading into the background, Victoria, now 49; Geri, 51; Mel B, 48; Mel C, 50; and Emma, 48, proved that they had major staying power.
Arguably the most famous, after marrying football superstar David Beckham in 1999 and becoming one half of the unstoppable ‘Brand Beckham’, Victoria went on to have a short-lived solo singing career, with two No.1 singles, including Out Of Your Mind – a duet with Dane Bowers.
Victoria – now proud mum to Brooklyn, 24, Romeo, 21, Cruz, 18, and Harper, 12 – then turned her attention to TV with a string of fly-on-the-wall shows, including Victoria’s Secrets and The Real Beckhams.
But it was when she went from WAG to fashion designer that she most surprised everyone. Her self-named label launched in 2008 and has attracted VIP fans and spots at some of the biggest fashion shows in the world. So much so that, in 2017, style icon Victoria, who also owns her own beauty brand, was awarded an OBE for services to the fashion industry. Talk about Posh! Meanwhile, bandmate Geri, aka Ginger Spice, continued to entertain with a string of catchy hits, Bag It Up and
It’s Raining Men. But amid three albums, she also turned TV judge for Popstar: The Rivals and Australia’s Got Talent.
Geri’s personal life has always been eventful. After flings with stars such as Robbie Williams, she had a short-lived romance with Hollywood screenwriter and director Sacha Gervasi in 2005, resulting in the birth of her daughter, Bluebell, now 17. In 2009, she was engaged to shipping tycoon Fabrizio Politi but they also went their separate ways.
Everything seemed to change for the better when Geri met her now husband, Formula One racing team boss Christian Horner.
Geri took his surname after the couple tied the knot in 2015, and went on to have a son, Monty, now seven. Thanks to her picturesque country pad and monied friends, Geri was even giving Victoria a run for her money in the ‘Posh’ stakes.
But she is currently said to be ‘too upset to speak to anyone’ after her husband was accused of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ from a young, female member of staff at Red Bull Racing. He denies the allegations.
Even before the band split, Leeds-born Mel B (short for Brown) had released her own album, and her single I Want You Back made No.1 in 1998.
But it was 2007 before she really began to take the world of TV by storm. After relocating to the US, Melanie came second on America��
