Musical ’90s: How the Spice Girls have changed

The musical group Spice Girls is a symbol of 90s culture. Posters of the girls hung on the wall of millions of teenagers all over the world, including Russia. They were adored and wanted to be like them. Experts in general said that they could not recall such popularity of the group since the Beatles themselves.

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The irony is that the girls in the band were actually recruited by advertisement. When producers Bob and Chris Herbert came up with the idea of an all-female band, they were ridiculed by the entire show business world. No one believed that after the popularity of boy bands like the Backstreet Boys, someone would be able to enter the same river twice with an all-female band. But the Herbert brothers went all the way: they printed an ad in a magazine and surprisingly put together a talented group.

Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm were in the original lineup of the group. Geri Halliwell joined a little later, and the last member was Emma Bunton. Thus came together the Spice Girls, who conquered first the UK and then the whole world. Unfortunately, the group broke up rather quickly, which does not detract from its legendary nature. What has now become of the girls from the spectacular collective?

Beckham is the most stylish

Victoria Adams grew up in a wealthy family and even asked her father not to drive her to school in an expensive Rolls Royce, so as not to cause envy among her classmates. In those days, she struggled with being overweight and stressed about her appearance. Even had to do plastic surgery to correct her nose. Victoria herself admitted that she had no friends and was regularly bullied. Everything changed watching the musical Fame, after which she realized that she wanted to perform on stage. And after auditioning, she was unexpectedly cast in the Spice Girls!

Victoria did not have outstanding vocal data, so after the breakup of the group, she quickly realized that it is better to succeed in something else. Besides, she had already found a solid portion of happiness by marrying soccer superstar David Beckham. Let’s get ahead of ourselves and note that Victoria is the only member of the group who found marital happiness at the first attempt.

Moreover, she managed to build a successful design business. Victoria has always been considered the most stylish member of the Spice Girls. Each girl in the group had a nickname, so Beckham was “Chic Pepper”. Now Victoria’s brand products are sold in more than 60 countries, she produces successful books and earns even more than her star husband. She is still in excellent shape and does not give up her position.

By the way, in 2018 there was a reunion of the Spice Girls group, and Victoria was the only one who refused to return to the stage. Beckham’s wife is doing well as it is, so why bother extra?

Halliwell, from risking her life to marital bliss.

This redheaded gal was the engine of the whole band as soon as she joined the Spice Girls. Her energy made millions of fans fall in love with her. Geri had a solid track record even before she joined the group. What only she did not do: she worked as a dancer, TV presenter and starred in erotic photo shoots. Once she even kissed Prince Charles and pinched his soft spot.

At the height of the Spice Girls’ popularity, Geri suddenly left the group to build a solo career. However, it was not as successful as the artist had hoped. No, she, of course, managed to release hits, but in popularity they were far from the work of the Spice Girls. Because of this, the girl faced severe stress, which in turn caused weight gain.

In an attempt to lose weight, Geri tried to completely give up food for a long time. At some point the situation became critical, her friend Robbie Williams forced her to go to the clinic. The doctors literally saved her from death by pulling her from the other side of the world.

Thankfully, the hard times were behind her. In 2015, Halliwell successfully married Red Bull’s Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner and is feeling great. Concerts, raising kids, successful husband. Geri is doing great.

Mel B – scandals and a suicide attempt.

Her mother is English and her father is from St. Kitts and Nevis. Hence such a bright appearance, which together with musical talent helped Melanie Brown from childhood to trample a path to show business. At 15, Mel B. was already on a scholarship to music school, so her entry into the Spice Girls was definitely not accidental. But after the breakup of the group, strange things began to happen.

The girl has a gorgeous voice, but her solo career did not go well at all. Mel B. tried hard, but each new song turned out to be even more failed than the previous one. However, the biggest problem was the singer’s personal life. The first marriage ended in a collapse, then there were other relationships, which also did not lead to anything good.

But all this turned out to be flowers compared to the relationship with producer Stephen Belafonte. Mel B in her autobiography admitted that her husband beat her, because of which she even attempted suicide by taking 200 aspirin tablets. Fortunately, the singer survived and gradually returned to normal life. Now the artist can often be seen in the jury of the popular show X-Factor. We must admit, she looks gorgeous.

Mel C – from sports to clinical depression

Melanie Chisholm was professionally engaged in dancing and trained in theater before joining the group. She led an unusually athletic lifestyle, causing her to be known as Sporty One. Mel C seemed to be the luckiest of all the girls in the Spice Girls, avoiding scandals. Perhaps for this reason, she was not so much written about her in the press.

After the breakup of the group Melanie made a great solo career, created a lot of hits, which were played on radio and TV. In the late 2000s she tried herself on the theater stage, playing in one of the London musicals. And she was successful too!

But few people knew that for many years Mel C struggled with clinical depression. She was sure that she was not worthy of popularity. It seemed to the girl that she could not sing or dance. Low self-esteem made her throw herself into extremes: sometimes the artist disappeared for months in gyms, and sometimes ate everything and gained weight.

Difficulties in her personal life did not add positivity. Had to undergo a long treatment for depression, but some attacks torment the singer until now. Although, judging by how cool Mel C looks now, and can not say so.

Emma Bunton is the happiest

Emma was the youngest member of the group, so she got the nickname Baby. Producers created the appropriate image for her: pigtails with bows, bright dresses and a smile that never leaves her face. Before joining the band as a teenager, Banton had already starred in several British TV series. Subsequently, it helped her to become a successful TV and radio presenter.

In general, Emma can safely be called the happiest. She did not have a difficult childhood like Victoria Beckham, depressions like Mel C, scandalous divorces like Mel B, she was not on a hair’s breadth from death like Geri Halliwell. Bunton began dating musician Jade Jones in 1998, married him in 2011, and is raising two children.

Perhaps the only thing you can pick on Emma for is her love of partying, which she used to organize regularly. But who among us is perfect?