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PERSONALITIES FROM THE WORLD OF FILM, POP MUSIC AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CIRCUIT HAVE BEEN TRACKED DOWN THIS MONTH – HEARTTHROB, SINGALONG AND MATCH MAKER WHO ARE STILL ACTIVE AND DOING THEIR OWN THING

Words: JILL ECKERSLEY

Geri Halliwell

Geri Horner is a singer, songwriter, author and actress, and also, of course ‘Ginger Spice’. She was one-fifth of the most successful girl group of all time. The Spice Girls sold 100 million records worldwide and also introduced their young fans to the concept of ‘Girl Power’. Geri began her career as a model and night-club dancer before spotting an ad in The Stage for the group that was to become The Spice Girls.

After leaving the group in the Nineties, Geri released her own solo albums and became a guest judge on TV’s The X Factor and also on Australia’s Got Talent. Since then, she has written two autobiographies and the Ugenia Lavender series of children’s books. In 1998 she became a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations. She has taken part in the Spice Girls reunion tour, including an appearance at the London Olympics in 2012. Her daughter Bluebell was born in 2006. In 2015 she married former racing driver and Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. Their son was born in 2017. Geri has always been outspoken and honest about her struggles with an eating disorder, which she says has been helped by her becoming a mother. She is an animal lover and has adopted dogs from Battersea. In 2022 she signed a new book deal with Scholastic Children’s Books. Her husband describes her as “a force of nature” and among her celebrity friends is Robbie Williams who says that Geri is…“bonkers, but great company!”