On February 24, 1997, Geri Halliwell cemented his place in British pop culture history. And not with their music. On that day, the then 25-year-old appeared with the Spice Girls at the Brit Awards – wearing a Union Jack-style dress that was very, very short. The fact that the Spice Girls took home awards for the single of the year was a minor matter. Halliwell and her dress are remembered to this day. On Friday 6 August, the singer – who is married to Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner – turns 50.
The daughter of a Spaniard and a Briton is said to have already invited her younger bandmates to her birthday party. According to media reports, she even wants to perform a few of her hits together with Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown and Victoria Beckham – probably including her debut single “Wannabe”, which made the Spice Girls world famous in 1996.
When boy bands like Take That were storming the charts, a resourceful managerial duo had the idea of founding a female counterpart – a girl group. At the casting, the young Geri, who had previously worked as a dancer, was able to assert herself among 400 applicants. In 1998, at the peak of success, Halliwell announced her departure from the band. “I felt like I didn’t belong anymore.”
She met her husband Christian Horner at a Formula 1 race. The marriage produced son Montague George Hector in 2016. Halliwell’s daughter Bluebell Madonna, who was born in 2006, is from a previous relationship.
In addition to her music career, “Ginger Spice” is active in many ways. She regularly shows up alongside her husband at the race track and is also involved in charitable causes. She has also released two yoga DVDs, two autobiographies and a children’s book series. And occasionally she also designs fashion. Incidentally, the famous Union Jack dress, which has now been copied countless times, was a curious creation of her own, as the singer only revealed last year.
Source: Nachrichten
