ARTIST

Geri Halliwell

Ginger Spice. Quitter Spice. Government Spice. The names could--and probably do--go on for days. But Geri Halliwell split from the '90s girl-power phenomenon the Spice Girls at the height of their fame (and on the eve of the U.S. Spice World tour) in order to jumpstart her solo career. Known for her flaming red hair, her equally colorful outfits (the Union Jack bodysuit being a particularly famous piece), and her raucous behavior (she pinched Prince Charles's butt, for starters), Halliwell is, if not larger than life, at least louder than it.

Born in working-class London to a car salesman who passed away six months before the Spice Girls' formation, Halliwell did some modeling and Turkish game show co-hostessing to support herself before making her way as a...
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