Geri Halliwell (b. 1972)

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Biography

Geraldine Estelle Halliwell-Horner is an English singer, songwriter, television personality, author, and actress. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Ginger Spice. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time. Their slogan "girl power" was most closely associated with Halliwell and her Union Jack dress from the 1997 Brit Awards also became an enduring symbol. Halliwell left the Spice Girls in 1998, citing exhaustion and creative differences, but rejoined when they reunited for a greatest hits album (2007) and two concert tours: the Return of the Spice Girls (2007–2008) and Spice World (2019).

Timeline

The story of Geri Halliwell, told in moments.

1996 Event

Spice Girls released "Wannabe." It hit number one in 37 countries. Geri was Ginger Spice. The Union Jack dress at the Brit Awards weighed almost nothing. She made it herself from a tea towel.

Did you know 'Wannabe' would hit number one in 37 countries? What did the Union Jack dress weigh?

1998 Event

Left the Spice Girls mid-tour. The split made front pages worldwide. She released a solo career and a string of UK number ones. "It's Raining Men" became a gay anthem all over again.

Why leave the Spice Girls mid-tour? Was solo success worth the backlash?

2012 Event

Reunited with the Spice Girls for the London Olympics closing ceremony. They performed on top of black cabs. 900 million people watched.

What was it like performing on black cabs for 900 million people? Did the reunion heal old wounds?

2015 Legacy

Became a UN Goodwill Ambassador for maternal health. She'd spoken about her own struggles with bulimia in her autobiography.

Why maternal health advocacy? What did speaking about bulimia cost you personally?

Artifacts (15)

If Only

This is an autobiography of a nineties icon, Geri Halliwell. If Only tells the truth about the early years, the glamour modelling, the Spice Girls, the success, the split and the new direction she is...

1999

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If Only

An autobiography of pop star, Geri Halliwell. At its heart, "If only" is about fame and the journey one girl took from believing it would provide the answer to life's problems to her discovery that...

2000

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Ugenia Lavender and the Terrible Tiger

Thoughtful, brave and sassy, Ugenia Lavender is one amazing kid. With bags of energy, heaps of attitude and brainwaves like thunderbolts of lightning, Ugenia leaps into adventures that are not only...

2008

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Ugenia Lavender Home Alone

Thoughtful, brave and sassy, Ugenia Lavender is one amazing kid. With loads of energy, tons of attitude and brainwaves like thunderbolts of lightning, Ugenia leaps into adventures that are as packed...

2008

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Ugenia Lavender

2008

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Ugenia Lavender The One And Only: Ugenia Lavender Book 6

2008

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Ugenia Lavender and the Burning Pants

2009

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Just for the Record (Epub)

One of the biggest publishing events of 2002, JUST FOR THE RECORD was the book that everyone was talking about. Now repackaged in a new, compact mass-market format, Just For The Record will do it all...

2010

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Ugenia Lavender Temple Of Gloom

2010

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Ugenia Lavender The One And Only

2011

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Just For The Record

In 2002, Just For The Record was the book that everyone was talking about. Then in 2003, repackaged in a new, compact mass-market format, Just For The Record did it all over again being one of the...

2012

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Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen

Suddenly orphaned and alone, Rosie Frost is sent to the mysterious Bloodstone Island--home not only to a school for extraordinary teens, but also a sanctuary for endangered species. There, Rosie...

2023

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Die Ätiologie der Milzbrand-Krankheit, Begründet auf die Entwicklungsgeschichte ...

pressive as they were done in a poorly equipped laboratory in Wollstein. He published the discovery in a booklet as "Die Ätiologie der Milzbrand-Krankheit, Begründet auf die Entwicklungsgeschichte des...

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Ugenia Lavender: And the Temple of Gloom

2009

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Just for the Record (Kindle)

2010

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