Scary Spice(01 of42)
Open Image ModalMel first found fame as 1/5 of the Spice Girls, who burst onto the scene with their debut single 'Wannabe' which stormed to the top of the pop charts. (credit:Nick Tansley/Nick Tansley/EMPICS Entertainment)
Brit Awards(02 of42)
Open Image ModalThe group's performance at the Brit awards cemented their place as a pop culture pheomenon, and Mel soon became synonymous with leopard print. (credit:FIONA HANSON/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
Spectacle Wearer of the Year(03 of42)
Open Image Modal'Scary Spice', Mel B of the Spice Girls, with her award for Female Spectacle Wearer of the Year (1997), presented at the Fashion Cafe. (credit:JOHN STILLWELL/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
Spice Girls hit Cannes(04 of42)
Open Image ModalSpice Girl Mel B gets a lift from Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell during rehearsals at the 50th Cannes Film Festival. (credit:Neil Munns/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalMel B of "Spice Girls" is driven from Olympic Studios, Barnes. (credit:Matthew Fearn/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
Rubbing shoulders with the Royals(06 of42)
Open Image ModalThe Prince of Wales talks to Spice Girl Mel B, during a photocall with the Spice Girls at the presidential residence Mahlamba Nalopfu in Pretoria, South Africa. (credit:PA Archive/Press Association Images)
The MTV EMAs(07 of42)
Open Image ModalMel B of The Spice Girls at the 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony. (credit:JK/EMPICS Entertainment)
Mel Rocks Leopard Print At The Brits Again(08 of42)
Open Image ModalMelanie Brown (Scary) on stage with the Spice Girls at the 1998 Brit Awards, rocking her trademark leopard print. (credit:Duncan Raban/Duncan Raban/EMPICS Entertainment)
Spice Girls hit Wembley Arena(09 of42)
Open Image ModalMel B of English pop girl group The Spice Girls performing on stage at London's Wembley Arena. (credit:Adam Wilson/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Open Image ModalVictoria 'Posh' Adams and Mel 'Scary' B at the Spice Girls' post-concert party in London after a triumphant first show at Wembley Arena. (credit:SEAN DEMPSEY/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
Meeting Nelson Mandela(11 of42)
Open Image ModalSouth Africa's President, Nelson Mandela, is flanked by Spice Girls Mel B (left) and Geri, during a photocall with the Spice Girls at the presidential residence Mahlamba Nalopfu in Pretoria, South Africa. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
...And Pavarotti!(12 of42)
Open Image ModalScary Spice, Mel B, kisses Luciano Pavarotti, as the Spice Girls joined the operatic tenor performing in Modena for the fourth War Child concert in 1998. (credit:NEIL MUNNS/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalScary Spice Mel B arrives at the Royal Albert Hall for the 1998 Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance. (credit:Toby Melville/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalLily Savage, Mel B and Victoria Adams of the Spice Girls wait in line to speak to the Prince of Wales, after the 77th Royal Variety Performance. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalSpice Girl Mel B poses with the London Favourite Concert awards which she collected on behalf of the Spice Girls, during the 95.8 Capital FM 1999 London Awards. (credit:Fiona Hanson/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
Scary Spice indeed...(16 of42)
Open Image ModalSpice Girl Mel G hangs out of a London hotel window. (credit:WHEELER MIKE WHEELER/Press Association Images)
Working The Runway(17 of42)
Open Image ModalScary Spice, Mel G models for designer Julien Macdonald's 2000 catwalk show as part of London Fashion Week, at the Camden Roundhouse. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalMel B of the Spice Girls launches her BBC show 'Pure Naughty' at London's Hanover Grand; a mix of R'n'B, hip hop, soul and jungle music. (credit:Suzan Moore/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Open Image ModalMel - at this point known as Mel G - arrives at the 5th anniversary party of music station VH1 in London. (credit:William Conran/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalSpice Girl Mel B in London, to launch the Positive Attitudes poster campaign, by the charity Blackliners. (credit:Peter Jordan/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalMel G from the girl band the Spice girls (Left) with soul singer Beverley Knight at the 1999 HMV Music of the Millennium show. (credit:Rebecca Naden/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalScary Spice Mel B on stage during the Spice Girls performance at the Brit Awards 2000 where they recieved the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award at Earls Court, London. (credit:Fiona Hanson/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalSpice Girl Mel B backstage at the 2001 South Africa Freedom Day concert in Trafalgar Square, London, which was attended by the country's former President Nelson Mandela. (credit:Matthew Fearn/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalMel B attends the 'Freddy vs. Jason' Premiere, 2003. (credit:TAMMIE ARROYO/AFF/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Open Image ModalMelanie B attends Boots' US launch in 2007. (credit:Tammie Arroyo/AFF/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Open Image ModalMelanie Brown during a press conference announcing the reformation of The Spice Girls, at the O2 Arena, London. (credit:Doug Peters/Doug Peters/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Open Image ModalMelanie Brown at the 2007 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles. (credit:Tammie Arroyo/AFF/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Open Image ModalEmma Bunton, left, and Melanie Brown, of the musical group The Spice Girls, wave before departing for London aboard a Virgin Atlantic plane named "Spice One" after the group in 2007. (credit:Kevork Djansezian/AP/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalSpice Girls Mel Brown attends the launch of the New Virgin Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport, London. (credit:Suzan/Suzan/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Open Image ModalMel B attends the launch of a new range of underwear at a London department store in 2008. (credit:Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalMelanie Brown and husband Stephen Belafont arriving at the 2008 Anniversary Carousel Of Hope Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. (credit:Paul Smith/Paul Smith/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Open Image ModalMel B meets fans and signs copies of her new fitness DVD at HMV in Westfield shopping centre, (credit:Zak Hussein/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalMel B arrives at the premiere of the Michael Jackson movie, This Is It. (credit:Ian West/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalSpice Girls' Melanie Brown arrives at Nickelodeon's 24th Annual Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, April 2, 2011, in Los Angeles. (credit:Vince Bucci/AP/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalMel B launches the Spice Girl's Limited-Edition Hard Rock Cafe 'Artist Spotlight' T-shirt in aid of the Chickenshed Theatre Company, at the Hard Rock Cafe in central London. (credit:David Parry/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalMelanie Brown attends "The Hunger Games" film premiere at the O2 arena in London before joining the judges' panel of "America's Got Talent.
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Open Image ModalThe Spice Girls' Melanie Brown performs during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games at the Olympic stadium in London on August 12, 2012. (credit:OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/GettyImages)
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Open Image ModalThe Spice Girls during a photocall at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London to launch Viva Forever, a musical featuring songs from the band. (credit:Ian West/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
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Open Image ModalSinger Mel B attends Los Angeles Confidential Magazine and Cover Star Robin Wright Celebrate The Magazine's Women Of Influence Issue at SIXTY Beverly Hills on June 4, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalMel B arriving at the X Factor Live Auditions, Lancashire County Cricket Ground, Manchester . (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalMel presents an award to Rihanna at the iHeart Radio awards (credit:Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
IT'S TIME... TO FACE...(42 of42)
Open Image ModalMel is officially confirmed as an 'X Factor' judge in June 2014. (credit:Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images)