We’ve had some big names on the cover of Psychologies, but few could genuinely claim to have been one of the most famous women in the world. Unlike this month’s star. Because, for a couple of years back in the late Nineties, Melanie Chisholm and her bandmates were unquestionably some of the most recognisable young people on the planet. From their unparalleled success in the charts to their constant presence on the covers of celebrity magazines and in the tabloids – and even their own movie – the Spice Girls were true global icons.
‘When you’re in the eye of the storm, it’s hard to see the reality of it,’ reflects Chisholm. ‘But I can see now that we were so lucky to have had that opportunity.’
Such massive success, however, came at a price: ‘I look back over the most exciting period of my life, and I now recognise I was developing really serious issues with food, obsessively exercising, and dealing with depression and anxiety. But I hate giving the impression it was all doom and gloom – because it wasn’t; it
