Mel welcomed her first child Phoenix in February 1999 with her then-husband, Dutch dancer Jimmy Gulzar. The couple married in 1998 and divorced in 2000, with Mel winning custody of their daughter.

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Mel B rose to fame as a member of girl band the Spice Girls alongside Victoria Beckham, Geri Haliwell, Emma Bunton and Mel C. Find out more about Mel B on her Biography ...