Ginger Spice Is One Hot Mama

Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, shows off her toned bikini body on the cover of HELLO! this week. The 35-year-old Spice Girl talks to the mag about why she hasn’t “…been willingly photographed in a bikini for seven years.”  We at Scandalist wonder what took her so long, Ginger’s body looks fabulous in the white string bikini she posed in while on vacation in Mexico.

She says, “People think I’m really confident but I do get self-conscious like many women about stripping off in public.”

The mother of two-year-old Bluebell Madonna details her struggle with eating disorders and reveals, “I did strive to have my most perfect body and in moments when I lack confidence that voice is always there waiting to tell me ‘You are not good enough do better’ but I’m more conscious of it.”

On her fitness routine:
“I walk and I do yoga, but not the strenuous, hardcore Ashtanga style. Often, I just breathe and sit in one position for ages. It’s for relaxation. The most vigorous exercise I do is running around after Bluebell!”

On her diet:
“I don’t have a strict diet anymore. I eat cake, crisps, sugar-free chocolate and chips if I want to. I can’t be bothered to follow a grueling food plan. I’m a petite person and if I eat relatively healthily I’ll stay that way. It’s simple really. When I feel under pressure, I do eat cake but I don’t punish myself for that like I used to. I just eat more healthily the next day.” [Photo: HELLO!]