The Spice Girl We Never Met

Ouch, this poor girl became so close to being in one of the most famous girl bands of all time.. only for it to be torn from her! 

At age 18 Mel Coloma made the final line-up of the Spice Girls band after beating hundreds of other hopefuls.

Then, she was dumped for Posh Spice, AKA Victoria Beckham!

Mel, now 41, was told at the time that her voice was ‘too good’ and she should pursue her solo career, then was dropped from the band.

Now, instead of being a multi-millionaire like the girls who made it, Mel works in the British health service as an admin worker.

Mel told the Mirror she would never forget the moment she found out that she was dropped.

It was when she saw the Wannabe video on the TV.

‘My first thought was that the video was bizarre. Then Mel B’s face flashed up on the screen and everything fell into place.

‘This was the group I’d so nearly been a part of. I’d assumed it hadn’t come to anything because it had been two years and I’d never heard anything about Touch. But here they were.

‘I remembered Mel B because she looked so striking and she had the gift of the gab. I didn’t remember Victoria or the others because there were hundreds of us at the audition,’ she added.

Mel isn’t bitter though and says ‘’Over time, I learned to accept the girls were ultimately picked for their images, not their voices. I don’t resent Victoria.’

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