Geri Halliwell’s first bikini photo shoot in seven years

Geri Halliwell is featured in the latest issue of Hello! magazine.
The former Spice Girl, 36, shows off her toned figure and says: “I haven’t been willingly photographed in a bikini for seven years – and I don’t think I’ll do it again.”

On her body: “People think I’m really confident but I do get self-conscious like many women about stripping off in public. I haven’t been willingly photographed in a bikini for seven years – and I don’t think I’ll do it again.
At the moment, I’m a bit curvier, having done the tour, so it was a big mental step forward for me to show my natural self, rather than my worked-out, honed self.
Obviously, I’m still vain, that’s still in there. I wanted to look my best and I wore a bit of fake tan but what woman wouldn’t if they’re being honest?
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.
It used to be the loudest voice in my head but now I just tell it, “Shut up…”

On diating: “I don’t have a strict diet any more. I eat cake, crisps, sugar-free chocolate and chips if I want to. I can’t be bothered to follow a gruelling 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.”