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Mel B has revealed she refused to straighten her natural curls on the video shoot for Wannabe as she wanted to embrace 'who she was'.
The singer, 47, claimed a stylist on the 1996 set wanted her to add heat to her afro hair, which would have suppressed her Caribbean heritage and 'individual style'.
In a new interview with The Sunday Times Style, she said of the Spice Girls' debut single: 'The stylist on the Wannabe shoot asked me to straighten it, but I said no.
'If I change my hair, I change who I am': Mel B has revealed she refused to straighten her natural curls on the video shoot for Wannabe as she wanted to embrace 'who she was'
'My hair is part of me. If I change my hair, I change who I am.'
Speaking about the unique image of each bandmate, she added: 'We didn't want to dress like each other. We came to the group with our individual sense of style.'
Mel, along with Geri Horner, Emma Bunton, Melanie C and Victoria Beckham, saw the pop track catapult the group
