The Melanie Chisholm celebrity doll portrays her at 24 years old as Sporty Spice in the all woman band Spice Girls. The doll was made by Galoob (now Hasbro) in 1998 and part of the On Tour series.

The Spice girls and their dolls in the museum: 

• Victoria Beckham as Posh Spice, Girl Power, On Tour
• Melanie Brown as Scary Spice, Girl Power, On Tour
• Emma Bunton as Baby Spice, Girl Power, On Tour
• Melanie Chisholm as Sporty Spice, Girl Power, On Tour
• Geri Halliwell as Ginger Spice, Girl Power, On Tour

Melanie Chisholm who mostly goes by her nickname Melanie C is an English actress and songwriter.  She has had a successful solo career post Spice Girls and has done some television judging/coaching for reality TV and theater musicals.

From the box:

GET JAMMIN’ WITH THE HOTTEST BAND AROUND–SPICE GIRLS™!

MELANIE C.

NAME: Melanie Chisholm

NICKNAME: Sporty Spice

BIRTHDAY: January 12

HOMETOWN: Liverpool, England

WHAT IS GIRL POWER?:
Girl Power is about being able to do things just as well as the boys–if not better–and being who you “wannabe.”

SPICE GIRLS™ ON TOUR

Girl Power is taking the world by storm as the Spice Girls jet from country to country on their first spectacular Spiceworld Tour! Dressed in outrageous, eye-popping fashions, the superstar singers are setting trends across the globe. Bring the glamour home with the five fabulous “On Tour” fashion dolls. Then stage your own sell-out Spiceworld Tour performance for all your friends!

GIRL POWER

Model #: 23531

 

The Sporty Spice celebrity doll comes wearing black satin sports pants and a red textured tinsel shimmer bra top with red satin ribbon straps. Both the pants and the top have Velcro enclosures in the back for removal. The pants have elastic at the cuff. The shoes are black sneakers.

The face is painted with brown and green/hazel eye, shimmering gold eye shadow, black eyebrows, and a medium dark pink open mouth with a gold painted tooth.  A painted gold nose stud is molded in the sculpt and an gold earring is painted on the upper left ear.  The nails are unpainted and the doll’s right hand has a gold band ring.   Tattoos include 2 Chinese characters and a chain bracelet on the dolls upper right arm and a large cross on the outside upper left arm.

The black rooted hair is styles into a long wrapped pony tail coming from the top of the head with a red hair streak down its length. 

The accessories are a metallic Spice Girls banner, silver gray plastic head-set with front microphone and a mini Sporty Spice doll in 1/6 scale.  The plastic painted doll is about an inch high and comes in a miniature box replica of On Tour box.  All the writing is readable.

The doll is articulated at the neck, shoulders, hips, and knees.  The legs are are soft rubbery vinyl with click knees and pointed high heel feet. The elbows are fixed at slightly bent angle.

To get the current prices of the Sporty Spice Melanie Chisholm doll use these links. (If you see a new in box doll for sale without the headset and/or mini doll hanging off the back insert, they could be on the bottom of the box because the 25 year old elastics have deteriorated.)  The museum gets a small commission for qualified purchase using the following links: