GERI Halliwell is set to switch on Blackpool's historic Illuminations on Friday and let's hope she's lightened up on her weight problems for good.

She currently looks like a normal person -- well-covered and wholesome without being too chunky, and a million miles from the stick insect she was not long ago.

A healthy weight in someone high profile like this sends out the right message to young girls, easily influenced by starry types, not to distort their eating habits.

Now, she looks more like the Geri Halliwell of Spice Girls days, and happier for it. We can only hope for her sake that her new shape lasts.