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Article: Wannabes. (British girl group, The Spice GIrls have many imitators)
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- Newsweek
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- July 14, 1997
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The Spice Girls are the biggest British export since the Beatles, and they've spawned a slew of Shameless imitators. Meet some of the other Spices in the rack.
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