Ex-Spice Girl Brown gives birth to daughter

[September 03, 2011]  NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a girl for singer Melanie Brown and her husband, Stephen Belafonte.

An email from a representative for the former Spice Girl says the couple "welcomed their new baby girl in Los Angeles" on Thursday night.

The e-mail says "this is the first child for Brown and Belafonte and both Mom and Baby are happy, healthy and doing well."

There were no other details.

The 36-year-old formerly known as "Scary Spice" has two older daughters.

Brown and Belafonte were married in 2007.

Belafonte is a movie producer whose credits include "Thank You for Smoking." He has an older daughter.

[Associated Press]

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