Who is Ying?
Ying was hired by the Spice Girls to be their personal assistant in the beginning of the group. Chai Ying Yau was born in Rhyl, Gales and her father is Chinese. When Melanie went solo, she “stole” Ying from the Spice Girls to be her own PA just like she did with Paul and Fergus, both members of the Spice band that went to play for Mel. Always working together, Ying and the hair stylist Jenny Roberts became Mel’s best friends. The affection between Melanie and Ying was even interpreted as homosexuality, especially after both of them spent a holyday together in Barbados in 2000, where they sunbathed rubbing sunscreen on each other’s backs and walked hand in hand.
