THE MAN WHO CREATED GERI; Italian Image-Maker Who Sculpted the Most Talked about Body in Pop

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Byline: ALEC MARR in Rome Exclusive

THIS is the man who secretly moulded Geri Halliwell into her sleek, multi-million pound image. Crack Italian superstar maker Luca Tommassini is the expert choreographer who prised Geri out of her Union Jack dress and into a gym.

And in doing so he has transformed the once curvy Ginger Spice into the lithe-bodied, raunchy sex goddess that she is today.

Geri has undergone one of the most dramatic changes in the history of pop. Weighing in at an amazing 28lbs lighter in just 18 months, she has become one of the world's fittest stars.

Gone is the plump figure, the ill-fitting dresses and the overall drag queen look she …