Last night, Stylist held its annual Remarkable Women Awards to celebrate the achievements of the world’s most inspiring women. Melanie Brown, aka Mel B, took home the Fearless Future Award for her work as a domestic abuse advocate.

Back in the day, Mel was one-fifth of iconic girl band The Spice Girls. Now, she’s making it her mission to advocate for women’s rights and speak out against domestic abuse. She has used her platform to publish a brave memoir about her own experience of domestic abuse and to collaborate with Women’s Aid. In 2022, her work earned her an MBE.

In her powerful speech at the awards ceremony in London last night, Mel dedicated the award to women everywhere who have experienced abuse.

“I don’t take this award just for me – it’s for every woman; for every survivor I’ve spoken to who makes me feel like I’m not crazy because the recovery when you leave any kind of abuse,” she said. “I was in it for 10 years – and I still feel the pain of that mentally every day.”

Mel B dedicates her Fearless Future Award to “every survivor” of abuse at the Remarkable Women Awards