She was given the nickname Baby Spice for her youthful and innocent appearance. 

And Emma Bunton showed she still lives up to the moniker as she displayed her ageless appearance in a stunning new selfie.

The Spice Girl, 49, took to her Instagram on Monday to share a celebratory post marking St Patrick’s Day and pay tribute to her Irish heritage, as her maternal family hail from County Wexford.

She proudly posed in a purple and black polo neck from the southeastern county, while showing her age-defying beauty.

Emma then shared a clip from 28 years ago, displaying how little she had changed from the release of the Spice Girls debut album Spice in 1996. 

The video showed the girl group winning the Best International Pop Album gong at the IRMA Awards in Dublin in February 1997.

Emma Bunton showed she still lives up to the Baby Spice moniker as she displayed her ageless appearance in a stunning new selfie

The Spice Girl, 49, took to her Instagram to share a clip from 28 years ago, displaying how little she had changed from the release of the Spice Girls debut album Spice in 1996

The video showed the girl group winning the Best International Pop Album gong at the IRMA Awards in Dublin in February 1997

Collecting the prize, Victoria Beckham thanked the band’s fans in Ireland, before Emma jumped in to reveal her personal connection.

The then-21-year-old gushed: ‘And this is especially good for me, because I am Irish. To all my family in county Wexford! My granddad will be proud, cheers!’

Emma also shared throwback pH๏τo from 2019, showing her performing on stage with a Guinness proudly held aloft.

Captioning the celebratory post, she wrote: She penned: ‘Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Sending love to everyone celebrating today, especially my family and friends in beautiful Wexford!’

It comes after Emma sparked excitement among Spice Girls fans last month, following reports that she is joining forces with bandmate Mel B on a new K-pop TV series.

The pair reportedly flew to Seoul in November last year to take part in a reality show, collaborating with K-pop idols.

The eight-episode Apple TV+ series, named KPOPPED, is being executively produced by music icon Lionel Richie and is set to air later this year.

The format sees Western musical legends collaborating with the biggest K-pop artists to reimagine one of their greatest hits in a K-pop style, with a live audience voting for the winner of the best new song.

Apple have already announced that Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion will be performing on the show, as well as serving as an executive producer.

Emma also shared throwback pH๏τo from 2019, showing her performing on stage with a Guinness proudly held aloft

She shared the post to mark St Patrick’s Day and pay tribute to her Irish heritage, as her maternal family hail from County Wexford

It comes after Emma sparked excitement among Spice Girls fans last month, following reports that she is joining forces with bandmate Mel B on a new K-pop TV series (pictured together) 

While South Korean star Psy, who soared to fame with his international 2012 megahit Gangnam Style, will also appear on the series. 

The Sun claimed that the show’s star-power is even more off the charts, with Emma and Mel, 49, also starring, as well as fellow Brit Boy George.

A music insider told the publication: ‘A Spice Girls reunion is a way off. So having Emma and Mel back on stage singing a Spice Girls song together might be the closest fans get to a comeback, even though it will be with K-pop stars rather than Geri Horner, Melanie C and Victoria Beckham.

‘They flew to South Korea at the end of last year and were on set for quite a few days as they battled it out with other pop veterans.

‘With them alone on board, it is a big show. But there’s also Boy George and loads of other chart-topping stars, which will be enough to encourage people to tune in.’

Fellow Spice Girl Melanie C hinted that the band could do something special next year to mark the 30-year anniversary of their debut album, Spice.

The girl group last toured together in 2020 as a foursome, with only Victoria Beckham missing out.

While the last time Emma, Mel B, Mel C, Victoria and Geri Horner all performed as a five was during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. 

The eight-episode Apple TV+ series, named KPOPPED, is being executively produced by music icon Lionel Richie (pictured in October) and is set to air later this year

Apple have already announced that Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion will be performing on the show, as well as serving as an executive producer (pictured January)

While South Korean star Psy, who soared to fame with his international 2012 megahit Gangnam Style, will also appear on the series (pictured in 2022)

The Sun has claimed that the show’s star-power is even more off the charts, with Emma and Mel, both 49, also starring, as well as fellow Brit Boy George (pictured in December)

Speaking to Rebecca Judd On Apple Music 1 last month, Mel C teased: ‘There has to be something befitting of 30 years since Wannabe. 

‘Once a Spice Girl, always a Spice Girl. We all feel like that, but we now are getting together because we know if we’re going to do anything, we have to start planning things to get things right.

‘We have to start making the plans right now and putting them into action. So fingers crossed.’

However, she admitted it might be up to her and Mel B to get things moving, saying: ‘I think me and Mel B are probably going to be going in there all guns blazing, “Come on! It’s time!”‘

Hopes of another reunion of the girlband were previously thought to have been have been scuppered due to an ugly feud between two members.

Reports emerged in November that Geri backed out of a huge Netflix biopic that would have netted each of the five members £1million each .

According to The Sun, the streaming service had told the band to make up or it would make the show without any input from the people featured in it, much like controversial drama The Crown.

A source said: ‘Executives are keen to have all the group on board providing as much input as possible – after all they are pop royalty.

It comes after fellow Spice Girl Melanie C hinted that the band could do something special next year to mark the 30 year anniversary of their debut album, Spice (pictured in 1995)

It comes as good news to the nineties band’s fans, after hopes of another reformation were thought to have been have been scuppered due to an ugly feud between two members 

‘But Netflix are the organisation who defied the wishes of real royalty and went ahead and made The Crown, so they aren’t afraid to go it alone when they have to.

‘The project is in its very early stages so there’s plenty of time to get all five Spice Girls involved.

In November, Geri’s husband Christian Horner was forced to deny claims he was to blame for ‘derailing’ the band’s TV project.

He told the PA news agency: ‘There is a lot being written about different things, but there are absolutely no plans to do a family documentary.

‘Netflix do enough, and you see enough of the behind-the-scenes on that. So where that report has come from, I have absolutely no idea.’