Geri was the youngest of five kids. Her mother was a nanny that came from Spain."Basically, I was an accidnent. And they wanted a boy. It's all quite tragic," she says. Her parents divorced when she was 9. Her idols were Elvis first, then George Michael, and later Madonna. Geri stuffed her bra with socks and put on gobs of makeup so she could get into the movie Desperately Seeking Susan when it came out. Geri was teased at school because she was skinny and flat-chested.But as one of her classmates said, "When she was 17, though, she put us all to shame. She suddenly developed curves, and the boys went for her." Geri says, "I'm sure people see me as a screaming red head with a big pair of boobs, but i like to think I've got things to say."