Mel C is engaged

Melanie Chisholm, better known as Mel C from the Spice Girls, is now engaged.

The British singer accepted the proposal from her boyfriend, Tom Starr, a construction engineer whom she has been daing for six years.

According to Star magazine, Chisholm announced the news to the other Spice Girls during a press conference regarding the reunion of the girl band.  The Spice Girls will begin a new tour before the end of the year.