Pamela Anderson Says Her '90s Playboy Image Was a 'Cartoon Character': 'I'm Not That Person Anymore'

Pamela Anderson embraces a new philosophy of beauty.

The 57-year-old actress and activist became famous as Playboy model and star of a TV series Baywatch and became widely regarded as a sex symbol. However, in recent years, Anderson has opted for a more toned-down look, swapping her signature smoky eyes and lined lips for a no-makeup lifestyle.

In the new headline interview with Better Homes and Gardensstar has been open about her choice to step away from Hollywood and shed her previous persona.

“That was the beginning of me giving up the image I’ve always had of myself,” she told her cover page at Paris Fashion Week 2023, where she went makeup-free for the first time. “What is this cartoon character I created? OK, it was fun. But I’m not that person anymore.”

Anderson also said she wanted to “challenge the idea of ​​beauty and this mask we put on” but “didn’t think anyone would notice” her choice to go bare-faced.

Pamela Anderson for Better Homes & Gardens.

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Every time Pamela Anderson was without makeup

“As soon as I took off the mask, the whole world opened up to me,” she recalled. “I just had this stupid thing happen that I’m at Paris Fashion Week and I’m like, ‘I’m not going to sit in a makeup chair for three hours. I’m going to the Louvre.’ Then I thought, Who am I competing with? I appreciated it as this girl who lives on Vancouver Island who put on this glamorous outfit and I felt like this little freckled kid with a big, beautiful Vivienne Westwood hat.”

Pamela Anderson at Paris Fashion Week, September 2023.

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Since returning to her native Canada, Anderson has adopted a slower lifestyle. She launched a skincare line, Sonsie, and wrote an upcoming cookbook that focuses on plant-based recipes.

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Pamela Anderson for Better Homes & Gardens.

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“People have a pneumatic image of me Playboy to Baywatchto my rock’n’roll type of husbands, everything else,” she said Better Homes and Gardens. “And as much as I prepared every dinner and cooked all these meals for the family and my children, it wasn’t what was seen publicly. But I also played on the image that was created around me.”

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Pamela Anderson for Better Homes & Gardens.

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She continued: “I’m glad I did all that, but I’m really glad I’m where I am now. I think the most important part is that I’ve been able to get through it all. And now it’s such a relief. I have to be myself and enjoy it.” in this time.”

Better Homes and Gardens‘ The Stylemaker Issue featuring Anderson hits newsstands on Friday, August 23.

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