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Pamela Andersonis doing things her way.
Her relationship with sensuality and self-image were shaped from a young age.
And she observed how those women looked and carried themselves. “I wanted to be sexy too. I found that was powerful and interesting,” Anderson added.
The 55-year-old icon also got candid about her beauty journey, recalling the misogyny she experienced when booking gigs the industry (like when she was walked into a hotel meeting with a figure from a big makeup brand thinking it was an audition).
“As being a Playboy [figure] people had the wrong idea. I just felt like I had to turn this around somehow and share some of the superficial attention with something more meaningful.”
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Though sometimes penned as “too difficult” to work with due to her long list of criteria, she became more mindful of the brands she worked with, including MAC, which brought Anderson on as a spokesperson in 2005 for its Viva Glam campaign raising awareness and money towards HIV/AIDS research and programs.
“We’re all trying to make ourselves beautiful so we are respected, admired and loved, so these products have to come from a loving place,” Anderson continued.
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The formerBaywatchstar turned blonde bombshell decided to share parts of her life on screen with herNetflixdocumentaryPamela, a love story, released in January.
She told PEOPLE at the premiere that going back in time to create the film was an“emotional” process. “It’s just all these wonderful memories and hard memories too. But I wanted to go back into those feelings and feel those feelings.”
source: people.com
