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Pamela Anderson hits out at 'sex symbol' status as she reveals why she no longer wears makeup

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Published 20:41 7 Jul 2025 GMT+1

Pamela Anderson hits out at 'sex symbol' status as she reveals why she no longer wears makeup

The actor was earned the title during her stint on Baywatch

Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper

Pamela Anderson no longer wants to be referred to as a 'sex symbol.'

The former actor's name was once synonymous with Hollywood glamour, smokey eyes and messy blonde bun, thanks to her stint on 90s series Baywatch and numerous appearances in Playboy magazine.

However, the 58-year-old is now striving to put her sexualised image and skintight swimsuits behind her once and for all.

The Last Showgirl star's decision to wave goodbye to her make-up bag and opt for bare skin previously went viral, prompting Anderson to reveal that she no longer feels the same about wearing cosmetics after the death of her make-up artist Alexis Vogel.

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"I love to wear makeup too sometimes," she later clarified to PEOPLE, adding: "It has a time and a place. I just feel in my personal life, it just didn't really make sense."

Pamela Anderson was considered a 'sex symbol' for most of her career (Mick Hutson/Redferns)
Pamela Anderson was considered a 'sex symbol' for most of her career (Mick Hutson/Redferns)

And it's not only make-up which Anderson has changed her mind on either, with the model revealing in a new interview that she doesn't find the phrase 'sex symbol' to be particularly sexy.

Speaking to Elizabeth Day on her How To Fail podcast, Anderson revealed: "I don't like being a sex symbol. I mean, I think it's not very sexy.

"I think we all aspire to be sexy in our relationships, but sexy for the world is, I don't know," she continued.

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The Home Improvement actor went on to note that while she wasn't 'complaining' about the term, it did bring her 'a lot of attention', which she found uncomfortable.

"I hate to say that because I'm not complaining, but I do feel that is a slippery slope where you are presenting yourself to the world like this and you get this attention back."

However she is no longer comfortable with the term (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
However she is no longer comfortable with the term (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Anderson now believes that it's important to present herself 'in different ways because women are many things.'

"It can be even scary at times, me not wearing makeup and me being at this age, coming into this part of my career, I felt it was important for me in my personal life, to be more natural," she added.

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"I want to challenge myself and become and to be present myself in different ways because women are many things. We're not just the wild animal between the sheets."

Ditching make-up and transitioning away from a 'sex symbol' image aren't the only changes which Anderson has made in recent years either, as she has also decided to largely 'quit' Hollywood.

Anderson now sports a more natural look (Juan Naharro Gimenez/Getty Images)
Anderson now sports a more natural look (Juan Naharro Gimenez/Getty Images)

"What is this cartoon character that I’d created? OK, that was fun. But I’m not that person anymore," she told Better Homes and Gardens magazine last August.

"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, I made it through all of it."

Featured Image Credit: (Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images)

Topics: Celebrity, Pamela Anderson, Viral, Sex and Relationships, Entertainment, TV and Film

Brenna Cooper
Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper is a journalist at LADbible. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in History, followed by an NCTJ accredited masters in Journalism. She began her career as a freelance writer for Digital Spy, where she wrote about all things TV, film and showbiz. Her favourite topics to cover are music, travel and any bizarre pop culture.

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