Pamela Anderson is done trying to fit into outdated beauty standards, and she’s making it clear.
In her latest interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK (July/August 2025 issue), the former Playboy model and Baywatch icon says she’s tired of filters, cosmetic illusions, and chasing unrealistic ideals. Instead, she’s stepping into a new chapter of authenticity, and she wants others to do the same.
“I think that with AI technology and filters, people are becoming kind of boring-looking,” Pamela says bluntly. “I want to challenge beauty norms. I’ve always been a rebel. I never see somebody and think, ‘I want to look like that.’ I just want to see who I am.”
She’s been showing up on red carpets without a drop of makeup, making headlines and sparking conversations about self-image in the digital age. “At some point you have to say, ‘This is all I’ve got,’” she adds. “Surrender to it. And it’s real happiness. It’s freedom to know you can walk on a red carpet without a stitch of makeup on. I mean, why can’t I? Men do it all the time.”
Pamela Anderson’s natural beauty journey didn’t come from nowhere. After years in the spotlight, multiple high-profile relationships, and raising two sons, Brandon Thomas and Dylan Jagger, with ex-husband Tommy Lee, she’s enjoying a period of reflection and clarity.
Now 57, she says she’s loving the independence that being single brings. “I love being in a creative space. That’s my happy place. I guess it’s a romantic space, but it’s not necessarily about men or about relationships. It’s about seeing what you’re made of, what you’re supposed to contribute to the world.”
She’s focusing on things that fulfill her, writing, poetry, film, music, and less on outside approval. “I feel like I’m just trying to live this part of my life as authentically as possible,” she says.
Despite past marriages to Tommy Lee, Kid Rock, Rick Salomon, and Dan Hayhurst, Pamela is in no rush to jump into another relationship. If she ever does, she says, it’ll be on her own terms. “If anyone comes into my life, I have to really trust that it won’t interfere with my one shot.”
This “second chance” she speaks of seems to be a reference to more than just love, it’s about redefining herself, without the expectations that once defined her image. “Right now, I want to peel it back. Clean up a little bit and just see: who am I?”
Pamela Anderson’s no-makeup moments and candid take on AI, beauty, and self-worth are a reminder that being real never goes out of style.
The July/August issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK is on sale from June 19. Read the full interview now at Harper’s Bazaar UK.
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