Pamela Anderson’s Makeup-Free Streak Continues, From Paris to London

Anderson ditched a glam squad for the 2023 Fashion Awards last night.

Pamela Anderson at the 2023 Fashion Awards
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Pamela Anderson is continuing to embrace her natural beauty—of which there is ample supply—on the red carpet. At last night’s 2023 Fashion Awards in London, Anderson certainly brought the fashion, wearing all-white: wide-leg pants, loose-fit tee, and a cream-colored blazer worn over her shoulders.

Pamela Anderson at the 2023 Fashion Awards

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Pamela Anderson at the 2023 Fashion Awards

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But as for makeup, there was none, and Anderson’s hair—pulled back in a low ponytail—showcased her lack of makeup. This isn’t the first time Anderson has gone makeup-free; she made headlines when she attended Paris Fashion Week in couture, but no makeup.

“I don’t know, something just kind of came over me, and I was dressing in these beautiful clothes, and I thought, ‘I don’t want to compete with the clothes,’” she said in a behind-the-scenes video at Paris Fashion Week published by Vogue France as to why she decided to do this. “I’m not trying to be the prettiest girl in the room. I feel like it’s just freedom. It’s a release.” 

Pamela Anderson at the 2023 Fashion Awards

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Pamela Anderson at the 2023 Fashion Awards

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Pamela Anderson at the 2023 Fashion Awards

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She also noted that she was doing this all on her own: “I don’t need a stylist,” she said, per People. “I don’t have a stylist. I don’t have a glam team. I’m just kind of doing this, freestyle.”

Anderson went on to explain that she wanted to be a model of beauty for women of all ages. “I feel as a woman and a woman of my age, and a woman in the public eye…it’s also your job to be a model of everything,” she said. “Just all sorts of choices. So I am just being me, kind of who I am, in all these great clothes, running around Paris.”

Pamela Anderson at the 2023 Fashion Awards

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Pamela Anderson at the 2023 Fashion Awards

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The experience of going makeup-free, she told Elle, has been “freeing, and fun, and a little rebellious, too.” She added, “Because I did notice that there were all these people doing big makeup looks, and it’s just like me to go against the grain and to the opposite of what everyone’s doing.”

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Rachel Burchfield
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Rachel Burchfield is a writer, editor, and podcaster whose primary interests are fashion and beauty, society and culture, and, most especially, the British Royal Family and other royal families around the world. She serves as Marie Claire’s Senior Celebrity and Royals Editor and has also contributed to publications like Allure, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, People, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and W, among others. Before taking on her current role with Marie Claire, Rachel served as its Weekend Editor and later Royals Editor. She is the cohost of Podcast Royal, a show that was named a top five royal podcast by The New York Times. A voracious reader and lover of books, Rachel also hosts I’d Rather Be Reading, which spotlights the best current nonfiction books hitting the market and interviews the authors of them. Rachel frequently appears as a media commentator, and she or her work has appeared on outlets like NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, and more.