9 of Pamela Anderson’s Best ’90s and Y2K Beauty Looks

Many of our current beauty trends can be traced back to Pamela Anderson. She was the original ’90s beauty muse. She overlined her lips way before Kylie Jenner was doing it; she gave a good sun-kissed California glow; and let’s face it, she made skinny brows happen. With her platinum blonde hair and lithe body (it took Lily James five months to get into shape to play her), she was the bombshell of her generation.

Her love life, including her tumultuous relationship with ex-husband Tommy Lee, was well documented back then (much to her chagrin, as the world is learning thanks to her memoir and documentary), but Anderson always understood the power of her star power—and used it. Playing up to her public image, she once said that “natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.” Anderson has always been refreshingly honest about the time it takes to look “low-maintenance.” And for that, we salute her. 

As her Netflix documentary, Pamela, A Love Story, sets the record straight, we take a look at some of her best vintage beauty moments. 

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