First of all, head over to The NY Daily News to see the full face photos of Pamela Anderson, 45, with a makeover. We have some of those photos here, one is above, but you don’t really get the full effect. I’ll wait for ya! She looks kind of cat-like and she still has those crazy evil villainess eyebrows, but she looks way better, right? She toned down the horrible dark trashy eye makeup and she did something different with her hair. She’s dressed respectably too. This is how Pamela looked just last month. (below.) This was her default setting for the past 20 years.

In terms of her (new) face, she’s Botoxed to hell and back and she looks a little crazy, like Kylie Minogue in the throes of her bad plastic surgery a few years back, but still this is an improvement.

Pamela was seen at the International Beauty Show in New York City on Monday. She was promoting a haircare line called Obliphica, so their people probably did her makeup like this. She was interviewed by Buzzfeed and they have some more photos too. She looks way better in their photos. Their savvy interviewer noticed the “makeunder” and broached the topic, and Pam just kind of went on about how much she loved her trashy makeup.

When in your life did you first feel beautiful?
Pamela Anderson: Well, it wasn’t today (laughs). I’m kidding. Oh, god, I don’t know if I ever really felt beautiful. I always feel like I don’t — I don’t, really.

Who do you admire in the media today, style- and beauty-wise?
PA: I love Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot, Ursula Andress, Raquel Welch. I love those kind of timeless beauty icons…Marilyn Monroe. Dita Von Teese!

You’re something of a beauty maximalist. So do people ever try to make you under?
PA: Actually a lot of people, especially when I was on Baywatch. They were insisting that I didn’t wear eyelashes, but I said, “I have my look, this is what I’m comfortable in.” Sometimes my eyelashes would roll up onto the beach and that’s all that would be left of me. But I was determined to be glamorous. Oh, I loved it, I LOVED it. I thought, “If you’re going to be on TV, and if you’re gonna be out and glamorous, the natural look can stay at home. If we’re gonna do this, let’s have fun with it!” I actually just did a shoot lately, and they took all the makeup off and put me in a ponytail, and I said, “Well, OK, we’ll try that.”

How did you feel about it?
PA: Well, everyone was happy about it and liked it, and so, well, we’ll see what it looks like. It was Mario Testino, so I can’t argue with him! And he loved it, so, we’ll see.

So people try to tone down your sex appeal because you’re known for being so hot?
PA: I don’t know if it’s because I’m so hot, but they definitely try to tone down my sex appeal. I think it’s time, though — you know, you grow up and you change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now, I think I’m in charge of toning down my look or not. I feel like as I’m getting older, this is my version of toned down (gestures to hair and outfit). I like it.

Do you consider yourself a feminist?
PA: I do, actually. I do. I think I’m in control of what I do and what I’ve done. I think that’s the ultimate feminine power. Do as you want. Be who you want to be, and not for anybody else. As days go by, women are more and more empowered.

[From Buzzfeed]

Maybe it’s just because the Buzzfeed person, Amy Rose Spiegel, asked such great questions, but I really liked Pam’s answers here! She was self-deprecating and funny and I found myself warming to her much more than I have in the past. That could be due to her makeover, too, it makes her look vulnerable and more accessible. Makeup does wonders and Pam should stick with this look. You know she won’t though. She loves “glamour.”

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