Pamela Anderson: 'I've Never Felt Pretty Enough'

Pamela Anderson has revealed she's never felt beautiful enough to model - despite her status as a sex symbol in the 90s. Photo: Getty

She was one of the top sex symbols of the ’90s - but Pamela Anderson, 47, has had a hard time buying into all the hype about herself.

"I’ve never felt pretty enough to be a model," Anderson, a mum of two, admits in a new interview with Parade. "That is funny to me."

"I think I’ve provoked feelings with how I look. But not as a beauty but as a mischievous little rascal" she went on to add.

The star goes on to explain her beauty philosophy, which roots itself in Anderson's upbringing as a "total tomboy."

"My mom always told me beauty comes from within. And I know that’s maybe a cliché, but I do believe that. And I think that’s what lasts forever,” she says.

To that end, Anderson says she's looking forward to ageing: “I don’t really feel like I want to chase youth. I want to get old. I want to experience all the seasons of my life. I just don’t want to be afraid of it.

And while she recognises the Hollywood pressure, "I think in this industry you’re surrounded by a lot of fear of getting older and fear of your looks leaving you," Anderson hasn't succumbed to it:

"I thought ‘Well, I’m lucky, then because I never really felt that great looking.’ I felt like I had fun. I felt like I could be sexy. I could be provocative and I could use my image to get attention for things that I cared about.”

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