Pamela Anderson’s Shocking Hair Transformation Is the Shortest It’s Been in Decades

Views: 56

She went for the big chop.

Pamela Anderson has officially moved on from the long, blonde locks that cemented her status as Hollywood's resident bombshell beginning in 1989 with the now-legendary T.V. series Baywatch. Stepping out an event hosted by the Tory Burch Foundation, the actress was makeup-free, monochromatic, and sporting a brand-new (and very trendy) 'do: the bob.

Anderson's minimalist look was in step with her recent emphasis on low-key, natural beauty. The actress has been bare-faced at pretty much every event since she first stepped out makeup-free at Paris Fashion Week in September 2023.

"[Going bare-faced] was the beginning of me letting go of the image I had always had of myself," she told Better Homes & Gardens. "What is this cartoon character that I’d created? Okay, that was fun. But I’m not that person anymore."

With the Met Gala mere days away, fans were quick to wonder whether Anderson's big chop was prompted by fashion's big night out. The Last Showgirl actress made her Met Gala debut last year in an Oscar de la Renta gown paired with lots of Pandora diamonds and just a touch of makeup.

"Pam wanted to wear makeup again for the Met Gala, so we created a look that acknowledged her natural beauty but then took it to the next level," her makeup artist, Pat McGrath, explained in a press release. "We wanted to explore the next incarnation of natural—an elevation of natural—and to show how you can wear a full face of makeup but in a very fresh and beautiful way."

As for this year's Met Gala festivities? With a theme focused for the first time on menswear, my money's on Anderson revisiting (or perhaps, reinterpreting) the good old-fashioned suit.

Continue Reading