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LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 1: COME DIE WITH ME: A Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer Mystery. Made for TV movie. CBS. 1994. Featuring Pamela Anderson. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Voluminous blonde tresses<\/a>, plump lined lips, uber-thin brows, and hyper-defined curves, Pamela Anderson<\/a>\u2019s singular image permeated the 1990s zeitgeist. Filmed running slow-motion through the beach in her iconic red one-piece with the wind in her hair, the Baywatch<\/em> babe was immediately hailed as a modernized sex symbol of the decade.<\/p>\n

Having gotten her start as a Playboy Playmate<\/em>, (she holds the record for gracing the highest number of Playboy<\/em> covers), Anderson’s now-signature look followed in the footsteps<\/a> of another blonde bombshell: Marilyn Monroe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unabashed glam juxtaposed with a rough and rugged aura, extreme cutouts, body hugging latex, corsets, and huge hats, Anderson’s fashion impact knows no bounds. In fact, it could be argued that she paved the way for the curvy Kardashian aesthetic that the family brought to TV screens through their hit reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians<\/em>. Both Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner have emulated the Barb Wire<\/em> actress\u2019 signature style on several occasions, and Kardashian<\/a> and Kendall Jenner<\/a> even dressed up as the icon for Halloween<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – AUGUST 28: Actress Pamela Anderson on the set of “Baywatch” on August 28, 1996 in Huntington Beach, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As society has begun to reexamine the often harsh and unfair treatment of female public figures throughout the ’90s and ’00s, women from Monica Lewinsky<\/a> to Britney Spears<\/a> and Janet Jackson<\/a> have had their malignment from the misogynistic media landscape of the time reevaluated. By today\u2019s standards, sex tapes like those of Paris Hilton<\/a>\u2019s and Kim Kardashian<\/a>\u2019s have been reconsidered as revenge porn. Now, Pam & Tommy<\/em><\/a> show-runners hope to provide a fresh, more nuanced perspective to the first celebrity sex tape to sweep the nation at such an unprecedented level of infamy.<\/p>\n

Streaming on February 2<\/a> exclusively on Hulu, the forthcoming limited series Pam & Tommy<\/em><\/a> is set amid the early days of the internet age, chronicling the unhinged epic odyssey of the theft and subsequent release of Anderson\u2019s and then-husband M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce drummer Tommy Lee\u2019s sex tape.<\/p>\n

After having met and married in the span of four days, Lee and Anderson tied the knot in Cancun, Mexico in 1995. The celebrity whirlwind romance that saturated headlines, was met with a maelstrom of media attention after contractor-gone-rogue Rand Gaultier (Seth Rogen) sought revenge by stealing the couple\u2019s safe from their Malibu home after Lee previously fired him and allegedly threatened Gaultier with a firearm. After discovering the private recording within the stolen safe, Gaultier colluded with porn-producer Milton “Uncle Miltie” Ingley to disseminate pirated VHS copies through the World Wide Web.<\/p>\n

After the tape\u2019s release Lee and Anderson were met with a glaring chasm of incongruent media encounters. Bearing the brunt of the shame and blame of it all, the Canadian Baywatch<\/em> actress and model was met with contempt, humiliation, and condemnation while Lee, by most regards, was considered the man<\/em>.<\/p>\n

After her vicious victimization by the media, Anderson and Lee divorced after three years of marriage, with Lee serving six months in jail for spousal battery after assaulting Anderson with their child in her arms.<\/p>\n

With the upcoming series hoping to shed a light on this unfair dynamic, one has to consider what it means that the project has been conducted without Anderson\u2019s approval or consent. Close friend Courtney Love<\/a> has come out against the series, having described the release of the tape as “schadenfreude” (joy stemmed from another\u2019s humiliation or troubles). Potentially a second invasion of privacy or a chance for her own public reckoning, we\u2019ll just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n

Now a mother of two, and a staunch voice against animal abuse and climate change, Anderson’s activism has become her second act. Despite all that stood in her way, maybe now she’ll get the mea culpa she deserves.<\/p>\n

Here, GRAZIA<\/em>‘s style file on Anderson at the height of her 1990s fame charts the star’s bourgeoning ascent, from Playboy Playmate<\/em> to Baywatch<\/em> superstar.<\/p>\n

1992<\/h2>\n
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Pamela Anderson (Photo by S. Granitz\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1993<\/h2>\n
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Pamela Anderson (Photo by S. Granitz\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1993<\/h2>\n
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LOS ANGELES – AUGUST 14: Actress Pamela Anderson attends the 36th Annual “Hollywood Stars Night” Celebrity Baseball Game on August 14, 1993 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1994<\/h2>\n
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Pamela Anderson at Playboy Party (Photo by Frank Trapper\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1994<\/h2>\n
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Canadian actress Pamela Anderson attends Love Ride 11, the 11th Annual Motorcycle Rider’s Fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, held at a Harley-Davidson dealership in Glendale, California, 13th November 1994. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1994<\/h2>\n
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 03: (L-R) American actress and model Pamela Anderson, who appears in the television show ‘Baywatch’, attends a press conference to promote the Coca Cola Surf Classic event at Bondi Beach on December 03, 1994 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Peter Carrette Archive\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1994<\/h2>\n
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MARINA DEL REY, CA – OCTOBER 22: Actress Pamela Anderson attends “Baywatch” 100th Anniversary Celebration on October 22, 1994 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Marina del Rey, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1994<\/h2>\n
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 1994: American actress Pamela Anderson arrives at the CCAM Awards, December 1994 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Patrick Riviere\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1994<\/h2>\n
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 1994: American actress Pamela Anderson arrives at the Australian Music Awards party, December 1994 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Patrick Riviere\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1994<\/h2>\n
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Pamela Anderson at the Planet Hollywood Openning at Forum Shops at Caesars (Photo by Steve Granitz Archive\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1995<\/h2>\n
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Canadian actress Pamela Anderson wearing a dark blue sleeveless dress and a white, wide-brim hat, with a gold multi-strand chain around her neck and gold multi-hoop earrings, circa 1995. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1995<\/h2>\n
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FRANCE – MAY 20: Cannes 95: Pamela Anderson In Cannes, France On May 20, 1995. (Photo by Pool BENAINOUS\/DUCLOS\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1995<\/h2>\n
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Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee during 1995 GRAMMY Awards – A&M Party in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic, Inc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1997<\/h2>\n
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Pamela Anderson during The 24th Annual American Music Awards at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by S. Granitz\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1997<\/h2>\n
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Pamela Anderson and son Brandon during Pamela Anderson Sighting at Rock Wall of Fame – September 21, 1997 at Rock Wall of Fame in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1999<\/h2>\n
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Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson arrive at the 1999 MTV Music Video Awards held at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center in New York City on September 9, 1999. (Photo by Frank Micelotta\/ImageDirect)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2000<\/h2>\n
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370386 12: Actress Pamela Anderson looks around the set of her hit TV show “VIP” June 1, 2000 in San Pedro, CA. (Photo by Eric Ford\/Online USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2001<\/h2>\n
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Pamela Anderson at the The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York, New York (Photo by Jim Spellman\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2001<\/h2>\n
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Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson at PETA’s 21st. Anniversary Party and Humanitarian Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. 9\/8\/2001. Photo: Evan Agostini\/ImageDirect)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2002<\/h2>\n
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Pamela Anderson arrives at the 29th Annual American Music Awards January 9, 2002 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Photo by KMazur\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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