Former glamor model Samantha Fox lamented the loss of the “natural girl-next-door” look, claiming that “peer pressure” is forcing young women into cosmetic “adjustments.”
The 56-year-old rose to fame as a topless Page Three model in The Sun newspaper, where she appeared regularly from 1983 to about 1986.
Now, speaking to the newspaper, she has revealed that there was “nothing like” the pressures young women face today when she was the same age.
“It’s because of what the young girls are watching, reality TV, social media, everyone airbrushing themselves, not making themselves look real,” Ms Fox said.
“Young girls have peer pressure to look a certain way. There was no such thing in my time.’
Samantha Fox, 56, rose to fame as a topless Page Three model in The Sun newspaper, where she appeared regularly from 1983 to about 1986
She has revealed that there was “nothing like” the pressures young women face today when she was the same age
This pressure forces women into cosmetic ‘modifications’ such as lip filler and Botox at a much younger age, Ms Fox said.
“I’ve never had any work done,” she added. ‘We weren’t trying to look sexy, we were natural, the girls next door – and that’s why people liked us.
“Unfortunately, that naturalness goes out the window since they’re starting cosmetic tweaks so young now.”
The singer said this change is “a shame” and added that if she had a daughter, she wouldn’t let her go in the modeling industry as it is today.
“It’s because of what the young girls are watching, reality TV, social media, everyone airbrushing themselves, not making themselves look real,” Fox said.
This pressure pushes women into cosmetic ‘modifications’ such as lip filler and Botox at a much younger age, Ms Fox said
She added that “everyone is trying to have a real filter on their face.
“Once you start, people tend to keep going and that’s the scary thing.”
It comes after Ms. Fox confessed that she “didn’t want to show people” that she was in a “sad place” after her partner Myra Stratton died in 2015 following a battle with cancer.
The former glamor model admitted that she struggled with “pretending” to be happy and “couldn’t write songs for two years.”
After falling in love again with her new wife Linda Olsen, 50, Sam revealed that it’s only now that she’s ready to release new music, with an upcoming album on the way.
While attending the ICON Awards in support of a prostate cancer charity Prost8 on Friday night she told MailOnline exclusively: ‘When my ex-partner died I was with her for 16 years and that’s a long, long time..
It comes after Ms Fox confessed she ‘didn’t want to show people’ she was in a ‘sad place’ after her partner Myra Stratton died in 2015 following a battle with cancer
The former glamor model admitted she struggled with ‘pretending’ she was happy and ‘couldn’t write songs for two years’
‘I couldn’t write a text for two years. I just couldn’t write because everything I was writing was very sad and I didn’t want to show people that I was in that sad place.
“It was really hard for me at that time to actually release something and go on stage and pretend I was happy. I was quite sad but time is a healer and then I met Linda.
“I didn’t think at that age I’d ever meet someone I’d settle down with for the rest of my life and I did and I’m in such a great place.
Pictured: Samantha Fox with her ex-partner Myra Stratton in London
“You turn 50 and you lose the, you know, Myra was the love of my life and we were together for 16 years and I never thought I’d be with anyone else.
“I thought that was my mapped out life. So when I met Linda and I fell in love, it was instant love when we met. It really was and I am so happy.
“I am happy to have met such an amazing, beautiful person inside and out and I can trust her unconditionally. And she is not only my mother who is my rock, but also my rock.’
Samantha and Linda tied the knot in July in a lavish ceremony in Essex, after announcing their engagement in March 2020.
