Pamela Anderson has done it all: Starred in hit TV shows, been the subject of a documentary, written a book, fought for animal rights, and more. But until now, at age 56, she's never been the face a major cosmetics campaign.

“After all these years, I was laughing,” Anderson tells Bazaar of being approached to star in the campaign. “I said, I wish Smashbox would've hired me back in the day, when I couldn't pay my rent. But I wasn't cool enough back then.”