“I’m not 26 years old, I’m 46 years old.” in the video, the Spanish presenter removes her make-up live.

Could a new “no makeup” movement be starting? While Pamela Anderson announced her decision to no longer wear makeup earlier this year, people are applauding her gesture and encouraging people to follow her lead. After Jamie Lee Curtis spoke about the “natural revolution”, it was the turn of Spanish actress and show host Sonia Ferrer. Todos in a box (“On everyone’s lips” in Spanish), imitate the starBaywatch: removing makeup directly.

Indeed, while she was commenting with her colleagues on Pamela Anderson’s latest appearance without makeup at the British Fashion Awards on Monday, December 4, Sonia Ferrer suddenly began to clean her face of all art, in front of the camera, in front of hundreds of people. thousands of viewers. “We look very different without makeup,” she said, removing a layer of makeup from her skin with a tissue.

Claim of naturalness

Through her act, she took the opportunity to denounce the pressure women face to look younger. “We are developing a lot. It is a reality, we are changing, and I am not 26, but 46 years old. Time passes for everyone, but at the same time, [il semble que] nothing happens,” he continued, expressing regret for the use of “filters in social networks” and “cosmetic surgeries, even minors.” “It scares me a lot. Let make-up, fashion or beauty be an accessory and a game, without becoming its victim. With this gesture, I would only like to claim naturalness and self-acceptance so that we can feel comfortable without artificiality,” he added.

The 40-year-old then explained her intention in more detail on her Instagram page after the show aired. “Pamela Anderson walks the red carpet without makeup and tells us that the pursuit of eternal youth is impossible and exhausting,” she wrote on December 8, clarifying that the team of the TV show “challenged” to follow the example of the American actress. “Nothing embarrasses me anymore. I love myself much more now than 20 years ago, – he concludes, – because over the years you realize that you were wrong in many things.

A gesture that sparks debate

However, while many applauded this bold decision, some viewers criticized her for playing a double game between her speech in defense of natural beauty and her questionably controversial aesthetic practice. Indeed, Sonia Ferrer suffered a “storm of criticism” from people who claimed that she had resorted to numerous medical and cosmetic surgeries, thus questioning the authenticity of her gesture, as reported by the website Quattro, the channel that broadcasts the show. Todos in a box.