Former glamour model Sam Fox says ‘peer pressure’ is pushing young girls to ‘look a certain way’

Former glamor model Samantha Fox has lamented the loss of the natural “girl-next-door” look, as she argued that “peer pressure” is pushing young women into cosmetic “touch-ups”.

The 56-year-old rose to fame as a topless page three model in The Sun newspaper, where she appeared regularly from 1983 to around 1986.

Now, speaking to the newspaper, she has revealed that there was ‘nothing like’ the pressure young women face today when she was the same age.

“It’s because of what young women are watching, the reality shows, the social media, everyone airbrushing, not looking real,” Fox said.

‘Young girls have peer pressure to look a certain way. There was nothing like it in my time.

She has revealed that there was ‘nothing like’ the pressure young women face today when she was the same age.

This pressure is pushing women toward cosmetic “touch-ups” like lip fillers and Botox at a much younger age, Fox said.

“They have never done any work for me,” he added. “We weren’t trying to look sexy, we were natural, the girl next door, and that’s why people liked us.

“Unfortunately, that naturalness is going out the window, as cosmetic touch-ups now begin so young.”

The singer called this change a “shame,” adding that if she had a daughter, she wouldn’t let her into the modeling industry like it is today.

“It’s what young girls are looking at, the reality shows, the social media, everyone airbrushing, not looking real,” Fox said.

This pressure is pushing women toward cosmetic “touch-ups” like lip fillers and Botox at a much younger age, Fox said.

He added that ‘everyone is trying to have a real life filter in their face.

“Once you start, people tend to continue and that’s what’s scary.”

Comes after Mrs. Fox confessed that he “didn’t want to show people” that he was in a “sad place” after his partner Myra Stratton died in 2015 after a battle with cancer.

The former glamor model admitted that she had trouble “pretending” to be happy and “couldn’t write any songs” for two years.

Having fallen in love all over again with his new wife Linda Olsen, 50, Sam revealed that she’s only now ready to release new music, with a next album on the way.

While attending the ICON Awards in support of the 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 that she “didn’t want to show people” that she was in a “sad place” after her partner Myra Stratton died in 2015 after a battle with cancer.

The former glamor model admitted she had trouble ‘pretending’ to be happy and ‘wasn’t able to write any songs’ for two years.

“For two years, I couldn’t write a letter. I just couldn’t write because everything I was writing was so sad and I didn’t want to show people that I was in that sad place.

It was very difficult for me to release something at that time and go on stage and pretend to be happy. I was pretty sad but time is a healer and then I met Linda.

“At that age I didn’t think I would ever find someone to settle down with for the rest of my life and I have and I’m in such a great place.”

Pictured: Samantha Fox with ex-partner Myra Stratton in London

“You get to 50 and you lose, you know, Myra was the love of my life and we were together for 16 years and I never thought I would be with anyone else.

‘I thought it was my life mapped out. So when I met Linda and fell in love, it was instant love when we first met. It really was and I’m so happy.

“I am happy to have met such a wonderful person who is beautiful inside and out and I can trust her unconditionally. And she is, just as my mother is my rock, she is also my rock.’

Samantha and Linda tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in Essex in July, after announcing their engagement in March 2020.