Before the Oscar nominations were announced Thursday, Pamela Anderson's performance in The Last Showgirl was in the conversation for Best Actress. Still, she says she wasn't surprised she didn't end up as one of the five nominees in the category.

Suffice it to say, pop culture and the entertainment industry didn’t objectify Pamela Anderson through the 1990s because of her voice; her cachet grew commensurate with the display of her bust, the cut of her swimsuit,