{"id":1186,"date":"2025-03-30T21:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2025-03-30T21:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:06:47","slug":"this-80s-icon-transitioned-from-modeling-to-music-heres-how-she-looks-four-decades-later-stories-ethan-smith-%c2%b7-january-3-2025-%c2%b7-0-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"This 80s icon transitioned from modeling to music. Here\u2019s how she looks four decades later. Stories Ethan Smith \u00b7 January 3, 2025 \u00b7 0 Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samantha Fox, born on April 15, 1966, in London, developed a passion for the arts early on, performing in school plays and talent shows. Her career took off at 16 when she won a modeling contest, becoming a well-known Page 3 girl in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>She transitioned to music, releasing her debut single &#8220;Touch Me (I Want Your Body)&#8221; in 1986, which became a global hit. Samantha later explored acting and TV, appearing in films, shows, and reality series like &#8220;Celebrity Big Brother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Known for her advocacy, she is a strong voice for inclusivity, LGBTQ+ rights, and charitable causes such as cancer research. Samantha&#8217;s career reflects her resilience, talent, and commitment to social causes, cementing her as a cultural icon whose legacy will continue to inspire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Samantha Fox, born on April 15, 1966, in London, developed a passion for the arts early on, performing in school plays and talent shows. Her <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=1186\" title=\"This 80s icon transitioned from modeling to music. Here\u2019s how she looks four decades later. Stories Ethan Smith \u00b7 January 3, 2025 \u00b7 0 Comment\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1188,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions\/1188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}