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Yasmine Bleeth gained worldwide fame with her role on Baywatch, but it might be hard for fans to pick her out of a lineup these days.
This week, the New York Post published pictures of the 51-year-old actress claiming that she had grown “unrecognizable” since she left the Baywatch beaches in 1997. The shots showed Yasmine taking her dog for a walk in Southern California, wearing a hooded sweatshirt with a flowing dress underneath — and looking little like she did on television more than two decades ago as she appeared to have gained weight since leaving the spotlight.
As the report noted, Bleeth had a difficult time in the spotlight, developing a cocaine addiction and eventually going to rehab and getting arrested for cocaine possession the next year.
The new look for the Baywatch actress may be for the best. She explained in a 2003 interview with Glamour that her addiction to cocaine left her ravaged, causing her to lose a dangerous amount of weight.