She shot to fame in the eighties as the face of Volkswagen’s ‘Changes’ ad campaign, but after a car crash in the early hours of the morning, most people might not recognise Paula Hamilton; the 51-year-old suffered shocking injuries to her teeth, knocking out three of them and damaging several others.
Police were surprised to find the former model cowering in the bushes near her country home after the 4am collision, and were immediately suspicious that Paula had been drinking or taking drugs, but she has now come forward claiming that she was not in any way intoxicated. Paula stated that she had swerved to avoid hitting a baby deer, then crashed into a lamppost, fence, and a neighbour’s conservatory; injuring herself in the process. ‘I’ve lost my front teeth and I’m in huge amounts of pain,’ she says, ‘but it was worth it to save that mother deer and her baby.’ Police officers demanded a blood test, but she has not been charged following the incident.
Although some people might be sceptical about Paula’s story, she says she doesn’t care what others think, and even less how they perceive her now that she has some teeth missing. ‘My looks aren’t that important to me,’ she insists, adding ‘what is important is that I did not harm a defenceless creature.’
It is thought that Paula will now undergo treatment using dental implants and is currently wearing a denture to replace the lost teeth.