Editing Sharon Stone (section)

===In media and fashion===
For her leading roles in erotic and adult-themed feature films such as ''Basic Instinct'', ''Sliver'', and ''The Specialist'', Stone cemented what was described as a "tough-talking, no-underwear, voyeuristic, cool-as-ice, [[sex symbol]]" status during the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pR_IAAAAQBAJ&q=sharon+stone+sex+symbol&pg=PA175|title=The Films of the Nineties: The Decade of Spin|first=W.|last=Palmer|date=March 2, 2009|publisher=Springer|access-date=October 11, 2017|via=Google Books|isbn=9780230619555|archive-date=March 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323104414/https://books.google.com/books?id=pR_IAAAAQBAJ&q=sharon+stone+sex+symbol&pg=PA175|url-status=live}}</ref> She has appeared on the covers and pictorials of over 300 celebrity and fashion magazines throughout her four-decade acting career.<ref name="print">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000232/publicity/|title=Sharon Stone|publisher=IMDb|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621120659/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000232/publicity|archive-date=June 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> She graced the June–July 1986 cover of French ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', and to coincide with the release of ''Total Recall'', she posed nude for the July 1990 issue of ''[[Playboy]]'', flaunting the muscles she had developed in preparation for the film. Following ''Basic Instinct'', photographer [[George Hurrell]] took a series of photographs of Stone, [[Sherilyn Fenn]], [[Julian Sands]], [[Raquel Welch]], [[Eric Roberts]], and [[Sean Penn]]. Stone, who was Hurrell's reportedly last sitting before his death in 1992,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/life/style/saving-faces-a-new-biography-of-hollywood-publicity-photographer-george-hurrell|title=Saving faces: A new biography of Hollywood publicity photographer George Hurrell|date=November 23, 2013|website=National Post|access-date=October 11, 2017}}</ref> is also a collector of the photographer's original prints and wrote the foreword to the book ''Hurrell's Hollywood''. In 1993, she appeared in [[Pirelli]]'s commercial, ''Driving Instinct'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vlugt |first1=Will van der |title=Pirelli: Driving Instinct |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7728882/ |publisher=[[Pirelli Tires]], [[Young and Rubicam]] |access-date=May 15, 2021 |date=March 26, 1993 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516113553/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7728882/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Peden |first1=Lauren David |title=FILM; Seen the One Where Arnold Sells Noodles? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/20/movies/film-seen-the-one-where-arnold-sells-noodles.html |access-date=May 15, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=June 20, 1993 |quote=In Ms. Stone's Pirelli ad, the star steps off an airplane and into a waiting car. |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515041345/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/20/movies/film-seen-the-one-where-arnold-sells-noodles.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in 2005, became the face of [[Dior]]'s Capture skincare line,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/sharon-stone-for-dior|title=SHARON STONE FOR DIOR|date=October 4, 2005|website=British Vogue|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127034155/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/sharon-stone-for-dior|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2016, starred with [[Paul Sculfor]] in Airfield's ([[:de:Airfield|de]]) ''Fashion Is a Lovestory'' short film.<ref name="Airfield-Fashion-2016-video">{{cite web |last1=Schuller |first1=Kristian |author2=AIRFIELD |author1-link=:de:Kristian Schuller |author2-link=:de:Airfield |title=Fashion is a Love Story |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUQsF93kpVQ | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/HUQsF93kpVQ| archive-date=October 29, 2021|website=AirfieldFashion |publisher=via: YouTube |access-date=June 2, 2021 |language=en |date=February 25, 2016 |quote=AIRFIELD shows a cinematic love story with Hollywood star Sharon Stone and [[Paul Sculfor]]. Let yourself be enchanted by the story of a contemporary, self-confident woman who loves to travel, in fashion that still looks fresh and glamorous even after the longest trip – staged by star photographer [[:de:Kristian Schuller|Kristian Schuller]].}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="AIRFIELD-Impressum">{{cite web |title=Impressum |url=https://www.airfield.de/policies/legal-notice |website=AIRFIELD |language=de |date=2021 |quote=[[Impressum#On webpages]] |access-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214907/https://www.airfield.de/policies/legal-notice |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.luxurylondon.co.uk/article/sharon-stone-interview |title=Sharon Stone: The Interview |publisher=Luxury |location=London |date=July 22, 2016 |first=Olivia |last=Sharpe |access-date=August 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809004136/http://www.luxurylondon.co.uk/article/sharon-stone-interview |quote=Hollywood actress, model and philanthropist Sharon Stone speaks to us about women in Hollywood, being sexy at 58 and starring in Airfield’s S/S16 campaign |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Stone's public and professional profiles have been strongly tied to her appearance and sex appeal. She has ranked among the "50 most beautiful people in the world" by ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' in 1992,<ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 12, 1997|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20122069,00.html|title=Beautiful Through the Years|magazine=People|issn=0093-7673|access-date=August 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019234043/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20122069,00.html|archive-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> the "100 sexiest stars in film history" by ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' in 1995 and 1997,<ref>{{cite web| title=Divas of the 1990s: now and then| url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/connection/divas-of-the-1990s-now-and-then-1?page=10| publisher=MSN| access-date=September 20, 2014}} {{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> and the "25 sexiest stars of the century" by ''Playboy'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|author=Playboy|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/playboy-ranks-100-sexiest-stars-of-the-century-in-january-issue-77502262.html|title=Playboy Ranks 100 Sexiest Stars of the Century in January Issue|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|date=November 23, 1998|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113032104/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/playboy-ranks-100-sexiest-stars-of-the-century-in-january-issue-77502262.html|archive-date=January 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has also been the subject of four television documentary specials,<ref name="print" /> and several biographies have been written about her.
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sanello |first1=Frank |author1-link=Frank Sanello |title=Naked Instinct: Unauthorised Biography of Sharon Stone |date=1997 |publisher=Carol Pub. Group |location=Secaucus, N.J. |isbn=1559724021 |oclc=475599354}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sandison |first1=David |title=Sharon Stone |date=1998 |publisher=Chelsea House |location=Philadelphia |isbn=0791046508 |oclc=539139618}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hölzl |first1=Gebhard |last2=Lassonczyk |first2=Thomas |title=Sharon Stone mit "Basic Instinct" zum Erfolg |date=1995 |publisher=[[Heyne Verlag]] |location=[[München]] |oclc=235855293 |isbn=3453065514 |edition=1 |language=de}}</ref> On her sex symbol image, Stone told [[Oprah Winfrey]] on ''[[Oprah Prime]]'' in 2014: "It's a pleasure for me now. I mean, I'm gonna be 56 years old. If people want to think I'm a sex symbol, it's, like, yeah. Think it up. You know. I mean, like, good for me".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/03/13/sharon-stone-talks-being-sex-symbol-oprah/6373621/|title=Sharon Stone on sex-symbol status: 'It's a pleasure'|website=USA Today|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012001358/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/03/13/sharon-stone-talks-being-sex-symbol-oprah/6373621/|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She posed nude for the September 2015 issue of ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'', in which she stated: "At a certain point you start asking yourself, 'What really is sexy?' It's not just the elevation of your boobs. It's being present and having fun and liking yourself enough to like the person that's with you".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/08/15/sharon-stone-naked-photos-magazine_n_7991468.html|title=Sharon Stone Strips Off For Stunning (NSFW) Mag Shoot|date=August 15, 2015|website=HuffPost|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043731/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/08/15/sharon-stone-naked-photos-magazine_n_7991468.html|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>