Editing Sharon Stone (section)

==Public image==
[[File:Sharon Stone 2005.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Stone at the [[2005 Cannes Film Festival]]]]

===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>

===Criticism===

On January 28, 2005, Stone helped solicit pledges for $1&nbsp;million in five minutes for mosquito nets in [[Tanzania]],<ref>"Sharon Stone raises $1 mil. for Tanzania in 5 minutes", ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', January 30, 2005.</ref> turning a panel on [[Poverty in Africa|African poverty]] into an impromptu [[fundraising|fundraiser]] at the [[World Economic Forum]] in [[Davos]], Switzerland. Many observers, including [[UNICEF]], criticized her actions by claiming that Stone had reacted instinctively to the words of Tanzanian President [[Benjamin Mkapa]], because she had not done her research on the causes, consequences, and methods of preventing [[malaria]].<ref name="economist.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4127278|title=The $25&nbsp;billion question|newspaper=The Economist|date=June 30, 2005|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401132854/http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4127278|archive-date=April 1, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Of the $1&nbsp;million pledged, only $250,000 was actually raised. In order to fulfill the promise to send $1&nbsp;million worth of bed nets to Tanzania, UNICEF contributed $750,000.<ref name="columbia.edu">{{cite journal|last=Daar |first=Evan |year=2009 |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/spring2009/daar.html |title=Aid Wars |journal=The Current |issue=Spring 2009 |location=New York |publisher=Columbia University |access-date=August 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626040310/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/spring2009/daar.html |archive-date=June 26, 2010 }} A review of {{cite book|last=Moyo|first=Dambisa|year=2009|title=Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa|location=New York|publisher=Farrar, Straus, and Giroux|isbn=978-0-374-13956-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/deadaidwhyaidisn00moyo}}</ref> This diverted funds from other UNICEF projects.<ref name="columbia.edu"/> According to prominent economist [[Xavier Sala-i-Martin]], officials are largely unaware of what happened with the bed nets. Some were delivered to the local airport.<ref name="columbia.edu"/> These reportedly were stolen and later resurfaced as wedding dresses on the local [[black market]].<ref name="economist.com"/><ref name="columbia.edu"/>

Stone was criticized over her comments in an exchange on the red carpet with Hong Kong's ''[[Hong Kong Cable Television|Cable Entertainment News]]'' during the [[2008 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 25, 2008. When asked about the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake]] she remarked:

{{blockquote|Well you know it was very interesting because at first, you know, I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the [[Tibet]]ans because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else. And so I have been very concerned about how to think and what to do about that because I don't like that. And I had been this, you know, concerned about, oh how should we deal with the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] because they are not being nice to the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]], who is a good friend of mine. And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that [[karma]]? When you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?<ref>{{cite news|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24847807/ns/today-entertainment/t/sharon-stone-suggests-china-quake-was-karma/|title=Sharon Stone suggests China quake was 'karma'|date=May 27, 2008|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=MSN|access-date=December 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425055800/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24847807/ns/today-entertainment/t/sharon-stone-suggests-china-quake-was-karma|archive-date=April 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

One of China's biggest cinema chains reacted to Stone's comments by declaring it would not show her films in its theaters.<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite news|publisher=Yahoo!|date=May 28, 2008|access-date=May 28, 2008| url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_en_mo/people_sharon_stone_quake|title=Sharon Stone: Was China quake 'bad karma?'| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531005856/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_en_mo/people_sharon_stone_quake|archive-date=May 31, 2008}}</ref> The founder of the UME Cineplex chain and the chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, [[Ng See-yuen]], called Stone's comments "inappropriate", and said the UME Cineplex chain would no longer present her films.<ref name="Yahoo"/> [[Dior]] advertisements featuring Stone's image were dropped from all ads in China amid the public uproar.<ref name="AFP">{{cite news|first=Aislinn|last=Simpson|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=May 29, 2008|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2048006/Sharon-Stone-apologises-over-China-earthquake-karma-comments-in-Dior-statement.html|title=Sharon Stone apologises for China quake 'karma' remark|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605091502/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2048006/Sharon-Stone-apologises-over-China-earthquake-karma-comments-in-Dior-statement.html|archive-date=June 5, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Stone was removed from the [[2008 Shanghai International Film Festival]] guest list, and the event's organizers considered banning the actress permanently.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-04-stone-shanghai_N.htm|title=Sharon Stone not welcome at Shanghai film festival|website=USA Today|first=Min|last=Lee|agency=Associated Press|location=Hong Kong|date=June 3, 2008|access-date=January 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406033136/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-04-stone-shanghai_N.htm|archive-date=April 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Dior China had originally posted an apology in Stone's name, but Stone later denied making the apology during an interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', saying "I'm not going to apologize. I'm certainly not going to apologize for something that isn't real and true&nbsp;– not for face creams," although she did admit that she had "sounded like an idiot."<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/fashion/01stone.html|title=Actress Stone and Dior Differ Over Apology|work=The New York Times|date=June 1, 2008|access-date=June 1, 2008|first=Cathy|last=Horyn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410000706/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/fashion/01stone.html|archive-date=April 10, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> However, after the interview, Stone released a statement entitled "In my own words by Sharon Stone" in which she said "I could not be more regretful of that mistake. It was unintentional. I apologize. Those words were never meant to be hurtful to anyone."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/31/sharon.stone/index.html|title=Actress says she misspoke on China|publisher=CNN|date=May 31, 2008|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313093035/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/31/sharon.stone/index.html|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> While Stone cited the Dalai Lama as her "good friend" when she made the remark at the Cannes film festival, the Dalai Lama has reportedly distanced himself by saying of her only, "yes, I've met that lady".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/12/dalai-lama-distances-hims_n_106675.html|title=Dalai Lama Distances Himself From 'Good Friend' Sharon Stone|work=HuffPost|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=June 20, 2008|access-date=August 19, 2011|first=Katherine|last=Thomson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607061826/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/12/dalai-lama-distances-hims_n_106675.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>