NEXT, A CONVERSATION ABOUT BEAUTY, OBJECTIFICATION AND FIGHTING AGENCY DESPITE IT ALL.

BROOKE SHIELDS IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE FACES OF OUR TIME.

AS A CHILD STAR SHE WAS HIGHLY SEXUALIZED IN MOVIES AND COMMERCIALS AND NOW, SHE HAS DECIDED TO OPEN UP ABOUT HER LIFE IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY, PRETTY BABY.

HERE'S A CLIP FROM THE TRAILER.

>> CATAPULTED INTO THE WORLD OF ADULT SEXUALITY.

>> I ALWAYS REMEMBER THINKING I JUST HOPE SHE'S OKAY.

SHE'S A YOUNG GIRL IN AN ALL ADULT WORLD.

>> BROOKE SHIELDS SPOKE TO ME RECENTLY FROM LOS ANGELES AND I STARTED BY ASKING WHY SHE WANTED TO EXPLORE THIS ISSUE NOW.

>> I THINK IT'S A VERY FRAUGHT TOPIC BECAUSE IT IS THAT OH, YOU MUST HAVE IT SO TOUGH BECAUSE YOU'RE PRETTY.

IT IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

IT IS ABOUT SELF-WORTH, BEING OBJECTIFIED, WHAT THAT MEANS, HOW, AS A YOUNG WOMAN TRYING TO GROW INTO MY OWN SELF- CONFIDENCE AND HEALTHY BODY IMAGE, HOW IT IS PICKED APART ALL THE TIME AND THERE IS SO MUCH ABOUT HOW TRANSACTIONAL BEAUTY IS THAT IS FASCINATING TO ME TO DELVE INTO IT I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, AND THEIR PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES ARE A HUGE PART OF HOW THE WORLD REACTS TO THEM.

WHETHER PEOPLE THINK THEY SHOULD LOOK MORE LIKE ME OR THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE ME, YOU KNOW, IT IS ALL VERY DETAILED AND DELICATE, SO THE IDEA OF BEING BEAUTIFUL WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS THRUST ON ME.

IT FELT ARBITRARY AND I SPENT DECADES TRYING TO NURTURE ALL THE OTHER AREAS OF MY LIFE THAT DID NOT --COULD NOT BE REDUCED TO JUST BEAUTY.

>> DO YOU FEEL NOW AT THE AGE OF --I'M NOT QUITE SURE, MAYBE 57?

YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

58?

EVEN BETTER.

DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU DID ACCOMPLISH THAT?

THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO LIVE A LIFE FOR MOST OF YOUR LIFE THAT GAVE YOU A FEELING OF SELF- WORTH BEYOND THE EXTERIOR SHELL THAT WE ALSO?

>> I WORKED VERY HARD AND I STAYED AWAY FROM HOLLYWOOD.

I STAYED ON THE EAST COAST.

I ALWAYS WENT TO NORMAL OR REGULAR CONVENTIONAL CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEN ON TO COLLEGE AND THAT, I FOUGHT FOR FRIENDS THAT I COULD TRUST, FRIENDS THAT WERE GOING TO BE WITH ME FOR THE LONG HAUL.

IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT WAY TO LIVE FOR ME, BECAUSE I KNEW I WOULD NOT SURVIVE THIS INDUSTRY, BECAUSE I AM A SENSITIVE PERSON AND I AM AN EMPATH AND I AM ALSO AN ACTRESS, SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALL OF THAT CHURNING INSIDE ME ALL THE TIME AND IF YOU'RE NOT STRONG AND YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO HOME TO EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, I THINK THIS INDUSTRY CAN DEVOUR YOU.

>> IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR YOU AND YOUR STRENGTH OF DETERMINATION, I THINK YOU MIGHT'VE BEEN GOBBLED UP.

YOU KNOW, YOU SAID YOU'RE BARELY EVEN A YEAR OLD BEFORE YOU DID YOUR FIRST PUBLIC MODELING JOB.

I MEAN, TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> I SAID TO MY MOTHER IT IS TIME FOR ME TO EARN A LIVING.

I HAVE ONLY KNOWN THAT BUT IT ALSO WAS A FORM OF THAT IS HOW WE LIVED.

THAT'S HOW WE PAID THE RENT.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO GO ON A VACATION.

THAT IS HOW MY MOM AND I GOT A CAR.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A BUSINESS AND THAT IS HOW --IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE WHAT I DID, SO FROM THAT TIME I WAS QUITE YOUNG THAT I THINK WHAT IT DID WAS I NEVER KNEW RELATIVE ANONYMITY INSOFAR AS I HAD ONE LIFE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS USURPED BY FAME.

THIS WAS A GRADUAL, CONTINUAL PROCESS AND WORK ETHIC I RELIED ON THE MOST, AND SO I THINK I DOVE INTO THE LOGISTICS OF WORKING, BEING ON TIME, BEING A GOOD WORKER, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT HELPED ME HAVE A CERTAIN PERSPECTIVE AND AGAIN, I NEVER MISSED SCHOOL, SO EVERYBODY WAS ALWAYS SAY NO, YOU LOST YOUR CHILDHOOD.

AND I WAS A CHEERLEADER, I WAS --AND IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE , IT WAS AN ADJUSTMENT FOR OTHER KIDS.

I CAME IN, AND I CAME IN AS A FAMOUS PERSON BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG.

WITHIN A SEMESTER, I HAD FRIENDS THAT I'M STILL BEST FRIENDS WITH.