But not before she wiggled her way down the runway at Fashion Week in a wrap and G-string.
She showed a flash of the redoubtable assets that have seen the former Baywatch beauty hold the record for Playboy cover appearances.
The event was her rightly named A*Muse show with New York trash-flash designer Richie Rich.
It was a parade of tie-dye fluoro bikinis and men's jocks trimmed around the crotch with sequin guitars.
A packed Big Tent saw Nicky Watson, surfer Maz Quinn and a host of spray-tanned hotties do their stuff.
Quinn, whom Anderson said was the hottest Kiwi she had met on her brief trip, was invited to come up for the show from Gisborne for his first turn modelling.
"I couldn't help smiling on the runway," he said.
It was a fun show. Former Shortland star Manu Bennett was virtually unrecognisable as a hulky, long-haired, caveman-style figure who brandished his surfboard on the runway like a shield.
Anderson has signed it and it will be sold for charity for the Starship Foundation.
The 42-year-old mother of boys aged 11 and 13 said her life was "mostly quiet", spent hanging out with her sons to her rock-star ex, Tommy Lee.
As to whether she will be forever the girl running up the beach in a red swimsuit, Anderson is happy to play to type, but when asked what she hoped to be remembered for, the committed vegetarian and animal rights activist said she hoped it would be for her work in this area.
Asked if she would be back, Anderson said: "I'm going to bring my kids - they'd love it here."
