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Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is an
international television actress, model, and producer known as much
for her tumultuous personal life as for her professional accomplishments.
Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada on July 1,
1967. As the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day, the newborn
Anderson won fame as the nation's "Centennial Baby".
She was subsequently "discovered" in 1989 when she was wearing
a Labatt's beer t-shirt at a football game. She was hired by Labatt's
to promote their product, and soon after, she appeared in Playboy
magazine.
Anderson's first major television role was on the United States hit
television sitcom Home Improvement (1991-1993). But her rise to stardom
came primarily from her role as C J Parker (1992-1997) on Baywatch.
In 1996, she appeared in a feature film, Barb Wire, which failed to
achieve commercial success; and in 1998 she appeared in her own television
series, V.I.P., which ran for four seasons. |
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In addition to her
fame from modelling and acting, Anderson has gotten a great deal of
press attention for her flamboyant personal life. She married rock
star Tommy Lee of the band Mötley Crüe after knowing him
for only 96 hours. Anderson filed for divorce twice and reconciled
twice, before finally breaking her relationship with Lee. Since, she
has become engaged to model Marcus Schenkenberg, broken up with him,
and became engaged to rock musician Kid Rock.
A pornographic home video of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee was stolen
from their home, and made a huge stir on the Internet. Anderson sued
an Internet company which was distributing the video, and some media
sources reported that she settled the case for $10 million.
In March 2001, Christine Evelyn Roth pled guilty to a misdemeanor
charge of trespassing and was deported to her home country, France.
The woman had been arrested while sleeping in a guest room of Anderson's
home, but she was only charged with trespassing and not the more serious
crime of stalking.
In March 2002, Anderson publicly stated that she had contracted the
Hepatitis C virus from Lee (supposedly from sharing tattoo needles),
and began writing a regular column for Jane magazine. Anderson became
the celebrity spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation, and
served as the Grand Marshall of the SOS motorcycle ride fundraiser
in October. In October 2003, Ms. Anderson jokingly said on Howard
Stern's radio show that she does not expect to live more than ten
or fifteen years, but this was misconstrued and taken seriously by
many Internet sites and tabloids.
Lee denies having the disease and claims this is part of a ploy to
take custody of their children.
Anderson became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May
12, 2004, while retaining her Canadian citizenship. She has lived
in California since 1989. She is currently a columnist for the Canadian
Elle magazine and voices the title character on the animated series
Stripperella.
Writing
In 2004, Pamela Anderson released the book Star, in which she describes
a young teenager doing different things in order to reach fame. After
this, she began touring across the States, signing autographs to fans
at Wal-Mart stores nationwide.
Animal rights
In 1999, Anderson received the Linda McCartney Award for animal rights
protectors.
In 2003, Anderson released a letter in support of PETA's boycott of
Kentucky Fried Chicken; stating, "What KFC does to 750 million
chickens, each year, is not civilized or acceptable." |
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