Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson
(born 1 July 1967) is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author,
activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series
Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P.
One of Anderson's campaigns as a member of
PETA has been against the use of fur. In 1999, Anderson received the first
Linda McCartney Memorial Award for animal rights protectors, in recognition of
her campaign. In 2003, Anderson stripped down for PETA's "I'd Rather Go
Naked Than Wear Fur" advertising campaign.
On 28 June 2006, Anderson posed naked with
other protesters on a window display of the Stella McCartney boutique in London,
England. It was a PETA gala event before the PETA Humanitarian Awards. Anderson
went inside the boutique and said she would take her clothes off if the event
raised enough money for PETA, which it did.
She campaigned against Kentucky Fried
Chicken. In 2001, Anderson released a letter in support of PETA's campaign against Kentucky
Fried Chicken, stating "What KFC does to 750 million chickens each
year is not civilized or acceptable." She later made a video about KFC's
treatment of chickens.[50] In January 2006, Anderson requested that the
Governor of Kentucky remove a bust of Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, from
display but her request was refused even when she offered her own bust in
exchange. In February 2006, Anderson decided to boycott the Kentucky Derby
because of its support for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
She has also campaigned against seal
hunting in Canada. In March 2006, Anderson asked to speak to Prime Minister
Stephen Harper about the annual seal hunt but she was refused. In May 2006, she
petitioned random individuals on the street for their opinion on the Canadian
Seal Hunt. In December 2009, Anderson, photographed in a t-shirt with a drawn
picture of a seal pup on it, was featured in a new ad campaign for PETA. She
appears next to the headline "Save the Seals" in the ad and urges the
public to help end "Canada's annual seal slaughter."
She joined forces with PETA in a campaign
for the boycott of fruit-juice maker POM. The "Pom Horrible Campaign"
has resulted in the company halting animal tests. In March 2005, Anderson
became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics’ MAC AIDS Fund, which helped people
affected by AIDS and HIV. After becoming the official spokes model, Anderson
raised money during events in Toronto, Tokyo, Dublin, and Athens. Anderson
became the celebrity spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation, and served
as the Grand Marshal of the SOS motorcycle ride fundraiser. She wrote an open
letter to President Barack Obama urging the legalization of cannabis.
Anderson became the center of controversy
when she posed in a bikini nearly nude for a PETA ad that was banned in
Montreal, Canada on grounds that the ad was sexist. Anderson retorted saying,
"In a city that is known for its exotic dancing and for being progressive
and edgy, how sad that a woman would be banned from using her own body in a
political protest over the suffering of cows and chickens. In some parts of the
world, women are forced to cover their whole bodies with burqas – is that next?
I didn't think that Canada would be so puritanical."
She became a company spokesperson for FrogAds,
Inc. in March 2012.
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