Pamela Anderson is a strict vegetarian, engages herself for animal protection, and is an active member of the animal protection organization PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. In fact, as Jay Leno once pointed out, she has been observed kissing a snake.


In 1999, Anderson received the first Linda McCartney Memorial Award for animal rights protectors. The award was given to Pamela for her campaign against fur.


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 for www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.<br />

In 2003, Anderson stripped down for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" advertising campaign.


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 denied. Talk show host Conan O'Brien later made fun of Anderson on January 26, 2006, when he featured an embellished Colonel Sanders apparition; when Sanders heard of Anderson's goals, he stated that he'd like to "batter her breasts with his secret recipe."

Pamela Anderson was born on July 1, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada of partially Finnish ancestry (her paternal grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, from Saarijärvi, left Finland in 1908).

Pamela Anderson

As the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day (well past midnight, at 4:08 in the morning), the newborn Anderson won fame as the nation's "Centennial Baby". After her birth, her parents Barry and Carol Anderson moved to the town of Comox with baby Pamela.

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