11.30.06 6:00 AM CST
• Here at Playboy
• Gary Cole
No personality has appeared on the cover of Playboy more often than Pamela Anderson. Her appearance on the cover of the January 2007 issue will mark the 12th time she’s graced the front page of America’s most successful magazine. Pam’s Playboy career started when she was selected as a Playmate back in February 1990. That was a simpler, sweeter, more-natural Pam than today’s version. She’s starred in a couple of TV series, made some not-very-good movies, been married and divorced from a couple of famous musicians. Throughout it all, she’s maintained her celebrity because Pam is one of those larger-than-life personalities who fame transcends their actual accomplishments.
How does that happen? I remember Jayne Mansfield occupying a similar position in the psyche of the American male. And then there was Brigitte Bardot to whom, by the way, Pam bears a rather remarkable likeness. It’s an almost indefinable quality of sexuality and vulnerability, something makes a guy say deep inside himself “If she only knew me, I could make her happy and complete.” At least what fun it would be to try.
The photos in the January issue are shot by photographer Sante D’Orazio. The shooting, initiated by Playboy, ended prematurely with Pam and Sante having what almost appeared to be a lover’s quarrel, not that anything actually happened between them. Playboy put the photos away with the knowledge that some day would seem like the right day to publish them.
It’s been 2 1/2 years since Pam’s last Playboy cover and pictorial (May 2004, pictured). Her divorce from Kid Rock has her back in the headlines although she never really is very far out of them. Pam, we’ve missed you and thank goodness we have those D’Orazio photos.
And Pam needs a new boyfriend. The line forms behind me.
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Should we defend Pamela Anderson. she was physically and emotionally attack by that "persona non gratta" called Borat.
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