Pamela Denise Anderson was born at 4:08am, July 1, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. 1967 was Canada's centennial year and Pamela was the first baby born this day in all of Canada earning her the title "The Centennial Baby". This earned her an article in the local newspaper, the Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle. The Anderson's received cash prizes and awards for having the first baby born in Canada on this day, Canada's 100th Birthday

Still a teenager, one day when Pamela was sitting listening to a story with a group of other children when a photographer captured a picture of her that won the hearts of all that viewed it. It was quickly copyrighted and placed in all the libraries in British Columbia.

Pamela Anderson gained international recognition after she was cast as C.J., the sweet but tough lifeguard in the impossibly tight red bathing suit in the phenomenally popular syndicated television series Baywatch.

She excelled in virtually every sport she played, earning the nick-name "Rubber-Band" for her flexibility.

Labatt's offered Pam a job modeling as the "Blue Girl" for their products, and Pamela's posters were all over walls in bars and restaurants in Canada.

The Playboy spread launched Pamela's career, yielding small parts on various TV shows. Then, in 1991, stared in the role of "Lisa", the "Tool-Time-Girl" on ABC Television's "Home Improvement".

Pamela Anderson's big-screen ambitions have taken awhile to get off the ground. Pre-fame, she played a cheerleader in the crime thriller "The Taking of Beverly Hills" (1991). She next parlayed her "Baywatch" success into starring role in the straight-to-video thrillers "Snapdragon" (1993) and "Raw Justice" (1994). Big-screen fame--if not acclaim--arrived with the big-budget, unintentionally hilarious feature "Barb Wire" (1996), with the tattooed, rubber-clad Anderson as the futuristic comic-book heroine of the title.

Pamela Anderson has also kept her name in the press through her high-profile, stormy marriage to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee (notably with her bikini "wedding gown," a stolen honeymoon sex video, and Lee's substance abuse).