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One of the most iconic and recognizable faces of Playboy , Canadian-American model and actor Pamela Anderson holds the record for the most cover appearances and even fronted the magazine’s final nude issue. So what led her to eventually come out against pornography?

Anderson first graced the cover of Playboy in October 1989 at just 22 years old—after Hugh Hefner saw her in an ad for a Canadian beer company. Impressed by her look, Hefner sent her an invitation to pose nude for the publication, launching her career as a model. Recalling her debut photoshoot to ET Canada in 2023, she said , “It was my first feeling of freedom.”

Posing nude made her feel empowered

Growing up, Anderson had a violent home life and was sexually assaulted three tim

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