PETA seeks Chinese approval for nude Pam Anderson billboards

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041215/ap/d8700obg5.html ^ | 12/15/04 | AP

[TheBigB]

A naked Pamela Anderson will beckon from Chinese billboards in a new anti-fur campaign _ if the former "Baywatch" star can get past the censors.

The posters, featuring the slogan "Give fur the cold shoulder" in English, show the Canadian-born actress topless with her back to the camera and an arm partly hiding her right breast.

An image of falling snow appears above Chinese characters reading "cold shoulders are nothing compared to the pain they feel," and "please don't wear fur."

China's straight-laced media regulators have yet to give the posters a green light, said Jason Baker, a Hong Kong-based spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, which is promoting the anti-fur campaign.

"Depending on the censors, they may be concerned about it, but it's very tastefully done," Baker said.

"We may end up having to crop (the photo) a bit."

Chinese officials last week complained advertisers were using too much sexual innuendo and announced stricter screening rules for television ads.

According to PETA, China was the origin of 40 percent of all American fur imports in 2000.

"I'm perfectly happy to bare my skin if it will help save animals' skins," Anderson was quoted as saying in the statement.

PETA also plans to post the Anderson pictures in tropical Singapore, whose consumers it said are being increasingly targeted by the fur industry.

Anderson, now a columnist for Jane magazine, is best known for her role in "Baywatch" and was formerly married to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. She has been a longtime PETA and animal rights supporter.

[TheBigB]

Obviously, we'll be in chat in two minutes. But still...:^)

[TheBigB]

Ping!

No, no pix. Don't ask. :^)

[dead]

Aplooved! Aplooved!

[Tax-chick]

I wonder what percentage of breast implants is produced in China?

[ChewedGum]

Well, technically it isn't nudity. I mean, if the fake breasts of a maniquin were exposed, it wouldn't be nudity, right?

Gum

[TheOtherOne]

Wed Dec 15, 1:29 PM ET
This image provided by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is a advertisement entitled 'Give Fur the Cold Shoulder' for an anti-fur campaign showing Pamela Anderson (news - web sites) topless. PETA says it is awaiting approval from t Chinese authorities to run the advertisement on billboards in China. Chinese officials last week complained advertisers were using too much sexual innuendo and announced stricter screening rules for television ads.Chinese characters at top reads 'cold shoulders are nothing compared to the pain they feel,' and 'please don't wear fur.' (AP Photo/PETA)

[Pyro7480]

She is looking more freakish as the years go by. I can't understand how any man can find her to be attractive. She's worse than Cher.

[End Times Sentinel]

No, no pix. Don't ask. :^)

Maybe not at ASIA NEWS.  You're falling off your game old fella!

 

Owl_Eagle

"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in.  I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"

-Hillary Clinton

(Yes, she really said that

Peggy Noonan

The Case Against Hillary Clinton, pg 55)

[speed_addiction]

From her Playboy layouts, she gave "fur" the thumbs down years ago! Har! Har! Har! I swear, I kill myself sometimes.

[Tax-chick]

The airbrushing to thin her waist is sloppy.

[dangus]

And this is news how?

[Happygal]

No, no pix. Don't ask. :^)

Hmmm, that did it! I gotta ask! ;-)

[TheRatHunter]

Noticed that too. She'd have a heck of a balancing act on her hands if that was her real waist.

[TheBigB]

NEWS: "Information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television." (from dictionary.com)

Seems to fit.

[Tax-chick]

That picture in post 8 is gonna give me nightmares about the early weeks of breastfeeding ... MOOOOO!

[TheBigB]

Well, I meant no NUDE ones. Like the headline.

[TheBigB]

No, really, I know it'll go to chat. But putting it first upfront will at least give more folks a chance to see it.

[TheBigB]

Ask what? :^)

[CaptainK]

Is it the the 10lb. bowling balls sewn into her bordering on anorexia frame that bothers you or the Hepatitis C?

[Radix]