• Was both married to and divorced from fellow XXX star Rick Salomon.
• Enjoyed a high-profile enchantment with disappearing illusionist Chris Angel.
• Reunited with former husband (and fellow XXX star) Tommy Lee.

Each of these events, in its own way, caught someone off guard. Pammy was perhaps just as surprised as anyone else.

Pam's more predictable antics for the year included:

• The obligatory debut of a new reality documentary TV series (Pam: Girl on the Loose from E!).
• A series of public appearances that seemed to show the former Tool Time girl in advancing stages of physical decay.
• Glamorous photo shoots as the face of a cutting edge fashion house.
• Shirking out of her clothes at the appearance of a birthday cake.
• Apparent overindulgence in alcoholic spirits, and perhaps drugs.
  
• Advocacy work on behalf of her less-fortunate four-legged and winged friends.

But for 2009, the world must prepare to see an all-new Pam. Witness here the fresh incarnation of Pam Anderson as a woman of modesty.

Pamela is seen on the beach of Malibu, California, with her son Dylan and a group of his surfer tyke friends.

The Playboy Playmate of the Month for February 1990 kicks along the shore line.  She's dressed almost demurely in a form-fitting white top and classic Levi jeans. She bends to spread her towel on the sand.  She walks along, scanning the waves.

And, odd as it may seem, she somehow looks hotter than she has in all of 2008.