Pamela Anderson seems like an odd choice for a designer label ad campaign. When other brands are showing off their products on the waif-like bodies of supermodels like Kate Moss and Raquel Zimmerman, Vivienne Westwood is opting for busty and brassy with Anderson.

This actually isn't the first time that the Baywatch babe has collaborated with the edgy designer, though. Pamela showed up in Westwood's ads last season and even walked one of her runway shows, to the surprise of Fashion Week attendees earlier this year.

In the designer's Gold Label ad campaign for this fall/winter season, the voluptuous blonde poses with Vivienne and Vivienne's much-younger husband Andreas Kronthaler. The look is both raw and unstructured and even kind of random.

I'm not sure what the purpose or vision is supposed to be, but at least we get a great view of some Gold Label handbags in the front of this one. They might not be on full display due to the busy stuff going on around them, but I can spy a few nice shapes and details.

[Source: Daily Mail]

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Hollywood stars would like you to believe they're not as superficial as the glamorous lifestyles they lead. Sure they might make millions, but they love to use that cash to feed starving children and help the homeless.

But you can't change the world if you don't look good first, right? So while the starlets might pledge thousands to their favorite charities, they're spending just as much on the latest designer handbags. Drab outfits might have been OK for Mother Theresa, but today's celebrity saints have a reputation to uphold.

It makes you wonder whether the stars believe in the causes they support, or whether it's all just a cheap grab for publicity. Are they celebrity charlatans using poverty to gloss their image, give them publicity, which subsequently generates them more fame and money to feed a designer shopping addiction?

How can these socially aware stars spend thousands on some arm candy while people in third-world countries are still dying of hunger? Some of these bags are so expensive, they'd easily feed an entire African village.

If you've pledged to help fight poverty how can you justify spending thousands on a designer handbag when that that money could make a huge impact on poverty to hundreds (if not thousands) of people.

Maybe I'm being too harsh on these famous celebrities but when you look at how much they've spent and how that money could have been used to fight poverty it makes you question their motives. Just take a look at these examples of "poverty fighting" celebs and their excessive handbag spending:

Angelina Jolie and Zahara Show Off Matching Valentino Purses

Image source: The Purse Blog
Angelina Jolie is the poster child for celebrity do-gooders. She's a United Nations ambassador, and her Jolie-Pitt Foundation helps humanitarian causes all around the world. She also likes to adopt orphans from poverty-stricken nations, like adorable Zahara.
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