It was a backgammon contest like no other. It started with a bleak confession of child abuse from one of the world’s most recognized sex symbols and ended with a rallying cry from Dame Vivienne Westwood, calling for a complete change in the financial basis of world economics. Strangest of all, it took place on the beach at Cannes during the film festival. Pamela Anderson, former star of Baywatch, held the backgammon competition at a beach party to mark the launch of her new animal charity, the Pamela Anderson Foundation. She began with a speech to explain her love of animals that caused gasps of sympathy from her guests. Reading from carefully prepared notes, she said: “I feel now might be the time to reveal a few of my most painful memories. At the risk of over-exposing myself, again, or being inappropriate, again, I thought I might share with you why I am doing this.”

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