If you deeply care about clubbed baby seals, drop a check to Greenpeace, but if you're an internationally known piece of ... ahem, you have a completely different weapon in your arsenal: going naked.

Yes, Gandhi may have starved himself in protest and Nelson Mandela endured years of imprisonment, but beautiful people choose to strip in order to get attention for a cause, rather than endure excruciating pain and self-torture.

We'd now like to salute Pamela Anderson, Roselyn Sanchez and many others who let it all hang out to change the world.



Celebs Who Strip for a Cause

    Because it's Pamela Anderson, it doesn't take much to visualize this PETA ad without the lettuce.

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    There isn't trace of "Without a Trace" star Roselyn Sanchez's clothing in this PETA PSA.

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    Amanda Beard wasn't able to add to her seven Olympic medals during a disappointing 2008 summer games, but her decision to pose nude for PETA didn't leave her male fans disappointed.

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    Playing up the "Lolita" role that made her famous, Dominique Swain become PETA's youngest anti-fur spokeswoman when she struck this naughty school girl pose at the age of 21.

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    Alicia Silverstone's movie career may have slowed, but you can still see a lot of her in this PETA ad.

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    Being that Holly Madison is a professional nude model, that really isn't much of a sacrifice.

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    These days Naomi Campbell and PETA are at odds over the supermodel's habit of wearing fur. Evidence from happier times still exists.

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