12. Pamela Anderson
Many people believe that Pamela Anderson only got famous because she had the right-sized breasts at the right time. Which is simply not true. Pamela is a smart business woman who always knew what card to play in order to get roles, earn money and stay famous.
Sure, it was her looks that got her the Playboy centerfolds and the role in Baywatch. Her subsequent roles were never much more than that, but you could always tell that she was more than aware of this and that she was having a lot of fun at her own expense. She even managed to gracefully shrug off a whole series of sex tapes.
These days, she is not in the public eye apart from the occasional PETA0backed event and once again, you just know that this is because she chose to do so.
No one played the general public quite as well as Pamela did and for that we salute her.