PAMELA ANDERSON DIVORCE FINALIZED, TO SEEK REFUGE IN CHILE
(February 6, 2007) Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson may be planning to seek refuge in Chile after her divorce from redneck rocker Kid Rock was finalized this week. After a hush trip to the country’s southern lakes region last month, Chile’s local media reported Tuesday that the blond bombshell and former Baywatch babe purchased a one acre property in Huerquehue Park on which she plans to construct a summer house.
The property, part of the Santa María de Carburgua condominium resort, is close to the beautiful, and elite, Caburgua, a resort town near the southern city of Temuco. Nearly 800 kilometers south of Chile’s capital city, Santiago, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has a house on the nearby lake, as does her recent presidential rival and millionaire businessman Sebastián Piñera.
Anderson, who shot to fame in the 1990’s as a Playboy playmate, Baywatch star, and “unauthorized” sex-tape vixen, made the trip to the southern cone country with her father, Barry Anderson.
“They came about a month ago,” said Hugo Solís, a local driver who drove Barry Anderson to the town center of Caburgua. “She (Pamela) didn’t want to leave the resort where they were staying. Her father seemed like a very educated, friendly person, and no one here imagined that they had so much money. I felt bad that I didn’t get to see Pam though, which, like any other man, would have made me very happy,” he concluded.
Local authorities said that the Andersons had turned down police escorts and that their principle goal was to go unnoticed, find a suitable place to relax and carry out their business.
“They were not here for very long,” said the local police chief. “The father went fishing for a bit and that’s the only time I saw him.
While Pamela’s father was seen around town, the A-list star known for B-list endeavors was not spotted publicly and spent her time reading and enjoying the countryside.
Alfonso Sarabia, a Caburgua local who for 16 years has transported high profile people on his boat, The Titanic, said that the town was very happy for their new neighbor. “The father first passed himself as an ordinary tourist, but when we found out who he was, we felt very happy that they had decided to come and buy a house in this part of the world,” he said. “Imagine that we will all be “Pamilita’s” neighbors! All of Chile will envy us.”
Sarabia told Chile’s Las Ultimas Noticias tabloid that he had helped Pamela onto his boat. “She’s precious, but simple, just like any other woman,” he added.
Sarabia said that Anderson was just one of many famous people to grace The Titanic with their presence. “The other day President Michelle Bachelet was on the boat transporting material to fix up her house here. Piñera has been on the boat several times too,” he said. “I can’t tell you all the names of the people that ride my boat. I remember a lot of gringo actors and singers, but I prefer the Chilean artists…I also like the Frei family members (referring to the family of two former Chilean presidents).”
While Anderson’s new digs were dubbed in Chile’s press as “exclusive,” a similar one-acre lot can be had for as little as US$50,000 according to an executive at Río Baker Investments, the company in-charge of the project. The executive added that they had offices in California and boasted many other exclusive clients.
Chile’s south, known for its beauty as well as its isolation, is frequently visited by many international celebrities who seek to escape the limelight by traveling to the end of the world. Visitors to Chile’s south can head to the famed town of Pucón, visit thermal spas and beaches, climb volcanoes, ski, and visit the Patagonia.
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