The Blue Zone Girl
In 1989, Anderson attended a BC Lions CFL (Canadian Football League) game at Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium. Suddenly, she found herself featured on the Jumbotron for all stadium fans to see. She just so happened to be wearing a Labatt’s Beer t-shirt. Story has it that the brewing company then hired Anderson briefly as a spokesmodel.
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Inspired by that experience, her then-boyfriend Dan Ilicic made a poster of her image, titling it the “Blue Zone Girl.” From then on, Anderson has been a poster girl in one form or another. In October of that year, she was the cover girl on Playboy magazine. It was then that she heard L.A. calling, so she picked up her Canadian belongings and headed to the City of Angels.