Wasn’t it just a few months ago that Pamela Anderson was whining about how her kids are mocked and ridiculed because of all her countless nude pictures and sex tapes? I guess they got over it because she is gracing the cover of Playboy’s January 2011 issue. It’s a done deal.

The “Baywatch” bombshell landed her first Playboy cover way back in 1989, and was named Playmate of the year in 1990. And now, 20 years later, Anderson is baring all again for the January 2011 issue, cavorting naked in a pool as an homage to Ekberg’s infamous scene in Rome, Italy’s Trevi Fountain with Marcello Mastroianni in the 1960 movie classic.

On his Twitter.com page, Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner writes, “Pamela Anderson is in the (Playboy) Mansion swimming pool, posing for the January cover in a tribute to ‘La Dolce Vita.’”

When will Pam (and Hugh and the men of the world) decide she is too old to get naked for the masses? Pam will be 43 when the magazine is published. It’s been three years since she last posed for Hugh and co..it’ll be interesting to see how she’s holding up.