Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tamara Faye "Tammy" Bakker Messner (March 7, 1942 July 20, 2007) was an American Christian singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, author, talk show host, and television personality. She was the former wife of televangelist, and later convicted felon, Jim Bakker, and she co-hosted with him on The PTL Club from 1976 to 1987. She was known for her tendency to wear heavy makeup particularly mascara and false eyelashes and for her eyebrows, which were tattooed on. She was a participant in the 2004 season of the reality show The Surreal Life. The eldest of eight children, Tammy Faye was born Tamara Faye LaValley in International Falls, Minnesota, to Pentecostal preachers Carl and Rachel Fairchild LaValley. Her parents were married in 1941, just one year before Tammy Faye was born. Shortly after she was born, a painful divorce soured her mother against other ministers, alienating her from the church.