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The Tao Of Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra is a well-known Americanof course instantly boosted her Q-rating in
entertainer, model, television personalityboth good and bad ways. In 1997 and 1998 she
and actress. She has her toes and in manystarred in the inexplicably popular TV series
different performance fields but has neverBaywatch, with Pamela Anderson. Well I guess
achieved breakout success in any single oneit wasn't all that hard to figure out why
of them. She is better known for her racythey got such good ratings. Also in 1997,
and flamboyant antics than for anything sheshe hosted a couple of shows on MTV. In 1998
has ever accomplished and the arts orshe actually married the goofy basketball
entertainment  industry.player, Dennis Rodman, and the couple was
separated nine days later. Unsurprised it
Her real name is Tara Leigh Patrick and shelasted that long. Their marriage was later
was born on April 20th, in White Oak, Ohio.annulled and they went their separate ways.
Her family is of German, Irish, and NativeIn the next several years Carmen appeared and
American descent. When she turned nine shea  couple  of  small  movie  roles.
went to a performance arts school, where she
practiced her singing voice and dancingIn 2003, Carmen married former Red Hot chili
ability. When she was a teenager she pickedPeppers member Dave Navarro, who was
up stakes and went to Minneapolis where shecurrently the guitarist for the band Jane's
found work as a model for Target. She movedAddiction. Before they got married, MTV shot
in with her sister. If A few years later ina reality show entitled 'Til Death Do Us
1992, she relocated to LA where shePart: Carmen & Dave', which chronicled the
immediately met the famous singer Prince, onecouple's lives as they made preparations for
of  Minneapolis'  well-known  sons.the pending nuptials. In 2004, she had
another small role in the movie version of
Prince was so enamored with Tara's look thatthe 1970's TV show Starsky and Hutch,
he signed her up with his record label,starring comedic actors Ben Stiller and Owen
Paisley Park Records, and talked her intoWilson.
renaming herself Carmen Electra. Prince was
always renaming beautiful girls.Though she has never achieved widespread
Unfortunately, even though Prince didmainstream fame and fortune as a singer,
everything he could to help her music career,model or actress, Carmen Electra is still one
it was an abject failure. Apparently, justof the most recognizable women in the United
being  easy  to  look  at  it  isn't  enough.States. What a country. The sum total of her
performance experiences, and her vivacious
That certainly didn't stop her aspirations orpersonality has gathered her enough attention
celebrity. Carmen Electra was stillto remain in the spotlight for some years to
nonetheless a celebrity, making appearancescome. Carmen Electra is proof that you don't
on TV and in motion pictures. In 1996, sheneed talent to make it in America.
posed for Hugh Hefners Playboy magazine which



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