Let's face it. Carmen Electra is beautiful, gorgeous, and about every other word that's close to those two.

Carmen Electra, in case you didn't know who she is, is the host of MTV's "Singled Out", and she is doing a much better than job than Jenny McCarthy ever did (although it doesn't take much). She is also a former Prince protege that he found around 1991 out in L.A..

Carmen Electra is originally from a town near Cincinnati, Ohio called White Oak. She went to the"School of Creative and Performing Arts" and her real name is Tara Patrick. She got the name Carmen Electra because Prince told her she looked like a Carmen and she chose Electra for her last name after a Goddess.

While in L.A. for a couple of weeks, she received offers to be in an all-girl rap band. She didn't make it into the band, Prince had other ideas for her. Like her solo recording deal for Paisley Park Records. But, the album kept being delayed and only surfaced when even Prince had given up hope of ever seeing it released. No one was interested apart from a couple of Prince fans who had the hardest time even finding the album in shops.

It seemed Carmen Electra's career had just gone the same way the careers of so many of Prince's proteges' -- male and female -- had gone: down the shitter. But these days, there's just no escaping from the busty babe ever since she relaunched her career by posing for Playboy in May 1996.

As a lot of Playboy models before her, Carmen's appearance wasn't limited to just that session. She's also featured in the video Playboy Cheerleaders, in which she sings a song entitled "2-4-6-8".

Carmen's comeback started on October 4, 1990, when Lisa Berger, MTV's senior vice president, announced that Carmen would take over for Jenny McCarthy (also a Playboy veteran) as co-host for Chris Hardwick on MTV's Singled Out starting February 10, 1997 -- for at least 65 episodes.

Carmen Electra and her dancers, The Nightmare Creations, performed during MTV's 6th annual Rock 'N Jock B-Ball Jam on October 26, 1996. She also appeared as a presenter at the 7th annual Billboard Music Awards held on December 4, 1996 at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas.

Carmen also starred in a comic book called Embrace, published by Lonmdon NIght Studios. The first issue, "Kill Me Softly", is now available in three versions:a regular one, an NC-17 one, and a signed platinum limited edition.

In January 1997, the New York Daily News announced Carmen was going to replace Pamela Lee -- yet another Playboy veteran -- on Baywatch. Carmen had occasionaly appeared on the spin-off Baywatch Nights, and in April 1997, Carmnen signed a five-year contract with the show.

Carmen is also now starring in a "teen-oriented" (i.e. functioning brain optional) film, Good Burger, due the summer 1997. She portrays a seductress, Roxanne, charged with stealing a secret sauce recipe from a competing hamburger joint.

She has also been shooting a calendar for Landmark, a preview was published with the article in Vibe. Expect it on the market by the end of 1997.

However, not all is well in Carmen's life. Her relationship with B-Real of Cypress Hill has ended, which puts her plans for a new album in jeopardy (he was the producer). But Carmen claims an album will appear later this year -- ater all, she had recorded several demos. Then again, she announced her plans for a new album "by the end of 1996" when she posed for Playboy last year, and nothing came of that.

Lastly, Carmen was also a presenter at the Music Video Production Association Awards which took place at El Rey Theater in Los Angeles on May 1, 1997.

You can e-mail all the MTV VJ's -- including Carmen -- at MTVVJs@aol.com (best put "Carmen Electra" as part of the subject line). Expect to wait a little while for an answer. You aren't the only hormonally racing guy like me to e-mail her.

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