Carmen Electra
Carmen Electra
Tara Leigh Patrick, better known by her stage name Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, actress, television personality, singer, and dancer. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, on the TV series Baywatch, and dancing with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since had roles in the parody films Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie. She hosted MTV Spring Break for some time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth20 April 1972
CitySharonville, OH
CountryUnited States of America
When anything bad happens, my insecurities come flooding out.
When people assume that you're one way and you're not that way at all, it's hard.
I never had my own name on a bathing suit on Baywatch. I was always given one that said Pamela or Yasmine. I earned my own suit, at the end of the season, which I now have framed.
I have wanted to have a baby since I was a teenager, but it frightens me. It is much easier to have a dog.
Honestly, in the beginning, it was really tough. Coming from Cincinnati, Ohio, I was just a girl who had a dream, which was to go to Los Angeles, have a career and to be able to support my family. To have a dream like that and, you know, you're not ready.
There's moments when I think it's kind of silly and I wish I would've just stayed natural
I'm an eight hours kind of sleeper, so I definitely try to schedule that in.
If you are thinking every day, 'I have to get to the gym' and 'I have to lose this weight,' and that's all you think about and you obsess over it, it's not healthy.
I actually lost weight by not obsessing. When I crave something I eat it and then I eat healthily, and I don't go: "Oh, I can't eat." It means I don't want to eat too much because I'm letting myself be comfortable with it. It's really interesting. It has worked for me.
I think it's sexy when someone makes a statement that says, 'This is who I am. This is what I think is sexy.'
I've chosen jobs that were sexy because I wanted to do them.
I tell a lot of interesting stories and talk about my background and have a lot of fun. We have a lot of pictures. They actually came to my house and shot me painting my toenails and doing dishes. But I never really do the dishes..
I have to pinch myself because I always had a dream of having a make-up campaign. I love make-up, I'm such a girl in that way. I love it so much and to be a part of Max Factor and to represent them is such an honour.
You know criticism when you get into this business. You accept the bad with the good, the tabloids and the positive side of it.