Carmen Electra - Movie Star, TV Show Personality And Entertainer

It was 1994 when she had moved to California that Prince discovered her while she was auditioning for an all girl rap band. Prince would talk the talented beauty into cutting a solo album under Prince's own recording company called Paisley Park Records. He also persuaded, then Tara Leigh Patrick, into changing her name to Carmen Electra. Alas, Carmen's singing career would be very brief. However, she would not be deterred from achieving her dreams of fame and fortune. Her singing and glamour modeling careers would eventually lead Carmen Electra to a very successful career as a television personality, a presenter and a Hollywood actress. Carmen started with small TV roles but, her big break and worldwide notoriety would come when she posed for Playboy magazine in May of 1996. That issue of Playboy did so well on the sales rack, Carmen Electra was featured in three more issues of Playboy magazine, two of which she graced its cover. This gave her some of the fame she longed for (albeit some of it was negative) and a serious television career beckoned including MTV's game show Singled Out and the super hit show Baywatch.