By Wonderwall.com Editors
12:00pm PDT, Apr 22, 2022
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Happy birthday, beautiful Carmen Electra! The model and "Baywatch" actress turned 50 on April 20, 2022, and to celebrate, Wonderwall.com is taking a look back at her hottest retro fashion. True blue baby blue! Carmen Electra rocked a matching leather set at a Stuff magazine party in Los Angeles in July 2000.
Keep reading for more amazing looks on Carmen early in her career…
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In one of her prettiest, chicest moments of all time, Carmen Electra attended the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles in May 1998 in a white silk bandeau gown secured by a transparent strap that showed off her bronzed body beautifully. In April 2022, Kim Kardashian wore a copy of the dress (see it here), which Carmen called "flattering" and "cool."
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For a Guess Jeans party in Los Angeles in August 2000, Carmen Electra wore a yellow triangle top and patchwork pants. It's a look that made a comeback in 2022!
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Carmen Electra might have glowed in the dark at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles in November 1996 in an electric green babydoll minidress and lucite heels.
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In a corset and skirt so tight it must have been hard to walk, voluptuous Carmen Electra carefully made her way onto the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of "The Cable Guy" in June 1996.
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Carmen Electra hit the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles in March 1993 pants-less, striped and ready to party!
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Velvet, beads and bell sleeves were the name of Carmen Electra's fashion game at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles in January 2000.
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Looking very glam, Carmen Electra wowed during the Monte-Carlo World Music Awards in Monaco in May 2001. She looked poised, regal and ready to take on the world in a black asymmetrical-sleeved gown with ties down the sides.
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At the American Music Awards in Los Angeles in January 2001, Carmen Electra opted for a snakeskin minidress and burgundy heeled boots topped off with a high pony.
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Carmen Electra chose an iridescent lavender gown with spaghetti straps for the MTV Movie Awards in Burbank, California, in June 1996. The pout and brows and glam had a goth kick that feels very now.
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While hosting "Carmen Electra's Dance Party" during MTV's spring break coverage in Cancun, Mexico, in March 2001, Carmen went with a blue leather lace-up corset and short-shorts look emblazoned with yellow stars paired with tinted blue sunglasses.
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Carmen Electra attended a party for the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in March 2001 in an ultra-feminine floral-embellished black-and-pink strapless chiffon dress accessorized with diamonds.
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Carmen Electra attended the Teen Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, in August 2000, wearing a tie-dyed cropped tee and orange sequined pants — a cute and bright outfit that wouldn't be out of place on a red carpet more than 20 years later.
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Carmen Electra was gorgeous from all angles at a Bad Boy Records Party in April 2000. The pink handkerchief-style set showed off her bod and her makeup made her azure eyes pop!
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For the "Beavis and Butthead Do America" premiere in Los Angeles in December 1996, Carmen Electra wore a furry white jacket with matching sunglasses, pants and boots. Her diagonal-striped tank top accentuated her curves perfectly.
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For GQ's Men of the Year Awards in New York City in October 2000, Carmen Electra wore a slinky knit matching set that showed off her tanned midriff and more.
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Carmen Electra looked slick at the Blockbuster Awards in Los Angeles in March 1996 in a metallic black gown with spaghetti straps and curly, glam hair.
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Carmen Electra rocked a zebra-patterned set — a halter top and cropped pants — with a pink cowboy hat and a matching bracelet during the Celebstreet.com Launch in Los Angeles in April 2000. This was certainly a love-it-or-hate-it look!
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This lady in red was en fuego at The WB's All Star Party during the Winter TCA Press Tour in Pasadena, California, in January 1999. Though the beaded knit gown felt almost like a demure look on Carmen Electra, we still loved it!
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For the Movieline magazine Young Hollywood Awards in Hollywood in June 2000, Carmen wore a floral pantsuit with a sequined red top. She might have been covered up, but she still looked as sexy as ever!
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Carmen Electra is clearly a fan of asymmetric hemlines. She wore this sexy skirt and belly-baring set to the MTV Icon: Janet Jackson taping in Culver City, California, in March 2001.
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Carmen Electra has long been a fan of a matching set (how very 2022 of her!). She wore this shiny pink ensemble featuring plenty of fringe to the MTV Rock 'n Jock Basketball event in Los Angeles in September 1997.
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Carmen Electra wore an adorable white matching set with a tie around her tummy for the "Good Burger" premiere in Los Angeles in July 1997. This look is mirroring everything we're seeing in fashion right now — 25 years later.
