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" It&amp;#039;s hard for Carmen Electra to remember a time when she wasn&amp;#039;t intrigued by the opposite sex. &amp;quot;I was always boy crazy,&amp;quot; admits Carmen, 36, who grew up in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. And that feeling is mutual: Men have always been crazy about her. Since splitting from rocker Dave Navarro in 2006, the petite star hasn&amp;#039;t exactly been hurting for dates. (At press time, she had recently begun seeing Korn guitarist Rob Patterson.) And though Carmen clearly has innate foxiness, she&amp;#039;s spent years honing her sultry persona, playing man-magnet babes in such flicks as Scary Movie, Starsky and Hutch, and this year&amp;#039;s Meet the Spartans. Carmen recently added two new DVDs to her Aerobic Striptease collection, and she is currently a spokeswoman for \u00FCberglam Max Factor cosmetics. Last year, she came out with a book aptly called How to Be Sexy. So how do you do it? Says Carmen: &amp;quot;Just throw yourself right into it. At the end of the day, sexiness is all about self-confidence and your inner dialogue.&amp;quot; But since most chicks need a little more to go on than just their gut instincts, we asked Carmen to spill all her get-sexy secrets right here. Flirting Never Hurts You can up your allure by putting yourself out there \u2014 subtly. &amp;quot;Being flirty is a way of letting a guy know you&amp;#039;re interested without making a fool out of yourself,&amp;quot; she says. Some tried-and-true pointers: Maintain eye contact for a few seconds to let a guy you&amp;#039;ve never met know that you&amp;#039;ve noticed him. On a date, feel out chemistry \u2014 literally. &amp;quot;Accidentally&amp;quot; making physical contact, whether it&amp;#039;s using his shoulder to steady yourself or picking an imaginary piece of lint off his shirt, does two things, says Carmen: It gauges his interest in you and lets him know you&amp;#039;re comfortable around him. Dress to Get Noticed &amp;quot;Take a chance,&amp;quot; says Carmen. &amp;quot;Be adventurous.&amp;quot; Case in point: Not long ago, on a girls&amp;#039; night out at a club, Carmen and her pals decided to dress for excess. &amp;quot;We just thought, Let&amp;#039;s get dressed up and go glam rock and make a really fun night out of it. So we did, and as soon as we walked into the place, people started to look. Three of my friends met someone that night!&amp;quot; The message: Have fun with your look, and don&amp;#039;t be afraid to stand out. Be Ready Carmen suggests keeping a &amp;quot;sexiness kit&amp;quot; in the car or in a drawer at work so that you have what you need when you&amp;#039;re faced with a situation that calls for some extra prepping. The essentials: &amp;quot;Perfume, lip gloss, and a pair of heels&amp;quot; because they&amp;#039;ll help you better showcase your legs. Knowing you look hot also boosts your all-around confidence. Channel an Icon When looking for a little style inspiration, Carmen recommends browsing the Web, believe it or not. &amp;quot;Google movie bombshells,&amp;quot; she suggests. Her own idol is Ann-Margret, whom she discovered in junior high when she saw the fiery singer-actress-dancer in the movie Bye Bye Birdie. &amp;quot;I watched it over and over and studied how she moved, how she talked, and her expressions,&amp;quot; she says. Recently, Carmen was craving a new look, so she got cute bangs in an homage to the hairstyle worn by &amp;#039;60s British model Jean Shrimpton. Be a Little Mysterious In her book, How to Be Sexy, Carmen writes, &amp;quot;If you strike his curiosity, it&amp;#039;s guaranteed that he&amp;#039;ll be back.&amp;quot; But what&amp;#039;s so captivating about a girl who isn&amp;#039;t an open book? &amp;quot;Guys can get bored easily,&amp;quot; says Carmen. &amp;quot;A relationship has to have somewhere to go. Don&amp;#039;t always act available and accommodating. Be vague occasionally, and tell him you are busy but would love to get together another day when he asks you out.&amp;quot; Stop Obsessing About Your Flaws Instead of focusing on what you think are the negative aspects of your body, &amp;quot;try exercising,&amp;quot; Carmen advises. &amp;quot;It will make you feel better physically and mentally.&amp;quot; Another tip for ridding yourself of damaging self-doubt: As a longtime dancer, Carmen is especially connected to the power of music and suggests creating a sexy sound track that puts you in a bold, confident frame of mind. &amp;quot;Music is what makes you move; it forces you to feel something,&amp;quot; she says. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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