Carmen Electra shared some thoughts on what made the original series so special. Carmen Electra was a ‘90s icon (she had the rhinestone belly button stickers to prove it), joining the Baywatch cast in 1997 for its eighth season. There was something about the original series that was unique for that time, as Electra told Fox News:It's hard to replace Pamela [Anderson] and Yasmine [Bleeth] and all those people. It could be people’s guilty pleasure, Carmen Electra suggested, without having to feel too guilty. Will Brooks Nader, Jessica Belkin, Livvy Dunne and Hassie Harrison be the new Pamela Anderson and Yasmine Bleeth?