We’re about to see a whole lot more of Carmen Electra: The model-actress is set to appear in an all-new, 8-page nude pictorial in January’s Playboy, a source at the magazine tells PEOPLE.

Electra, 36, first posed for the publication in 1996 - a move that helped transform the Ohio-based girl next door, who was born Tara Leigh Patrick, into an international pin-up star.

The January issue, which marks the 55th anniversary of Playboy magazine, goes on sale Dec. 12.
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Is Carmen Electra getting cold feet about walking down the aisle with guitarist Rob Patterson?

Well, not exactly, though the actress-model complains about the constant barrage of questions about their impending plans.

“It’s funny, everyone else puts so much pressure, %26#91;asking%26#93;, ‘When are you getting married?’ ” Electra told PEOPLE at the Dodge Celebrity Challenger event at California’s Willow Springs Raceway. “If it was up to everybody else, we’d be married and divorced already.”

For the record, the prospective bride and groom are completely content with their leisurely trip to the altar. Says Electra, “We’re taking it slow, and we’re happy.”

Carmen Electra may be completely smitten with her fiancé Rob Patterson, but she says motherhood can wait - for now.

“I hope to be a mom some day, but I’m not rushing to be one,” Electra told PEOPLE at Shrine at MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Connecticut. “It would be a lot of fun. A lot of hard work, but I’ll look forward to it someday.”

The bombshell took a detour from filming her latest movie Mardi Gras in New Orleans to meet Patterson’s parents. “They’re really cool,” she says. “We had a great day today and … we’re looking forward to doing some dancing then going straight back to New Orleans.”

“Pole dancing really isn’t as easy as it looks,” she adds. “I’m still taking pointers. It’s a good workout.”

Carmen Electra is no stranger to marriage. But two failed unions - to Dennis Rodman and Dave Navarro - didn’t make the actress jaded.

“I was definitely open to love again,” the recently engaged Electra told PEOPLE in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel on Saturday.

Love is exactly what she found with former touring Korn guitarist Rob Patterson, who popped the question in April by giving her a black diamond.

“The last couple weeks have been amazing on a lot of different levels,” the Meet The Spartans star said at a junket for the film. “Rob is amazing. We were great friends and it actually turned into something much more.”

The happiness showed as the duo was all smiles in Vegas, walking around the hotel hand in hand Saturday. Following her day of work, the duo was spotted getting loose at Body English nightclub.

So when is wedding number three? Not for a while, says Electra: “I have so much work.”

Newly engaged - to guitarist Rob Patterson, who will be her third husband - Carmen Electra is sharing some of her secrets on how a woman can attract a man.

First, be prepared. One way, Electra, 36, tells Cosmopolitan for its June issue, is to keep a “sexiness kit” within easy reach in the car or at work.

Contained therein: “Perfume, lip gloss, and a pair of heels” to show off the legs - to say nothing of an air of confidence. Her personal role model, Electra reveals: Ann-Margret, as she was in the 1962 movie Bye Bye Birdie.

Eye contact is key, as is touching - even if it’s just removing a piece of lint off his clothing.

As for your own clothing, “Take a chance,” she advises - and don’t be afraid to stand out from the crowd.