“Tom, he plays bass guitar, he’s doing a separate project, and he asked me to be the singer for it,” she told Digital Spy.

“We’ve been talking about it for two years, but I’m actually recording – this is set in stone – November 9 to 14. I sing, I play guitar, drums… I’m really fully emerging into music. Going full into that.”

CariDee has also recorded a single with Brad Walsh called “Boy Girl.” I’ve been trying to find it on the internet, but to no avail! Has anyone come across it?!

CariDee won’t be the first ANTM alum to make the move into music.

Naima Mora, who won cycle 4 of <em.Top Model is the frontwoman for Brooklyn-based band The Chewing Pics and Sarah Vonderhaar from cycle 8 is hard at work on making music happen in Chicago.

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The person who subletted the apartment to CariDee is so angry she sent an email out to several media outlets detailing the state of the apartment on her return:

I was shocked when I returned home yesterday to find a hole in the middle of my living room wall that was made during your stay. Coincidentally it’s about the same size as the remote control, which is also broken. For this, I will be keeping your deposit.

Along with that, there was fake orange tan dust all over everything: the pillows, the sheets, the towels, the bathmat, the walls, everywhere. The icing on the cake were the short black hairs all over the entire bathroom, as well as black sludge and lipstick smeared along walls. Fruit flies formed a thick cloud in the kitchen. Bandaids stuck to the floor, etc. etc. etc. Both puzzling and sickening.

The complete email is pretty amazing, and you can read it at New York.

When New York called CariDee and asked for a comment, she denied the entire thing.

What do you think? Would CariDee trash an apartment (even unintentionally, as the person who owned the apartment assumed)?

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In order to promote the show, Caridee has been doing interviews like crazy. She talked to the Chicago Tribune about how her life has changed since winning ANTM. She gives us a verbal tour of her home in Los Angeles and talks about how different LA is from Fargo, North Dakota.

Caridee chatted with After Elton about Pretty Wicked ad her new campaign for Christian Siriano. She encouraged After Elton’s readers to watch the show, saying its for anyone who has “a love and passion for a girl who makes your jaw drop. And we have ten girls on this show who will make your jaw drop over … and over … and over. You just can’t believe that these girls think that the way they’re living life is actually okay, and the change that they go through is so profound.”

She chatted with A Blog About Things about what it was like to be on the other side of the camera and the judging panel.

Finally, Variety got an early screener of the show – and was not impressed. They called it a “low-rent low-wattage knock-off” of Tyra’s similarly themed show True Beauty and said that Caridee “doesn’t exactly convey inner beauty expertise either. If anything, she represents the vapid, carnivorous nature of reality TV, proving that one show’s winner is another’s loser.”

It can’t be that bad, can it?

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This year’s event was hosted by former ER star Mekhi Phifer. In attendance were Ricki Lake, Benji Madden, Daniel Baldwin, Chris and Danny Masterson, Mad Men star Jon Hamm, Nicky Hilton and more. These celebrities try their hand at taking on the poker pros at their own game, often to detrimental results.

I have no idea how Caridee did. She did win with this new haircut and cropped leather jacket, though. Caridee is always much better at pulling off the casual look and I think this one is a winner.

Caridee’s new show Pretty Wicked premieres March 31 on Oxygen. It sounds a lot like recent reality shows in development – Bad Girls, Charm School, True Beauty, even another ANTMer, Yoanna House’s Queen Bees, and more, but I think I’ll tune in just to see what Caridee is like as a host!

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The Richie Rich show took place on February 18 at Waldorf Astoria. Richie, who also produces the Heatherette collections, is known for his over-the-top shows tat often feature celebrities and socialites like Paris Hilton and Tinsley Mortimer.

Caridee only wore one look in the show. I like the hair, but think she looks pretty old, don’t you?

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Caridee English, winner of Cycle 7 of America’s Next Top Model, was one of several celebrities who came out to celebrate and see a sneak peek of the line. Other attendees included Erin Lucas and Whitney Port from The City, Amanda Bynes, Jessica Simpson and more.

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I’m really excited to see the McQ line. I love Alexander McQueen and think his clothes are inventive, gorgeous – and completely unaffordable! it will be nice to own something by the designer, even if it’s from Target.

The official launch party for the collection was held at the St. John’s Center.

I think Caridee looks cute. She’s been hitting up a lot of events recently, probably to drum up interest for her new reality show Pretty Wicked.

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The “What is Sexy” celebration listed the sexiest celebrities, body parts, style, television shows and more from 2009. This is the fourth year for the list and this year’s theme was “the return to romance”, which honored the new Vintage Victoria line of lingerie. The list paid tribute to stars’ lasting appeal and timeless beauty. Victoria Angels Adriana Lima and Doutzen Kroes hosted the event, which saw celebs like The City star Erin Lucas, Bridgette Nielsen, Brandon Davis, and Robert Buckley come out for the night.

Winners included Angelina Jolie for “Sexiest Lips Present”, Tiny Fey for “Sexiest Funny Girl Present”, Gossip Girl for “Sexiest TV Cast Present”, Frank Sinatra for “Sexiest Eyes Past” and more. You can see a complete list of winners here.

Caridee showed off a sassy new haircut. I think it makes her look younger and is much fresher than her long hair, but she needs to lay off the tanning bed. The outfit could be cute, but it just seems off.

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Jaslene hits another red carpet home run with an understated shirtdress and minimal accesories and make-up. She’s amped up the red carpet game, which is nice to see. So many of her past outfits were complete misses.

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Who do you think rocked the red carpet better? Or did both girls come out looking like winners?

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Wow, this show sounds familiar. Isn’t it called True Beauty and executive produced by ANTM creator Tyra Banks?

The divas will confront their evil ways in a series of challenges that will “beautify” them, including getting “made older,” impressing hot guys who just happen to be blind and more.

The girl who is deemed the most beautiful on the inside and out will win a grand prize of $50,000.

Pretty Wicked is the first competitive reality show from Oxygen’s new team.

CariDee will be joined on the judging panel by plus-sized model Mia Tyler, Dr. Jenn Berman, psychotherapist and talk show host and Kyle Cease, comedian and author best known for his work on Not Another Teen Movie.

“‘Pretty Wicked’ truly is the ultimate inner-makeover competition show,” said Amy Introcaso-Davis, VP of Original Programming and Development at Oxygen. ” Viewers will see these spirited, independent women transform into more self-aware and ultimately, nicer girls.”

While this sounds freakishly like Tyra’s new show True Beauty, I’m expecting it to be in the tradition of the trashier reality genre and should be equal parts horrfiying and wonderful to watch.

Pretty Wicked premieres March 31 At 10 PM ET/PT. Are you going to tune in?

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Other stars who came out for the event included Minka Kelly, first season ANTM judge Kimora Lee Simmons, and designers Charlotte Ronson and Nicole Miller.

The event launched JCPenney’s “fashion-forward” makeover as it will now carry lines like Fabulousity by Kimora, Nicole Miller’s nicole, Bisou Bisou by Michele Bohbot, ALLEN B. by Allen Schwartz and Heart Ronson by Charlotte Ronson. JCPenney is hoping the upscale shift will revamp the store and it’s image.

I must say I like CariDee’s dress quite a bit. It’s way too long, but the color is great on her and it’s a modern take on the flowing Grecian column dresses. Especially considering the red-carpet fashion disasters in CariDee’s past, this one’s a winner.

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Bianca talks about how people thought she was putting on a role, but promises fans that what you saw in Cycle 9 was the real deal. She talks about how quickly the show moved from being exciting to stressful and difficult and that affects your relationships in the house, your performance and more.

I really wish Bianca had kept her short cut. The long hair is nice, but it doesn’t look “model” to me.

Lisa chats about how ANTM changed her life. She feels the show represented her in a one-dimensional party-animal light. That’s affected her career prospects, but it’s also opened a lot of doors. She’s currently focusing on her rap career and is performing constantly at the Viper Room. If you’re her Facebook friend, she’ll invite you to all of them.

Caridee talks about how she wanted to be on ANTM forever because she knew she’d use the opportunity better than anyone else who has been on the show. She doesn’t regret anything she did or said on the show–good or bad–because the experience is what it is. She loved the experience and everything that’s come from it.

I think these girls were chosen less so for their favorite-ness and moreso for have somewhat of a career since ANTM and are still willing to be associated with the Top Model brand. I’d love to see them talk to girls who are off doing really interesting things and are actually having modeling careers (as opposed to entertainment careers) or chat with girls who have completely fallen off the map!

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