Photo SpecialNicole: Wild to ... Mild?
It's a total-life makeover: From her hair to her diet to her friends, see Richie's most dramatic changes. By Serena Kappes
Credit: Jennifer Graylock/JPI; Thomas Concordia/WireImage
Updated: Thursday Oct 20, 2005 | 06:00 AM EDT
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Then: As a celebrity model at the Joey and T fashion show in 2003, Richie flashed the audience. "I was excited and wanted to show everybody," she said of her newly pierced nipple.
Now: Richie (who's down from six piercings to one, in her ear) took to the runway again in New York City in September – without incident – plus, she's in a movie (Kids in America), has a book coming out in November (The Truth About Diamonds: A Novel) and is making an album. "She's got a great voice," says songwriter-producer Greg Kurstein.
