When did a Coca-Cola shirt ever look this good?

Carrie performed at the Coke 600 race yesterday. She looked so cute in the Coca-Cola shirt! Coke, go sign her up!!!

Carrie wins 2 awards at the ACMs!!!

Carrie won 2 awards at the 2006 ACMs... congrats! she won for single of the year (Jesus take the wheel) and new female vocalist.

She also performed an emotional Jesus take the Wheel, and she broke down and cried and couldnt finish the song. No problems... everyone felt her emotion and gave her teh biggest standing ovation of the night!

have to love her speeches too... “I wouldn’t be here if God hadn’t opened all the doors for me,” she said! congrats girl once again!

Carrie Underwood On Idol Fever

Tonight is American Idol’s final third episode and it’s down to Taylor Hicks, Elliott Yamin and Katharine McPhee. The reigning American Idol, country music's own Carrie Underwood, recently shared insights about her experience on the show with Reader’s Digest. Carrie thinks the show is so popular because it’s a Cinderella story. She never in a million years thought she would win. Carrie tells the magazine what she really thinks about Idol judge Simon Cowell, noting, “He says what he thinks. I don't think he's malicious; I don't think he's out to hurt somebody; I think that's what he gets paid to do.” However, she admits that at first the judges’ criticism “stung pretty bad” because her friends and family were watching.

X Radio asked Carrie, whose first single was "Jesus Take The Wheel," had asked for divine intervention when she was an Idol contestant. “I never prayed for a win," she says. "I never prayed for anything like that. I just wanted what was supposed to happen to happen. If it was good, I wanted strength to be able to handle everything, but if it wasn’t supposed to happen then it wasn’t supposed to happen, and I wanted to, you know, not win gracefully and be okay with that.”

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she is just so classy! what a girl!

A VERY SPECIAL AWARD FOR CARRIE UNDERWOOD

from gactv.com

Carrie Underwood took home another award Saturday--but this time she didn't give an acceptance speech. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with high honors from Northeastern University, receiving her degree in mass communications with an emphasis in journalism from Northeastern State University. “I’m excited," Carrie tells X Radio. "I mean, I worked just like everybody else did to graduate and I think it’s an accomplishment that, you know, I’m as busy as I am. But to me, education is really important and it’s really going to be nice to have that diploma hanging amongst my…my awards and things like that, so that’s going to be awesome.”

When fans first met Carrie on American Idol, she only had one semester to go at NSU in Tahlequah, OK. Winning the show meant Carrie had to postpone finishing her degree. But since then, she's managed to fulfill her college requirements in time to graduate with her class. Carrie intentionally didn’t draw a lot of attention to her college graduation. “I wanted to make sure that family got in [to the graduation ceremony]," she says. "I mean it just…that’s a day I’m normal, I’m nobody. I am a college student graduating college like every other student that is there.” Meanwhile, the awards continue for Carrie– she was inducted into the NSU Hall of Fame on April 28.

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as my friend said, carrie is just too good to be true. what a great role model!

Congrats to Carrie on her graduation!

Associated Press

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Country singer Carrie Underwood is now a college graduate.

Underwood, the winner of last year's "American Idol," received her degree Saturday during a ceremony at Northeastern State University.

Along with 1,800 graduates, Underwood walked across the stage at Jack Dobbins Field House and received a degree from university President Larry Williams.

University spokeswoman Nancy Garber said Underwood declined interview requests so the spotlight could be on the other graduates.

Underwood, who graduated magna cum laude, received a Bachelor of Arts degree. She majored in mass communications with an emphasis in journalism.

The 23-year-old native of Checotah, an eastern Oklahoma town of about 3,800 residents, was a senior at Northeastern State, just three credits shy of earning her degree, when she withdrew from school to compete on "American Idol."

Underwood's hits include "Jesus, Take the Wheel," the video for which won her two Country Music Television video awards in April. The song also won a Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association last month.

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im just so proud of carrie, words cannot describe how i feel. beauty and brains, thats not combination seen too often. rarer is beauty, brains, talent, humility and great heart!

CARRIE UNDERWOOD ON HER DREAM JOB

Rising country star--as occupations go, it's a pretty darn good one. But Carrie Underwood tells X Radio that it is still a job, and she tries not to get overwhelmed by the trappings of fame. “Um, I think it’s just important to not get caught up in everything," she says. "I mean honestly, it’s a job. It’s a wonderful, you know, exciting, great job but it is a job. And it’s really important to keep the important things in life in mind and realize that...at the end of the day if you’re proud of what you’ve done then you’re doing things the right way. And hanging out with family and friends, you know, that keeps me pretty grounded because they still treat me normally, but it’s just important to...remember where you came from, and who you are, and you’ll be okay.”

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this girl is just too awesome!

Underwood's "Jesus" Takes a Bow at No. 1 Party

With everybody still somewhat awestruck and overwhelmed at the song's success, Carrie Underwood and the three writers of "Jesus, Take the Wheel" gathered Tuesday afternoon (May 2) at the ASCAP lobby in Nashville during their No. 1 party.

"I had the easiest job in the world," Underwood told more than a hundred well-wishers. "For somebody to basically put a song like 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' in my lap and say, 'Go!' ... it's the luckiest thing for me ever. These people around me that I've met had the tough job. I just got to sing a wonderful song. I'm the luckiest person ever. Thank you guys for writing it, and thank you for letting me, of all people, have it. I appreciate it."

The writers of the song -- Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson -- were all quick to applaud Underwood's interpretation of the song which held the No. 1 position on Billboard's country airplay chart for six weeks.

"It's very rare that a record comes back and just blows your mind," James said. "That's what happened. It's blown my mind as well as all of America."

Lindsey noted, "I just wanted to say, 'Thank you, Carrie Underwood, for trying out for American Idol!'" After praising her vocal performance, Lindsey optimistically added, "I'm looking forward to more hits with Carrie."

Sampson concluded, "I'd also like to thank Carrie because, as songwriters, the best thing we could ask for is to have someone sing our song and sound like you wrote it when you sing it. We really, really appreciate that. Thank you."

Producer Mark Bright referred to Underwood as "an absolute blessing in my life." He took a spiritual approach to describe the experience of recording the song. "I definitely think there was a higher power involved," he said. "There's no question in my mind."

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awwww carrie! youre so humble! love you girl! she also looked absolutely cuuuuuuute!