Miranda Lambert Pictures

Have you fallen under Miranda’s spell yet? Stick around - you will. I loves this gal.

Here’s a few fast facts:

• She was born in 1983.
• She’s a Texan - born not far from Dallas.
• She once had a small part in a Ruffle’s Potato chip ad.
• In Nashville, she came in second out of 400 who competed for the role of Tammy Wynette in the musical “Stand By Your Man.”
• She plays the guitar and writes many of her own songs.
• Out of 8,000 initial contestants, she finished third on the show Nashville Star. She harmonized with winner Buddy Jewell on his Sony CD. On Sept. 15, 2003 she became a Sony artist, herself.

” We had a meeting. All the Sony people were there. I sat down at the head of the table, crossed my hands and said, ‘OK, this is who I am.’ And I just laid it out. ‘I’m from Texas. I write my own stuff. I have something to say. I’ll never dance around on stage in a halter top. I will always play my guitar. Now, if I can’t make a record that reflects me honestly, I’d rather just go home and play in Texas like I was. So please tell me now if you’re going to be bossing me around.’ - Miranda

Did I say I loves her? I meant I really, really loves her.

Below are pics from last night’s CMT awards.

Steph, if it makes you feel any better about the trouble you had keeping your Katharine McPhee site up, I noticed this morning that Miranda’s official site was down because of bandwidth, too.

Joi