✦Becoming the new celebrity designer for young women's clothing retailer Wet Seal, creating a holiday dress line called "Sparks" (November 2008).
✦Picked as one of Seventeen magazine's "Style Stars" for its December/January issue (November 2007).
✦The youngest winner in American Idol history, at 17, by May 23, 2007.
✦She was the only contestant in "American Idol" season 6 who was never in the bottom 2 or 3, joining fellow idols Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Hicks.
✦Specializes at adult contemporary, Christian, Country, Gospel, Pop and R&B among others.