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Article: National Psoriasis Foundation Signs CariDee English as Spokesperson.
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- May 2, 2007
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PORTLAND, Ore., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Psoriasis Foundation announced today that CariDee English, winner of Cycle 7 of America's Next Top Model(R), has signed as spokesperson for the nonprofit organization.
CariDee, who developed psoriasis at the age of 5, openly discussed her disease on the television show that aired in late 2006. As a teenager, psoriasis covered nearly 70 percent of her body. She spent years gathering information and trying various treatments. Her psoriasis persisted but so did CariDee. She maintained an optimistic outlook and the intense belief that modeling is what she was born to do. After hard-won acceptance of the disease, and ...