Article: Mandy Moore adds new chapter to her career with `Diaries'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

LOS ANGELES _ On the surface, Mandy Moore looks like all the other teen queens. She's blond, bubbling with energy and dressed to the nines in the latest summer garb _ bellbottoms and a form-fitting tank-top T. But once she starts talking, you begin to see where she and Britney and Christina part ways.

The 17-year-old Orlando, Fla., resident appears to be a little more self-assured than her pop counterparts. That's why you'll never see her in anything too revealing. "I'm only 17," she says. "That's not the kind of image I want to have. I'm not comfortable doing that. If it works for them, fine. But it's not for me."

Also, Moore knows what's really ...

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