Nicole Richie pulled her long hair back into a ponytail and donned a Winter white coat at LAX on Wednesday. Nicole was the most improved celeb of 2007 [1] and this year she continues to grow into her role as a mature, philanthropic woman and mother. Over on lilsugar Nicole's sweeping in a lot of the best of 2008 polls [2] and we imagine she will have a similar response from many of you here too.

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