Carrie Underwood: Her Allure Photo Shoot

I must've missed this last year somehow! Anyway...

Via Allure.com...

At her shoot at the Glen Leven Estate, a historic farm in Nashville, singer Carrie Underwood managed to make a bale of hay look as comfortable as a featherbed. Check out these outtakes from the singer's session with photographer Carter Smith, and for more of our interview with Underwood, pick up the April issue of Allure, on newsstands March 23.

Underwood showed up to the set barefaced, wearing Juicy Couture sweats and a ponytail. She greeted Allure creative director Paul Cavaco and said gamely, "So, what do you want to do?" Here, she poses for Smith in a Lanvin dress.

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Barbara Mandrell's Favorites Include Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood

Barbara Mandrell was serenaded by Martina McBride and George Strait at the recent CMA Awards, and she was still glowing from the performance of "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" when she visited the pressroom backstage a few minutes later.

Mandrell confessed that she had been teasing Kellie Pickler all night, pinching her rear end about four times over the course of the evening: "She's just fun and funny and I'm crazy about her!" One of the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Mandrell also took time to praise co-hosts Brad Paisley ("he's so funny and he picks so good") and Carrie Underwood ("just too gorgeous for words and her voice is too gorgeous for words").

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