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For someone considered to be a fashion icon, Kim Kardashian sure ganks her style from many other celebrities.

The reality star has been featured in more face-offs than any other THG subject.

She's battled Bethenny Frankel. She's often borrowed dresses from her sisters. And, most recently, she's been spotted in public in the same outfit as Ciara.

This is a growing, troubling trend for Kim, whose identity as the most attention-starved member of her own family is already in danger. Compare her and the aforementioned singer below:

Who looks better in this dress?

The official results of this celebrity fashion face-off are not in yet, but we feel comfortable issuing the following warning to Cassie Ventura:

It will be difficult to win any matchup as long as your head is half-shaven.

At this weekend's BET Awards, the singer (and rumored girlfriend of Diddy) was spotted on the red carpet, decked out in all her weird hairstyle glory. Fellow star Ciara was also in attendance.

Compare their looks below and then vote in our poll:

[Photos: Fame Pictures]

Who looked best at the BET Awards:

Looks like Britney Spears has a new opening act. Or two!

Kristinia DeBarge is set to join Ciara on the next North American leg of Spears' Circus Tour, which kicks off August 20 in Hamilton, Ontario.

"Joining Britney Spears for her Circus tour will be an amazing and surreal experience. I have been dreaming of an opportunity like this forever, and can't wait," DeBarge, the daughter of '80s pop star, James DeBarge, said.

DeBarge's current single, "Goodbye," is on iTunes.

Ciara said the following about joining the Circus: "Everything about Britney Spears makes you like her. I feel like she's a star. She's got that energy that's just magnetic. She just glows. It's not just one thing about her that makes her cool."

Britney Spears and Ciara together? Talk about hotness.

Welcome, celebrity news readers around the world, to The Hollywood Gossip's Caption Contest - the 82nd edition of our Friday afternoon tradition!

All you have to do is think up a caption for the celebrity picture below, click "comments" and give it your best shot. It's very easy and fun to play!

This week: A pair of bored BFFs, Ciara and Kim Kardashian, texting, Twittering, or who knows what. Go to town. Give us your best caption(s) ...

Let's hope Shaniqua Tompkins isn't reading this.

In hookup news nowhere near as random and probably a bit less disease-riddled than the recent coupling up of Tila Tequila and Billy Corgan, the New York Post is reporting that Ciara and 50 Cent recently spent the night at a Times Square hotel.

Says their source, “there was only one bed in that penthouse.”

Surely 50 Cent must have take the couch like a true gent.

50 Cent and Ciara push it good.

Rumors have swarmed around the pair since their steamy video for "Can’t Leave ‘Em Alone" two years ago, but they’ve never admitted anything but friendship.

Looks like they're singing a different duet than pictured above, though. The only question is whether it's a one-shot deal or a friends-with-benefits scenario.

Ciara was also linked to Chris Brown at one point last year, but he is not believed to have tapped that booty, nor has he received any booty call texts from Ciara.

He is in one of these pictures below, though. What would Rihanna say? Click to enlarge some more images of possible sort-of couple 50 Cent and Ciara ...

R&B star Ciara would like to set the record straight about the photo spread she shot for the October issue of Vibe magazine: She was not nude.

EDITOR'S NOTE: It's fairly obvious that she is. See below.

Ciara says she is very upset by the magazine's depiction of her - rumors on the Internets have suggested that the singer was not nude during the photo shoot but instead wearing underwear, which Vibe allegedly airbrushed out.

"I walked into the Vibe photo shoot very excited about making an artistic expression," Ciara said. "And when I saw the photos, I was a little bothered because the photos appear as if I was nude, when in reality I wasn't nude."

EXHIBIT A: The non-nude Ciara nude picture in question.

Vibe Editor in Chief Danyel Smith responded that not only was Ciara nude, the entire idea behind the spread was the singer's, not the magazine's.

"Almost any photo you see on the cover of Vibe or any magazine is airbrushed [to some degree]," he said. "What I was thinking of doing, actually, was releasing the untouched photos online so people can see what the hullabaloo is about."

Here's hoping!

Chris Brown and Ciara performed onstage at the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif.

One wonders, looking at these photos, whether Chris Brown performed someplace else with Ciara later in the night, if you know what we mean.

We mean Rihanna better shield her eyes. The heat from these photos alone may be hazardous to your health - and make you take a cold shower!

Chris Brown and Ciara have obvious, palpable sexual chemistry. Do you agree?

Maybe she should go on The Bachelor.

After all, despite being young, talented and famous, Ciara says that doesn't necessarily mean that dating is easy.

"It's definitely tough at times," the singer, 21, told People magazine. "I'm now past my year mark of being single, and I've got to say I'm a big fan of love. Being in a relationship is one of the most beautiful things, and I'm looking forward to being in a relationship."

At the same time, Ciara â€" who dated rapper Bow Wow before she let him go for some reason in April 2006 â€" says she's in no rush to get back into something serious, like the Brittany Murphy and Simon Monjack marriage.

"I'm also at a place where I want to be patient and do it right," she says. "I'm one of those girls that when I date, I date to marry, so I like to take my time and really get to know a person. I do meet people and run across people, but it's all about building a friendship."

So what does she want in a potential mate?

"I look for someone who is down to earth, has a great personality and is respectful â€" someone who just loves to have fun and has goals," she says.

Does that sound like Blake Lewis to anyone else?

Ciara is set to accomplish a goal of her own when she directs her first music video: She's participating in Glamour magazine's Reel Music Project, which supports emerging female recording artists. Fans can log on to Glamalert.com and listen to music by singers Tiffany Evans, Paula Campbell and Samantha Jade and then vote on their favorite.

Ciara will direct the debut video of the singer with the most votes.

"This is my chance to direct my first video, and it's such a cool opportunity," Ciara says of the project. "It's all about embracing the women in this industry."

Amen. After this week, there's a good chance those women will include Jordin Sparks.