Kendra Wilkinson: I Look Up to Nicole Richie

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Kendra Wilkinson is expecting her first baby with hubby Hank Baskett on Christmas Day, so she's had plenty of time to think about the kind of mom she wants to be. She's decided to mimic her own parenting style after that of socialite-turned-model mommy Nicole Richie.

Nicole and boyfriend Joel Madden with their two tots, Harlow and Sparrow (via People.com)
Kendra told In Touch Weekly (via Aceshowbiz): "I look up to Nicole. She is the girl that I mostly look up to because she is more like me. She gives me the feeling of, 'She did it and I can do it.' She makes me feel good about what she's accomplished."

She continued, "She went through the same stages in life that I went through. Drugs, alcohol, all of that. It just makes me feel so good to see her go through that and then have two kids and be such a great mom."

Nicole's probably planning a playdate as soon as little Hank Baskett IV is old enough to hang with her new baby boy, Sparrow.

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