Exciting news! It was announced today that Nicole is becoming an anchor on CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange,” the First Worldwide Daily Business News Program. It airs Weekdays 4AM-6AM ET with Anchors in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Each weekday Ross Westgate in London and Christine Tan in Singapore and Lapin in the U.S. will cover local stories with global significance. “Worldwide Exchange” is the networks’ most distributed show, simultaneously available in more than 100 countries across the globe.

“Nicole’s experience and talent make her a great addition to CNBC,” said Jeremy Pink, Senior Vice President Business News, CNBC. “’Worldwide Exchange’ is an integral part of CNBC’s global coverage and Nicole will bring a fresh perspective on business news.”

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Watch these videos below from Nicole’s series on child prostitution “Girls Not For Sale.” Nicole reports on an organization in Harlem called GEMS that aims to save sexually exploited girls. In part 2 Nicole features Martha B, who overcame sexual exploitation with song.

It’s Vegetarian Awareness Month and Ecorazzi has an exclusive interview with Nicole. She reveals how many years she’s been a vegetarian and also how many years she’s been vegan. She gives tips and talks about what she finds the most challenging about being vegan. It’s a really nice feature worth checking out HERE.

Also check out these links. Nicole reports on HSUS’s effort to ban downer pigs from food supply:

- Nicole Lapin Reports On HSUS’ Efforts To Ban Downer Pigs From Food Supply
- Nicole Lapin And HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell Get Serious About Downer Pigs

On Friday evening Nicole attended Operation Smile’s 8th Annual Smile Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. She looked great as she posed for photographers. Inside the event Nicole was pictured with fellow Operation Smile Ambassador Jessica Simpson.

View the pictures below and also check out Nicole on American Superstar Mag!

Nicole poses for photographers at the 8th Annual Operation Smile Pre-Gala Kick-Off Reception at Lladro Boutique on October 1, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California.

A few days ago Nicole interviewed actor Jeremy Piven about his new comedy film “The Goods.” Nicole also asked him briefly about his role on “Entourage” and about the possibility of making it in to a film. During the interview Piven, who obviously hadn’t realized it was live, dropped the f-bomb – and Nicole’s reaction is priceless! Watch the interview below:

Yesterday Nicole had the task of anchoring the Michael Jackson Memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. She interviewed many people throughout the day, including Lou Ferrigno who was training Michael for his upcoming concerts in London. Nicole also spoke to Bryan Monroe, the last journalist to interview MJ before this tragic death.

In other news, Nicole made the Top 10 Hottest Female Newscasters on Screen Junkies.com.

Nicole recently interviewed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and he revealed what movie he regrets being a part of. Schwarzenegger thinks he’s made some bad movies, but ‘Terminator 2′ and ‘True Lies’ are two of his favorites. Watch a clip from the interview below:

Check out these screengrabs of Nicole anchoring this week! Source: Reporter Caps

Nicole is one of Atlanta’s people to watch in 2009, according to Metromix. They asked Nicole some interesting questions, such as what inspires her, what’s next for her in 2009 and which songs make up her life’s playlist.

Nicole is also asked where she sees herself in five years, to which she replied: “I’ve always made it a point to concentrate on the job I have, rather than focusing on what’s around the corner. I am extremely honored to be part of the network renowned for innovating and shaking-up the news-consumption habits of today.”

Read the entire interview HERE.

Anchor Man over at Anchor Babes posted these pictures of Nicole on CNN recently.

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Nicole now has a Facebook page, which is being run through CNN, and you can become her friend by clicking HERE.

CNN Live teamed up with Facebook on inauguration night (see above picture) and Nicole was anchoring and they received unprecedented ratings, 18.8 million!

Teenscene Mag has an interview with Nicole about her life as a CNN anchor. Nicole, who has a long 19 hour work day, talks about being the youngest anchor and how the veteran anchors are “inspiring.”

She says: “I respect my colleagues’ hard work and journalistic prowess. I think I receive the same respect in return. I may be young if you look at the number but I’ve amassed a lot of experience – I just started a little earlier than some,”

Read the rest of the article HERE.

Nicole reports from CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, where she gives a tour and talks about the latest gadgets, such as the Samsung 3D HDTV.

Nicole walked the red carpet at Variety’s “Power Of Youth” event in L.A. over the weekend. It was a full day of fun with performances and activities for patients and families of St. Jude Children’s Hospital, the exclusive beneficiary of the event.

Nicole attended “The Do Something Awards” Pre-Party for The 2008 Teen Choice Awards, in Hollywood a few days ago. She wore a Dolce & Gabbana dress, with fabulous Christian Louboutin heels, and a Surly Girl clutch. Check out what Lolo’s Cube, Hip Candy and Bastardly wrote about Nicole! More pictures from the event below!

Nicole recently attended The LEAGUE National Awards & Recognition Luncheon. The luncheon was held in New York City and was hosted by actress Queen Latifah, who Nicole is pictured with above.

The LEAGUE in NYC honored the top schools, classes, districts and students for their accomplishments during the 2007-2008 school year.

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Nicole is on the cover of the latest issue of Eliza Magazine.

It’s a really good article with some great new photos to go along with it. Nicole talks about studying — not only in America, but in Europe too — her childhood and about her busy days working at the CNN headquarters in Atlanta.

Read an excerpt below and check out the scans:

“When hosting Young People Who Rock, Lapin says, “I always tell my guest, ‘We have to show young people like that [Virginia Tech] gunman; now give me a better story to tell.’ And I’m so proud of all of them.” While she may hesitate to agree, we think her story deserves a segment as well.”