Chatting up a Cheetah

By KEVIN AMOURIM

Adrienne Bailon was happy. “We spent the whole day shopping in Georgetown,” the 25-year-old native New Yorker said last week in Washington, D.C., during a day off from the Cheetah Girls’ “One World” tour.

Bailon and the other Cheetah Girls — Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan — had more to talk about than shopping. (And in case you were wondering, news had not yet broken about Bailon’s nude-photo flap when we chatted her up.)

Q. You guys are Disney Channel pioneers. How does it feel to be ahead of the Miley/ “High School Musical”/Jonas Brothers curve?

A. We were the first musical the Disney Channel ever did. We also are the first majority minority cast of any movie the channel has ever done. We really got to know Miley when she opened up for us on our last tour. It’s so crazy to see how huge she’s become — we are so proud to be a part of that. And the Jonas Brothers opened for us on our first tour. So we know them all and we’re like a big family.

Q. You shot your new movie, “One World,” in India. How was that experience?

A. It’s an amazing adventure that we never thought would happen. Learning about another culture, trying different foods and learning another style of dancing for the movie — it was very glamorous. I think Bollywood is so vibrant.

Q. How is the tour going?

A. It’s definitely the biggest production we’ve put together. It’s got a Cirque du Soleil feel to it. If you liked the last tour, this one totally blows that one out of the water.

Q. If there’s only one thing the kids take away from a Cheetah Girls project, what do you want it to be?

A. Celebrate who you are, celebrate what makes you special. The great message of the Cheetah Girls is that we’re a multicultural group and that we’re not clones of one another. We’re totally different from one another, yet we can still be best friends and learn from each other. That goes along with the “One World” message.