Disney Star Tarnishes Her Image with Sexy Photos
Disney's "Hannah Montana" star, Miley Cyrus, is everywhere. She's on TV and in magazines, and her image is on billboards, T-shirts and even backpacks and pencils. And soon, she's going to be in the June issue of Vanity Fair. Shot by the famous photographer Annie Leibovitz, the 15 year old posed coyly holding a silk sheet against her chest so that she appears nude. Although Cyrus claims that she was wearing a tank top beneath the sheet, parents across America aren't happy.
To make matters worse, the Vanity Fair controversy is not the first time sexy images of Cyrus have surfaced. Last week, snapshots of the star flashing her underwear and sitting provocatively on her then-boyfriend's lap hit the internet. Over 3 million girls mostly between the ages of 6 and 14 routinely tune in to watch Cyrus on "Hannah Montana," and many parents have come to see the star as the last female role model who their daughters can look up to. Now, however, they fear she's going the way of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan before her.
What do you think? Do the recent pictures of Miley Cyrus make you question her respectability? How do you feel about your daughter idolizing the teen star? Are you planning on discussing the photos with your daughter? Share your thoughts.
--Victoria Loustalot, Real-Time Associate Producer
To make matters worse, the Vanity Fair controversy is not the first time sexy images of Cyrus have surfaced. Last week, snapshots of the star flashing her underwear and sitting provocatively on her then-boyfriend's lap hit the internet. Over 3 million girls mostly between the ages of 6 and 14 routinely tune in to watch Cyrus on "Hannah Montana," and many parents have come to see the star as the last female role model who their daughters can look up to. Now, however, they fear she's going the way of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan before her.
What do you think? Do the recent pictures of Miley Cyrus make you question her respectability? How do you feel about your daughter idolizing the teen star? Are you planning on discussing the photos with your daughter? Share your thoughts.
--Victoria Loustalot, Real-Time Associate Producer
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Yes I do care. But sadly most teen stars fall into some kind of behaviour that is not appropriate. So I regularly curb my girls' affection toward them. I remind them always that the teens they see on TV are real people and make mistakes. That in their line of work they are exposed to things beyond their years and they usually tend to make unwise decisions. This Miley case just proves my point and makes me look "wise" in my children's eyes. They told me "wow Mom you knew she would act like that!" I knew Miley Cyrus would start to do inappropriate things based on some comments she made in an interveiw. She mentioned she was just enjoying the moment and that she was young and just having fun! Well that screamed of bad decisions to come. I point my children towards men and women in our circle that have made wise decisions all through life and have successful lives, to look up to and "idolize" if you must put a term on it. My children (i have 4) are not star struck and tend to think the stars behavoir off screen is ridiculous.