What do you think of Miley Cyrus? Love her? Hate her? Tell me why, and if you think she deserves fame. I personally don't like her, but I will respect those of you who do. Try not to just uselessly bash her if you hate her.

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I wouldn't call myself a fan of Miley Cirus, but I do like her. I think she's an extremely good rolemodel for young girls out there. She's probably one of the best ones!
Too many of those Disney stars are sending out the wrong message with their music or their looks, but Miley is very down to earth and is very family centered, and her music may not be my style necessarily, but if I had daughters I'd be much more happy with them listening to her than to most of the others singers out there.

Miley Cyrus is okay, I like to watch Hannah Montana and I like some of her songs, (HM ones and some of the others). I haven't heard all the songs on her new CD but I'm not really crazy about some of them. Also it annoyed me that she was making fun of Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato (who are my favorites) in videos she posted on You Tube. I mean saying things about people in private is one thing but in public (including the internet) it's another.

HighFlyer just wondering, what Disney stars are you talking about?

What Disney stars am I talking about? Well, mainly the High School Musical stars. I mean, I don't know enough of any of them to really put them down, but it just seems like Miley is much more respectable than any of them. I need to leave Zac Efron out of this, because he is one of the more talented ones, and is on his way up from HSM. I don't necessarily see anything wrong with him.
I'm speaking very vaguely here, and of course this is just my opinion.

I might as well give you my opinion. I think Miley Cyrus started out alright, but she isn't extremely talented like some, and she has so far been an okay role model. But I think the fame might get to her someday and she will do something inappropriate. Like look at those Vanity Fair pictures. Not role model quality. And she has taken pictures of herself at a party that are really racy. I think she will fall from grace, like Britney Spears did. But that's just me. I respect your opinions.

I really see nothing wrong with those Vanity Fair pictures. I mean sure, you don't normally see 16 year old girls posing like that, but I think they were done really tastefully.

From what I saw of those "racy" pictures from the party, well, I've seen worse. And honestly, for people to get all upset about it is just silly. What normal teenage girls dont take random stupid pictures like that?! Who cares if she's "in the public eye and should set a better example", she's just being a normal person. She doesn't have to act like a 30 year old prude to set a good example.

I honestly hate Miley Cyrus, in my mind, she's only famous because her dad was famous and her new music stinks, I hate all of it. It astounds me that she's a roll model. Those Vanity Fair pictures just prove my point, how did her parents let her do that, they say they weren't there, but I don't believe it.

Yes! That's exactly how I feel! Those pictures are teaching little nine year olds that it's good to take pictures of yourself naked. That's really scary. Miley Cyrus isn't really nine year old material. Many of her Hannah songs have stuff about love and boyfriends in it. They shouldn't have to worry about that for at least 5 more years. But again, that's my opinion.

I kind of see where you guys are coming from with the love and boyfriend stuff in her songs, but honestly, you can't tell me that she's the worst out there for young girls to be obsessed with.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with this picture http://cornerstork.files.wordpress.com/200...fair-photo1.jpg
Plus, what little girls are reading Vanity Fair? If there was a picture like that in one of those teeny magazines, then that maybe would be a little risky. But still. The picture was taken very tastefully!
I highly doubt that little girls look at that picture and immediately think they need to take topless pictures of themselves.

Well one thing wrong with the picture is that it's just a terrible picture of her, but other than that, I really don't see too much wrong with the picture, I mean is it showing anything...um no, and like HighFlyer said it's in Vanity Fair for crying out loud, what little girl is going to be reading that?

Just a question, is her cheesy crud excuse for music (Hey I was saying I didn't see any thing wrong with the picture not that I liked her) any different than any of the other Disney channel stars who decided to sing, ugh not to mention High school musical, it was all over the news a year or so ago that Zac Efferon(sp?) was caught drunk driving, and what about Vanessa Hudgions(sp) naked pictures, almost all of the Disney channel stars are like her, overrated and talentless

I'm not a fan of Miley Cyrus. I think she's really annoying. I hate the show Hannah Montana. My cousin made me watch a little of it and I thought I was going to barf. There is only one song of her's that I like and it was on the movie Bridge to Terabithia. "I learned from you." Only because the song has a nice meaning. But as far as her herself or as Hannah Montana, I don't like her. I think she's way too popular just like High School Musical. Can't stand either of them.

First of all, that picture is really suggestive and is not appropriate for a 15 year old. There are a lot of perverts out there who would......do horrible things.


Actually, HighFlyer, you would be surprised how little girls are affected by people like Miley Cyrus. I have a nine year old sister who practically worships her, and since she started watching Hannah Montana, her personality is more Miley-like. She never saw that picture, but if she did, I'm scared for her. I actually think that would....well, inspire her.

Snapefan21, I agree with you in regards to the picture scam of hers. I think it was terrible, for anyone! I don't know why you'd do something like that anyway. And I agree about younger girls being easily affected by things. There are a lot of girls obsessed with Miley Cyrus right now. It's almost the same thing that happened with Vanessa Hudgins (sp*). It's wrong.

I don't really like her. I heard she did a lot of mean things to Selena Gomez. I also heard that after her and nick jonas broke up that she sent him some well, lets just say, bad for a 15 years old pictures. I think her songs when a good messages to little kids (however cheesy they might be) but she doesn't follow her own advice.

Of course there are perverts out there who would look at that picture and do...stuff, Snapefan21. But there are also perverts out there who look at pictures of farm animals and do....stuff. So I don't accept that as an excuse that it's an "inappropriate" picture. Granted, the picture isn't a good one of her, but it isn't because of her being "topless". She just doesn't look good in it.

I don't like Miley, but I'm sorry, she's way better than High School Musical. At least I don't watch Hannah Montana (I admit I have a couple times) and feel like it's killing my brain cells.

I understand how much young girls are affected by stuff. I'm not stupid. I just don't think Miley is the worst out there. I mean, look at how many girls worship Britney Spears for crying out loud! I'd kill myself if my little girl were into someone like her!

Oh, High Flyer, I wasn't calling you stupid! Not at all. But, that picture is all right for a 25 year old or something, not 15. Her father should not have let her taken it. Little girls may not read Vanity Fair, but they'd see the cover with Miley on it at the checkout in a store. I just think she shouldn't have made that move, considering how many people worship her. (and no, I don't think the picture is very pretty, either.)

Even for a 15 year old, I don't think it was that bad. Even my mom doesn't see anything wrong with it. And if anyone should get upset about something like that, it would be my mom .

But I digress. It is just my opinion afterall, and I respect all of your opinions, so I don't want to keep pushing the point to make it seem like I'm trying to influence you the other way.

I think the problem with the picture was what was implied, not the actual picture. However that didn't make me *hate* Miley. I do agree with Snapefan though that the pic might've been better for someone older. Of course it's way better than the nude pictures Vanessa Hudgens took of herself. I really can't believe Disney is still hiring her!



A lotof the songs are about love but a lot aren't. Off the top of my head I can name three, Life's What you Make It, Make Some Noise, and Nobody's Perfect. A lot of the Hannah Montana songs are like those three. I've only heard like five of her other songs though so I can't really judge if any of them aren't about boys.

Okay, HighFlyer, let's just agree to disagree. I am glad you have been so respectful. Her picture is defiantly not the worst one out there. *holds out hand for you to shake it. *

And so now that we're finished with the picture issue (unless you want to talk more about it), let's talk about why you think everyone loves her. I personally have no idea, but maybe I'm kind of biased because I hate her.

*shakes snapefan's hand* Yay!

I think she's so popular for the same reason every other mega-popstar has been so hugely popular. Just look back to the New Kids on the Block, Spice Girls, BSB, NSYNC, whatever. They just had this massive appeal to the younger generation, whether it was because of their looks or their music, or just because the kids enjoy partaking in the conformity of the times.
Miley is huge right now, but I highly doubt that she'll be so forever.

I personally don't like her. She's not a particularly good singer and her show drives me nuts, but that's not really the reason. I've seen a couple interviews with her and she's always "Me, me, me". It drives me nuts. She was on Idol Gives Back and they mentioned something about a movie that had nothing to do with her at all and she says in this really annoying voice, "I have a movie". She said stuff like this a couple of times as if she was only there to promote herself and that she didn't care about anything else.

During the Teen Choice Awards (which I only watched because David Cook and David Archuleta were on) she was an extremely ungracious winner. She snatched her surf board and kissed it like she was trying to rub it in the faces of the people she beat. She didn't even thank David and David (who presented it). She just grabs it and her look says "I'm so great. Yay me!"

I really don't understand what the hype is about. She's not a good singer, her personality isn't very good either, her show is annoying, and she's not a very good role model. You've already discussed the Vanity Fair pictures and I think that those aren't very appropriate for a 15 year old. I mean, they definately aren't the worst, but if you want to be in a magazine, use good pictures for goodness sake! And there was talk about her taking picture of herself in bed with some guy (I don't know if this is true, but its what my friends were talking about one day). Do parents really want there kids to be doing that? I just don't understand her fame and I definitely don't think its going to last.

P.S. HighFlyer, I love you siggy picture!

I knew she took pictures of herself at a party, but I wasn't sure what it showed, and you think it was her in bed with a guy? Talk about inappropriate. . That's really awful. She's fifteen!
Miley can't (at least in my eyes) act. She is so over dramatic in her TV series, Hannah Montana. I think now that the reason ten year olds like her is that it's funny. But, they should really be obsessing over the screenwriter. They're the reason she's funny.
Or, I think that people like her is because she's so famous. If you're exposed to a celebrity for so long, many people are going to go to the extreme, love her or loathe her. Some people fall in the love her category, some in the loathe.

Well, I'm not positive because I haven't seen the pictures, but that's what my friends were saying and some of them actually like Miley and read websites that post news articles about her. It is amazingly inappropriate and I can't believe that she would actually do that. Obviously, she wants publicity, but bad publicity is not the way to go.

I agree, she is waaay too over-dramatic. I watched about two minutes of Hannah Montana once and turned it off. She was annoying, loud, and was over-dramatic in everything she said. For example (and I don't think she really said this) a normal person would be like: "That dress is really cute" and she would be like "OMG! That dress is sooooo cuuute! Ahhhh!"

In my opinion, a major part of acting is saying/doing things like a normal person would in a normal situation. Just because you are capable of being over-dramatic doesn't make you a good actor/actress. You have to make it believable which is something that Miley definitely doesn't.

Yes, and I've been thinking, I may be biased because my favourite actor is Alan Rickman, probably not very fair to Miley by comparison. But compared to other teen actors, yes, she is way over dramatic. This next question isn't meant to be sarcastic or rude, but has she gone to a proper acting school? She should because she'd learn a lot. I'd hate to see Miley in a sad scene as a shy girl.
I remember the Teen Choice Awards. Miley ticked me off so much.
What kind of movies/TV do you think she'll do after Hannah Montana? I know, sadly, she will pursue acting.

Disney wanted a female role model type girl and she's been ok. Well in the guise of Hannah Montana. The real Myley Cyrus, if she were my daughter would be grounded. The picture, that some of you and your parents think is OK? Well personally I think it a little too suggestive and provocative for a 15 year old. It's obvious that she's naked beneath that sheet and her parents should never have allowed it to be taken. If she had been a little older, then that would have been her decision to make and public opinion wouldn't matter so much but she's supposed to be a role model to a specific age group...my daughter being in that age group and I don't think someone who poses in 'artistic' photo's is a good role model for her.

Why is it always the girls that do these stupid things...Vanessa Huggens or what ever her name is and now allegedly Myley Cyrus. You never hear that the lads have done anything like this. I mean unless The Jonas Brothers have something hidden in their closet that we don't now about!

etphonehome I've come to the conclusion her parents really don't care what she does. Look at her father, doesn't he have at least one kid with a girlfriend or something? Not really a good example there. Also I really don't read stuff about celebrities but just from reading headlines on magazine you can tell most of them are pretty stupid. It seems to me they let fame go to their heads, and since everyone cares about them and who they're dating or whatever they go out and do stupid things. It seems like Miley is on that path. I'm betting in a couple of years she's going to be pregnant, unless she seriously changes her behavior.

Lol that's one of the reasons I like the Jonas Brothers. I haven't gotten around to listening to all their songs but I like the ones I've heard and they're not running around being stupid.

X-Girl, I believe she will be the next Britney Spears. Strange, but most likely true. It's sad how so many teen celebrities are falling apart these days, I mean look at Jamie Lynn, she's pregnant!
Next question:
Do you think Miley will be Hannah Montana for much longer? And if not, do you think she can survive the terrors of Hollywood without that alter-ego?

WOOT! I'm glad to find someone that does!

About Miley's lack of humility, well, one can only be so surprised. She is 15 after all. We can't expect her to show any sort of reserve. When a 15 year old is as popular as she is it's bound to get to her head at some point.

I highly doubt Hannah Montana can last much longer. She's been hideously popular for quite a while now, and her fans are bound to outgrow her and move on.
What she'll do after I'm not sure. She'll probably stay around Disney for a long time. After that, I don't see her having a huge acting career.

Well maybe people will then open their eyes and discover that Miley isn't God after all. She is just a regualar person who doesn't handle fame the best she could.
Do you think she will do something drastic that shocks everyone?

I really hope she doesn't. I mean, she's pulled some tiny shockers on us with those pictures, but it was nothing too scandalous; nothing that would ruin her career or anything.
I really really hope she doesn't turn into Britney Spears.

I fully agree on the fact that she cant at, I turned on the tv the other day an HM was on, so I watched it for a minuet or so, and I could hear the directers voice in my head, I know about a million people who can take a directers advice, and still not make it so the audience and tell, (that makes no seance but hopefully you understand)

Disney Channel sucks...bottom line

The Disney channel didn't used to suck. It's only recently that it's gone way downhill. The same goes for all the other "kid" stations as well. Nickelodian, Cartoon Network. They were all great back in the day, but now all the kids shows are crap! I can't stand it!

I like Miley.

I do think that she has been getting the wrong type of publicity recently. She's not quite 16 years old yet, and I feel that she truly needs supervision by a real adult (sometimes I wonder how grown up her parents really are!) to keep her grounded. She is, after all, just a regular teen! She's not perfect, albeit, she is adorable.

I think Billy Ray Cyrus doesn't protect Miley from stardom enough. He should be stricter, as being in the limelight at such a young age is destructive to the child. He needs to set boundaries, set a good example.
Where is Miley's mother in all this? You hear about her father a lot, but nothing about her mother (yes, I know she isn't famous, but with such a famous daughter, you think she would have some fame). Her mother probably (this is just my opinion) doesn't care much. Correct me if I'm wrong, but she doesn't seem like the type who is always there.
Next question:
What steps do you think Miley could take to win over people who think she is immature and make her an actress/singer for older teens, not just little girls? (I know some teen girls do like her, but I mean more)

I have a younger sister, so I've been listening to that new song of hers, "7 Things" and I actually have started to like it. Mainly because my sis plays it all the time but it has a decent beat. Besides that, I think she is way to young to begin posing in sexual positions and I don't think that her father protects her enough as Snapefan21 previously said. Overall, I do try and ignore her as much as possible though


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Sometimes I wonder how people who are younger then me will be when they grow up(12 or less). I mean when I grew up I watched disney cartoons. Movies like "The lion king", " pocahontas" and "aladdin". I think they are great movies. Aladdin and pocahontas teaches you a little bit about other cultures and they are entertaining. Also in Aladdin and pocahontas the female figures are strong and they think for themselves. In Hanna Montana however(I must admit I haven't seen all of the episodes) the show is mostly about getting together with the most handsome boy and becoming a popular singer. It tells young girls that you are not happy until you are rich and popular which I think is something that is wrong to teach young girls. Offcourse Aladdin and Pocahontas are about women who get married and live happilt ever after, but at least they are independent women who knows who they are and what they want.

Wow. I never thought of that. It does.
Hannah Montanna, despite the fact that it's a bit cheesy, should be aimed at girls maybe a bit older. 6 or 7 is too young to even be thinking about dating. And yet they come out with these Hannah Montana lunch boxes, and toys, and all these kiddie things. I went to Wal- Mart the other day, and I saw so much Hannah Montana paraphernalia, they could have devoted 2 aisled for it. Hannah Montana is immature, yet not kiddie at the same time.

You're so right Norberta! Disney movies and shows nowadays are all about becoming popular and famous and rich. They're teaching young girls (and boys) that life isn't worth living unless you're famous. It's sad really. I mean, all those older movies like Aladdin, Phocohantas, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, all glorified finding your true love, but they also had other messages. They had messages about accepting who you are, and respecting others. None of the movies or shows now have anything remotely that insightful and deep!

I'm going to join and open up by saying that I think Miley Cyrus is a spoiled, stuck up brat. I think she gets everything she wants and just like HighFlyer and Norberta said she is teaching younger kids that you have to be rich and famous to be happy. I think she is very annoying personally.

Well thank you for joining this conversation, harry_potter_luvr_4life. She does seem really spoiled, and I personally think she needs a reality check. Life isn't like that. You shouldn't be able to get what you want just because you have two million nine year olds screaming joy at you. I asked my sister why she liked Ms. Cyrus today and she said that she was cool and her songs were cool. Well, in the eyes of those people, I guess anyone that's famous should be loved. Paris Hilton should be loved, for what they think. . Ah well. Someday they will realize to obsess over people who have a larger quantity of talent.

It is some what ironic that the show is all about *does squeekey preppy voice* Oh I'm a normal person! Underneath stardom it's really a normal person

it turns into I'm perfect...it's all about me, lalalalaaa with miss Cyrus...the script writers are obviously looking to her for inspiration

It may have been a cute idea when it first started, but now it's getting very old and the writers are just trying to think of things to keep Miley in the forefront and not drop out on all this Hannah Montana craze. It's all about the money these days.
Don't get me wrong, I think money is great to have, and I'd love to be a millionare myself, but I do have more intelligent goals in life than just money money money. These teen stars are doing nothing to better the younger generation. They're just making them vain and greedy.

Hannah Montana has gotten old for sure. Miley is likely going to realize that and break away from it. Personally, I don't think she is going to do as well without her. Disney gives a lot of fame, and I don't think she's going to stay there. She's not as stuck as the Jonas Brothers are to Disney.
Do you think that Miley will try something completly new after Hannah Montanna? Or will she stick to acting and singing?

Hopefully after Hannah Montana the annoying, spoiled, self-centered, talentless, obnoxious twit will disappear off the face of the planet... or just show up randomly in magazines like Melissa Joan-Heart does now... That's kind of mean isn't it ?

Her music is terrible (so are the Jonas Brothers') and her acting skills are a joke. Miley Cyrus' voice sounds like an old smoker womans' which makes both her regular voice and singing voice sound scratchy and grating - like nails on a chalk board - I almost want to go have a root canal without painkillers. I'll say more later, I've to get to school.

I don't like the girl, obviously. LoL. She's definitely an image of what's wrong with the world today.

~ihkny

Ah the Disney channel. Personally all of those stars seem very two-faced to me. Miley being at the top of that list.

My friend is what people call a "Facebook creeper" and she has Miley on Facebook. She was showing me her profile and she was showing me comments that Miley made. They seemed very rude and obnoxious, and to be honest it sounded like a spoiled brat. Now perhaps they aren't serious, perhaps it's not even Miley I really don't know or care, but if it is, it completely demolished the whole "I'm a good girl" act. I didn't really put stock into the Facebook personally, for all I know it was someone posing as her.

I've seen Hannah Montana and though I'd laugh at ridiculous situations, it really isn't a good show artistically. As Jill said, you can pretty much hear what the director is saying. If you've ever seen MadTV, they did a sketch on HM and I laughed because their acting was very similar to hers with the voices and to be honest quite forced acting. But I'm starting to think this might be a trend with the Disney channel. A lot of their shows and movies don't have very good acting. If you've ever seen Camp Rock, with the Jonas Brothers, well that acting wasn't pretty.

When I was little we watched Arthur and the Magic School Bus and shows that taught little kids some 'lessons'. And Spongebob, he was big at my house. We watched the Disney movies with the princesses and make-believe fairytales. But to be honest, on my tv at home all I see are these shows like HM that just don't seem to match up to the type of thing I watched as a kid. The fact that 6 year olds are watching people get revenge, and act boy crazy isn't something that I see as a good thing.

Some of her songs have a catchy beat, and I like listening to them on occasion, though not too often because it gets annoying to my ears really quick. I miss the good ol' days when people actually had to play music and be good to be an artist. Now everything is digitally made, and voiced over to make perfect.

--x Lauren

I don't think Miley Cyrus is anything without Hannah Montana. If she actually desides to quit the show I think she will be one of those child-actresses that we never see again. Actually today I read in a newspaper that Disney had already found the new "Hannah Montana". That really makes me sad. They are really taken advantage of these girls. I mean to me it looks like Miley Cyrus is a bit obnoxious and rude, but that still doesn't make it fair to take advantage of a 15-year old. It looks like Disney is using Cyrus, and when they discover that people are getting a bit sick of her, they get rid of her and find a new "Hannah Monatana". That just feels wrong to me, I think disney should go back to making cartoons.. At least in that way they are not taking advantage of anybody.

Yes, Ginny.Weasley, I remember the Arthur days... People watched shows with lessons, and movies with quality. Hannah Montana doesn't seem like a show with lessons quality to me. It seems like a girl whom the public loves, just plainly because she's famous. Nothing else. It's sad now, what little kids are seeing. I'd give money to let the public see what the true Miley Cyrus is. A teenage girl with small talent, and in my opinion, is a brat.
The next question is (Oooh, I have so many)
Do you think people are going to continue loving Cyrus for a long time, or will she fade away, being replaced by some other Disney teen?

Of course she won't be loved for a long time; she's just a phase. If they've already found the "new Hannah Montana" then that means she's on her way out the door, and without the Disney channel and HM to help her along Miley's not going anywhere. She'll probably try to get more into the music business, but that won't even last long.