Is Miley Cyrus A Bad Girl?

To decide whether Miley Cyrus is a bad girl, in the light of some of her recent performances, we think it is worthwhile spending some time getting to know her life-story so far.

She, first came to fame as the Disney actress and singer who played the role of Hannah Montana. In this role as a teenage girl, she stole the hearts of millions of children all around the world. Her show can still be seen on the Disney Channel.

Miley Cyrus, is of partly Cherokee ancestry, and was born in 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee. Music was always going to be important to her as she was born to parents Leticia "Tish", and Barry Ray Cyrus, and he was a country singer. Miley has five brothers and sisters, two of whom are also active in the music industry.

Miley Cyrus came to fame at such a young age that this may have robbed her of her childhood to a certain extent. However, as such a high profile teenager growing up was never going to be easy. She has done a lot of crazy things that she must now feel embarrassed about. One of the lesser examples might be that as a 19 year old she wore a see-through blouse, and black bra. But, she has also lent her name to a number of good causes and should be proud of joining groups such as the NoH8 Campaign and raising their profile as a result.

In February 2008, Miley Cyrus started doing her own thing, with her friend and backup dancer, Mandy Jiroux. They started producing their own "show." Entitled The Miley and Mandy Show, the teens edit the videos, and "air" them on the popular Internet site, YouTube. This has been popular with her legions of fans.

In the last few years the Hannah Montana actress has begun to cultivate her adult image. The extent that this has been become a sexualized image can be seen clearly in the music video "Can't Be Tamed". As a 19 year old singer she was named as the 64th hottest woman on Maxim's Hot 100. The singer strutted around in a corset style costume. Some on stage outfits from skin tight bodysuits to see through shirts have been described as "really risqué".

She certainly has developed a reputation for exposing a lot of her body when she performs on stage. This has worried a lot of people who have been concerned about the extent to which she will be emulated by her fans. She was, for example, criticized for her provocative outfit and a pole dance during as long ago as the 2009 Teen Choice Awards.

In March 2008 Miley sent talk show host Barbra Walters a golden toilet. The toilet was a replica and not full sized, and it was inscribed: "Barbra, so you will always remember the Cyrus family." This is a little more understandable when you know that before becoming an actress, her previous job was with a cleaning service that included scrubbing toilets.

Maybe this was a hint for what was to come from her in recent months. Few people will not have heard people say; "What's happening to Miley Cyrus?" The cause of this has been the MTV video of her song "Wrecking Balls" is definitely a sensation. It's, a sensation, but not really for its musical content. It features her naked while sitting on a wrecking ball and in a twerking posture.

A two minute short film, titled; Miley Cyrus: Tongue Tied also features the track "Stockholm Syndrome" featuring Zoee. That contains surprising lyrics, such as, "hold me down so it's hard to breathe" and the effect is one of a very adult theme to the video. The film is an art-type film in black and white.

With that sort of publicity, no matter the quality of her music, we can all be sure that Miley Cyrus is not going to be fading into anonymity any day now! With more albums, TV shows and movies in the production pipeline, so it remains to be seen for how long she will continue to show her wild-side.
We are predicting that whatever happens, she will continue to entertain her audiences as "the queen of shock", and go on increasing her list of fans in the near future.

Let's just finish this article with a quote which in our opinion remains true today. Miley Cyrus told the Prestige Magazine, "I'm not a bad girl", in 2011.