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Kids should learn from Hannah Montana’s Miley Cyrus

April 29th, 2008

If you thought Miley Cyrus, the real “Hannah Montana,” couldn’t get even bigger than she already was, you would be wrong. While the daughter of Mr. “Achy Breaky Heart,” Billy Ray Cyrus has long been the pied piper of the tween set, she now is a major mainstream attraction. On Monday, the Vanity Fair website crashed due to the more than four million hits it was receiving. What was the attraction?

Supposed racy photos of the 15-year-old singer/songwriter/actress taken for Vanity Fair by the renowned Annie Leibovitz, whose portfolio includes nude photos John Lennon and Demi Moore. Miley has issued an apology to her fans about photos, including one that shows her holding a sheet over her chest, saying “I took part in a photo (session) that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed.”

The superstar also has said she’s sorry about other so-called racy photos that have made their way around the Internet. These candid shots, supposedly taken from the MySpace pages of Cyrus and her friends, show her revealing part of what’s under her top and showing off a bare midriff.

One can debate whether these photos will hurt the young performer’s career and if they make her a poor role model. No matter what your take on it, these photos – both for the magazine and the Internet – are a great example for young people.

Sure, it seems innocent enough to take a few photos, but you never know when you are posting online who will see them. Miley appears to regret taking the candid photos on a lark and also is not happy about part of the Vanity Fair photo spread. It just shows our children that you need to stop for a moment and think when you are taking photos and posting them for “publication.”

Robin

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