Could the Miley Cyrus Photo Scandal Be Explained as Simply as This?
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• Miley Cyrus and her parents saw an opportunity to boost her profile with a Vanity Fair photo shoot that portrayed her as more than an innocent little girl.
• Vanity Fair saw an opportunity to sell magazines by shooting America’s tween sweetheart as more than an innocent little girl.
They both exploited each other. Neither should apologize. Except for one little thing: that the the photos are, uh, actually quite terrible.
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Touche. That makes perfect sense.
Not only that, it’s a rip off of a Diana Ross cover shoot from 1989. Annie couldn’t even be bothered to come up with something original.
i love mileyyy<3
i really dont think she intended
it to be that way and she loves her fans!
i feeel so bad for her and hope/know
this wont bring her downn.
miley iss amazing&i love her no matter what!
She said she feel embarrassed about that the day before yesterday via a millionaire club ” M I L L I O N A I R E L O V E R.C O M ” where the millionaire & celebrity have romance!
Is that the real photo? I agree, it’s awful. And who cares? Is it really that provocative? What’s provacative anymore?
That is very good
That gal ain’t too cute is she? I thought Leibovitz was supposed to be a GOOD photographer, that is one ugly pic.
Leibovitz has passed her prime and so has Vanity Fair. Time for Tina Brown to try “Talk” again. I’m betting that it was just that her timing was off. If she set it up like the old “Interview”, when Warhol ran it, with celebrities interviewing other celebrities NOT in their field, it could be pretty interesting. Problem with all these mags are that they are all the same. Vanity Fair is just a catalog of ads and celebrity fawning. Boooooring!
ok, personally i am not a fan of miley cyrus herself, but i do love her show. this picturee wasnot bad atall but do a google immage search for miley cyrus photo scandle and see what you find
this picture is not even “horrible” as EVERY celeb gossip site is saying. britney spears participated in photoshoots & music videos WAYYYY worst than anything Miley has done & Britney just got her career boosted. But when Miley does 1 photoshoot showing off her back they call the “porn mobile” on her. geez..celeb sites need to stop. Her parents & little sister were on set with her & posing with her in other shots. Miley says she feels really embarrassed looking back at the pictures but i don’t think she should be apologizing to anyone. If she took it to be artistic then she should stick to her story. Miley don’t give in to all the gossip cause your picture is in no way bad & i to think it’s very artistic. Keep with the reason that you took that shot:)
her lipstick looks like she put it on herself, the picture is kinda murky looking, not that great and i don’t recall see miss miley upset when she was frolicking around on the set. make this whole thing go away.
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She so honey :))
Miley Cyrus is just dumb. She knows she has young fans, yet she acts stupid. She should quit the music industry.