Monday, April 28, 2008

Miley Cyrus vs. Vanity Fair Is this really a scandal?

Miley Cyrus vs. Vanity Fair Is this really a scandal?

Everyone connected to the Miley Cyrus ''nude'' photo controversy is unhappy.

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The folks at Vanity Fair magazine are miffed because the relatively tame ''artsy'' shots of the ''Hannah Montana'' star — appearing in the upcoming issue of the magazine — were totally cleared by the star's parents ''and/or minders'' who were on hand for the entire photo shoot with famed celebrity photographer Annie Leibowitz.
Miley Cyrus has issued an apology for photos she took to accompany a Vanity Fair magazine story.


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Cyrus herself has had second thoughts — releasing a statement through her publicist indicating she now feels ''so embarrassed,'' as her enormous legion of fans worries she's turning into another Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan.
''I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed,'' Cyrus says in a statement through her publicist. ''I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about.''

''In this post-Britney and Lindsay period, every young star who has a meteoric rise like Miley will undergo ongoing scrutiny by the public,'' longtime Hollywood image consultant and stylist Helen Bauerman told me today. ''In this case you also have the 'Disney factor' at work too. ... It's vital for them that Miley's image remain true to that wholesome image.''

As for the Disney Channel — where Cyrus' ''Hannah Montana'' show is a huge success — they issued a statement blasting Vanity Fair for ''a situation created ... to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines.''

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