(Miley Cyrus photo by Annie Leibovitz
exlusively for Vanity Fair Magazine)
exlusively for Vanity Fair Magazine)
Is Miley Cyrus a bad role model? The general consensus seems to be yes.
It seems that anything Miley Cyrus does these days is scrutinized under a microscope. The latest escapade with the "topless Miley Cyrus photos" is a perfect example.
While on the Vanity Fair photo shoot, neither Miley, her parents, or anyone else on the shoot, ever said anything about the photos being "too racey" or "inappropriate". But after all of the hoopla and media circus, Miley is changing her tune. In a caption released by Vanity Fair with the photo last week, Cyrus expressed her comfort with how the apparently topless picture turned out.
"I think it's really artsy," she told the magazine at the time. "It wasn't in a skanky way. Annie took, like, a beautiful shot, and I thought that was really cool. That's what she wanted me to do, and you can't say no to Annie."
But now this week, Miley seems to have changed her mind.
"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 said Sunday 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."
"Miley's parents and/or minders were on the set all day," the magazine said. "Since the photo was taken digitally, everyone saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley."
A spokesman for The Disney Channel, which airs the Hannah Montana TV show, said: "Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines."
But it was indeed Miley's Parents who are responsible for making sure that "manipulation" does not occur and the hands of Vanity Fair, or any one else.
