Miley -- Miles from Reality on VF Shoot

76. Um, Vanity Fair is an ADULT magazine - did she not know the caliber of images that are in there?? And why is Miley acting so shocked at her own skin? I think we've all seen her anyway in photos that SHE took of herself and posted on the web. What a joke. Publicity at its finest...an inside job as usual. Get a grip, Miley, we all know that YOU know damn well which photos were being printed. I wouldn't be so quick to blame a professional photographer and the watchful parents on the set. They know very well what went on and what was going to be printed... What a joke. Annie Leibowitz is a great photographer. Miley Cyrus is your everyday fame whore - a cheap version of Britney...at least Britney looked great doing it! Miley looks like she's 36 and sounds like she's a 46 year old smoker.

Posted at 3:06PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Zara

77. Photographers are generally told what TYPE of pic whomever is paying for their services wants. In this case, Vanity Fair and Miley's parents were the ones responsible for telling Annie what look they were looking for. Stop blaming Annie when Miley's PARENTS were right there the whole time. There is no subterfuge going on, right out in the open, silly people!

Posted at 3:08PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Ms_Tell_It_Like_It_Is

78. JUST SAY NO MILEY-YOUR THE STAR-YOU CAN TAKE YOUR OVER SIZED HERMES BAG AND WALK THE F--- OUT- THOSE LAP DOG PARENTS OF YOURS WILL FOLLOW-BUT DONT CRY AFTER THE FACT-JUST GO TO THE BANK SET ON THE FLOOR AND COUNT ALL THAT MONEY-YOUR A STAR-WE MADE YOU THAT WAY- SO...HAVE...FUN...

Posted at 11:16PM on Apr 28th 2008 by lpm90210

79. I don't think the pictures are sexual. I think they capture a young girl on the verge of becoming a woman. I would object to the shot of her in red lipstick, a short dress, and laying on the ground with a come hither look on her face before the other ones. The shots of her in the sheet and with her father are beautiful. If you think there is anything sexual about them then you should ask yourself why YOU are thinking of her in that manner. How many of us have photos of our children in the tub or yard nude? Are those now sexual pics also? Shouldn't we all be ashamed of ourselves ? She should be proud of those photos. They definitely portray someone who is pure, innocent, and full of self confidence. I'm sorry this successful young woman felt the need to appease the rest of you judgemental ignoramuses with an apology.

Posted at 3:16PM on Apr 28th 2008 by me

80. The question isn't (or shouldn't be) who's the liar, the question should be 'why is it that the 'entertainment' industry does its' best to make all the females look like sluts, skanks and whores.

There's nothing wrong with a sweet, wholesome look. I just get tired of all the exploitation done in the name of selling music, movies or whatever. Leave our girls to be girls... they'll grow up soon enough anyway.

About 10 years ago I was following a pile of links here and there, and lo and behold, a photo ad that linked very young Britney Spears engaged in explicit sex acts....want to see more? Just give them your credit card info.

What disturbed me was she was about 15 at the time and in one of the photos she looked as if she had been crying - puffy red eyes and what looked like a slap mark on her left cheek.

...so is this what it takes to see CDs and concerts? Soft and hard core porn, turning our young daughters into whores - literally?

Miley is still young and impressionable. Annie is an old fart who is legendary in the mag industry - having started for teen rags like 16 and Tiger Beat (Yeah - I'm an old fart too), and so what she says goes...

... but all too often artistic license is just a shortcut to soft porn, and this is a good example of it - immaterial that her parents or minders were close by - SOMEONE should have have put the brakes on the photo shoot as soon as the suggestion to take off her top, wear a satin sheet and have her hair done as if to convey the image that she just had a roll in the sack with some idiot.

Hey Billy Ray - you should know better how the industry eats its' young. What the hell were you and the Mrs thinking letting your daughter prance around like that?

...and now that the photos are out and she realizes that she looks like a little slut - NOW she has to apologize to her fans?

What is she really apologizing for? Fear of losing sales, concert tickets and promotions? It sure as hell couldn't be an apology for realizing she looks like a slut - she voluntarily took off her clothes when she was asked to. No-one forced her to do that.

Parents need to teach their daughters that they shouldn't look up to pop stars as idols or heroines, and parents need to teach their daughters that they don't need to dress like whores, and sound like one when they open their mouths to speak. If anything these parents need to take their daughters for a tour through TMZ and teach them that they should be the complete opposite of what they see.

Posted at 3:17PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Yawn

81. Another washed up Hollywood parent selling their kid for $$. The father was there- he knew what went on. Now that the reaction wasn't what they expected, they have to blame someone. Can't take responsibility for their own actions you know; its the Hollywood way. Kid dresses and makes up way too Paris Hilton for my taste. I'm staying tuned for the for the release of the sex tape.

Posted at 3:20PM on Apr 28th 2008 by nira k

82. If the news articles would get it right of once...her parents had been at the photo shoot, but had left and she was with grandma and a teacher. This is not the point. The point is that Annie L. knows better. She has been in the business too long to cop out now. Does she think in a few years she could pull this off on Tom Cruise and Surie??? She would not even CONSIDER IT!!! She knows thoses photos are totally inappropiate for a 15 year old ...and don't try to pull that 'artisy crap on adults.

Posted at 6:44PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Pattyanne

83. At 15 how many people have the nerve to stand up to one of the most famous photographers, reps from a huge magazine, and both of her parents? Are you people serious that you think she should've said something at the time? The adults in the room should have stopped it. Annie needs to pull her artistic head out of her artistic ass and realize that nudity of children in any form isn't artistic. It's exploitative. Her parents should be ashamed. It's not like they are new to the business and didn't know better. Nobody gets to take pics of my teenaged daughter without clothes on. NOBODY. As a mother I would've shut things down the second someone suggested that my child's clothes come off. They could've had a beautiful and edgy layout of this young lady fully clothed. That was where some artistic creativity could've been useful.

Posted at 3:22PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Adrian

84. #72 - I could not agree more with your comments, well said. I guess ultimately Billy Ray and the Mrs. will do anything to keep riding on Destiny's ----oops----Miley's meal ticket.

Posted at 3:23PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Sillyness

85. Are you Cyrus people nut jobs or what! The parents are pimping their 15 year old daughter out for what, money. This stunt is going to come back and bite you in the azz. I hope you lose everything you've got because of the NEGATIVE publicity. T

Posted at 3:25PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Trisha

86. Bill and Hillary are currently pimping Chelsea out to the gays and lesbians for votes, this isn't that much different.....

Posted at 3:28PM on Apr 28th 2008 by FlBiker

87. Men over 21 are jerking off to this picture. You just know it.

Posted at 3:39PM on Apr 28th 2008 by ME

88. Too much money, too much fame, too quickly. I blame her parents for this. Who in their right mind allows a 15 year old to be photographed topless, even with a towel or sheet in front of her. Miley, you too have to take responsibiity for your actions as well. Too many racy photos of you are showing up. Her parents approved the photographer's conduct - they need to be blamed but I suspect they aren't seeing clearly - they are seeing too many dollar signs.

Posted at 3:40PM on Apr 28th 2008 by carol

89. Here we go again. Some of you are trying to blame anyone and everyone except Miley and her parents.

We can argue about what kind of person Annie Liebowitz is, but our beliefs about this are totally irrelevant. I say this because it was Miley and her parents and her handlers who _agreed_ to the photo shoot. Do you think that none of them had any idea of what kind of photographer Liebowitz is, or what kind of magazine is Vanity Far?

Miley's family even participated in the photo shoot. And never once did any of them protest, or ask that any of these photos be destroyed. None of them filed lawsuits trying to block the publication of the photos after the fact.

Rather, all indications are that Miley and her family were _happy_ with the photos. Even Miley said that she saw them and thought they were "artistic".

Only when Disney got wind of it and the family and handlers realized that their source of income was in jeopardy did they start making negative comments about the photos.

So lets put the responsibility where it belongs here: on Miley's family -- or if you believe that Miley is old enough to make her own decisions, then put the blame on her.

Liebowitz and Vanity Fair were just doing what they _always_ do, for better or for worse. It would take a pretty damn moronic set of parents to not realize what they were getting into, and to not stop it once it started going in a way they didn't approve of. I find it much easier to believe that the parents are of a reasonable intelligence level, and they were pursuing this as just another way to market their daughter.

Posted at 3:41PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Sergeant Sphincter of the Dirt Patrol

90. Its the "Britny - ization" of Miley Cyrus...there's no avoiding the sexualiztion of these pop tarts...they do it with or without anymbody's help, but frankly, I would have vetoed the topless shot, no matter how tastefully it was done.

Posted at 5:03PM on Apr 28th 2008 by nora