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Miley Cyrus "Embarrassed" Over Vanity Fair Photos
Published 4/28/2008 by Jen Chung at Gothamist
... The photograph shows Cyrus, seemingly topless, covered by a sheet, and when Entertainment Tonight promo'd it over the weekend, one parent and blogger suggested that people burn their children's Hannah Montana items in a bonfire. Cyrus issued a statement to People magazine, ...

She's Just Being Miley
Published 4/28/2008 by TRENT at Pink Is The New Blog
... manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines," the statement said. Cyrus also recently apologized for a series of personal photos that circulated on the Internet last week in which she bared her midriff and her bra. "The pictures of me on the Internet were silly, inappropriate shots. I appreciate all the support of my fans, and hope they understand that along the way I am going to make mistakes and I am not perfect," she said in a statement to People. Vanity Fair issued a statement of their own (on behalf of the magazine and ...

Miley Cyrus is full of crap (Photo evidence included)
Published 4/28/2008 at The Superficial - Because You're Ugly
... . Basically, it takes the piss right out of the following claim made by Disney via The New York Times who think Disney is worried about the shots alienating parents from their billion dollar franchise: ...

Miley Cyrus looks like she really hated being topless
Published 4/28/2008 by DCScrap at on 205th magazine: Stuff Guys Like. [Pop Culture For Men]
So by now we've all seen or heard about Miley Cyrus' oh so erotic photos that Vanity Fair is about to publish and the spin that Disney tried to put on it by saying that "a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines." Uh huh... [image] Miley issued her own spin as well ... Miley says she never meant to show so much skin. "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," Miley said in a statement. "I never intended for any of this to happen, and I apologize to my fans, who I care so deeply about." Of course, the Christian Coalition of America ...

Investigating The Miley Cyrus 'Topless' Photo Scandal: Career-Ender Or Standard Starlet Move? [Starlets Under Fire]
Published 4/28/2008 by Molly Friedman at Defamer
... , Disney and, naturally, the ladies of The View. Leibovitz and VF are being accused of crossing the line between art and pedophilia by shooting Cyrus in what some are calling "topless" photos (shown after the jump). Before the issue has even hit newsstands, ...

Vanity Fair responds to Disney
Published 4/29/2008 by celebfan at Celebrity Rumors
Disney is worried about the recent shots of Miley Cyrus in Vanity Fair ruining her image with parents. You know, the ones of her smiling and having a great time. New York Times says, A Disney spokeswoman, Patti McTeague, faulted Vanity Fair for the photo. “Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines,” she said. Vanity Fair says, Um, was Cyrus—or Disney—at all anxious about this shot? “No, I mean I had a big blanket on. And I thought, This looks pretty, and really natural. I think it’s really artsy.”  Ah yes, she certainly looks the part ...