Monday, April 28, 2008

SORRY?

A story today on cnn.com quotes Miley Cyrus, Disney's Hannah Montana, as saying that she's "embarrassed" by her Vanity Fair photo.

Photos of Cyrus topless and covered on the front with a blanket are not art. I don't care who calls it art, it's nothing more than someone profiteering off a child.

Renowned photographer, Annie Leibovitz should never have done this. Her mother should have said no, her daddy should have said no.

The photo above was also taken at the sitting and she could have used a few more clothes. I think a decision has just been made to move her career past the Disney Channel.

Your thoughts?

7 Comments:

At April 28, 2008 3:36 PM, Blogger Sandi said...

Britney started going down that slippery slope when she was in her teens and you see what happened to her. I really, really hope that Miley will draw the line and not do something like this again. Millions of kids look at her as a role model. Why did she strip at the photo shoot?

Shame you you, Miley Cyrus. And shame on your parents, for letting you.

 
At April 28, 2008 4:15 PM, Blogger Leilani Salter said...

Certainly it's a decision for her and her parents to make but please don't act surprised when she turns out like Britney, Lindsay or Paris. It's just too much too fast for these young girls. They need to be allowed to be kids.

 
At April 28, 2008 8:45 PM, Anonymous twicker said...

She is in the public eye and her parents need to protect her every move- I do think it is all about a dollar and they(parents) may not understand what it can do to her image and her mind when she is older-she is so very young right now and very vulnerable and naive at such a young age-but, that is just my opinion-but, I do believe they love her very much!

 
At April 29, 2008 10:17 AM, Blogger From the Doghouse said...

Since she is a minor, her parents had to both sign a permission slip and be on hand for the shoot. They intentionally allowed it. I lost a lot of respect for them as parents because of it.

 
At April 29, 2008 2:33 PM, Blogger Leilani Salter said...

Dog,
I know your daughter is a huge Hannah Montana fan. What will you tell her when she sees Miley on the cover of Vanity Fair while standing in the grocery line?

 
At April 29, 2008 2:41 PM, Blogger From the Doghouse said...

Her mom already beat me to that. She talked with her about the fact that Miley made some pictures, some of which she shouldn't have made. Not that they were "bad" (at least not in comparison to what she could have done), but they were ones she didn't need to do. Miley has since apologized and said she shouldn't have done them, which is good, but it doesn't change the fact that they're now out there.

She used it to teach her everyone can make mistakes, but that it's better to think things through ahead of time and not make them rather than make them and have to 1. apologize and 2. deal with the consequences.

 
At April 29, 2008 2:43 PM, Blogger Leilani Salter said...

Wow. Go ahead, Mom. Good answer.

 

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Leilani Salter is a 20-year veteran in Mississippi journalism. She began her career with The Scott County Times in 1987 and joined The Clarion-Ledger in 2001. Leilani and her husband, Sid, have four grown children and one grandson. She has been a mother since 1980, a grandmother since 2003 and a stepmother since 2006.