How young is too young?

 

It’s difficult to find anyone who hasn’t heard of Miley Cyrus; after all she’s never far away from the media and the public eye these days. After her drastic image change, introducing ‘twerking’ to the world and admitted drug use amongst many other things she has become known for, we’re always waiting for her next episode of antics. But Miley wasn’t always being noticed for her outrageous behaviour; it’s hard to remember that she was once a Disney sweetheart.

At the young age of 9, Miley took on her first acting role in a television series which starred her father Billy Ray Cyrus. At 11, she also took on a role in Tim Burton’s film Big Fish. But it was at the age of 12 when her celebrity career really took off. When Miley turned 12 she was offered the role of Hannah Montana on the Disney channel where she played a teen pop-star who hid her true identity from the world. Through the show she released a number of albums, a 3D film and even launched a tour as her character Hannah Montana.

 

In 2008 at the age of 16, Miley began releasing songs as herself rather than her alter ego Montana. After calling time on her Disney career, Miley has gone to some extreme lengths to distance herself from her Hannah Montana persona. In 2012 the singer underwent a dramatic makeover when she bleached and shaved her hair. In 2013 she then went on to release the video to her song ‘We Can’t Stop’ which showed her with next to no clothing on, twerking with teddy bears, spanking friend’s rear-ends and generally just acting in a provocative manner. In her next video to the song ‘Wrecking Ball’, Miley literally bared all as she swung naked on a wrecking ball.

A few months later Miley made the headlines once again after her somewhat outrageous performance at the MTV video music awards ceremony where she took to twerking up against singer Robin Thicke and dancing provocatively with a foam finger.

 

She took things one step further later on this year at the EMA ceremony in Amsterdam by taking a joint out of her bag onstage and lighting it to smoke live on television.

In between her public outbursts of shocking behaviour, Miley has also been known for openly arguing with father Billy Ray Cyrus over Twitter, posting raunchy pictures of herself online and generally gaining attention from the world for, what some would say, the wrong reasons.

Our question is, what has caused Miley to undergo such a dramatic change? Was so much fame at such a young age a factor? Is it the start of a celebrity ‘meltdown’? Tell us what you think.