Miley's Great for Business!

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Sex definitely sells!

Miley Cyrus' Lolita spread in Vanity Fair helped the mag sell 435,000 issues at newsstands.

The Miley issue was the strongest seller since last November!

The falling star wasn't even on the cover (the cover image was a 40-year-old photo of Robert F. Kennedy).

According to Women's Wear Daily, the scandalous Hannah Montana feature elicited a record number of letters from readers — a record-breaking 915, mostly negative, letters.

No story has reportedly come close to sparking such a response!

What will it take for V.F. to top this???

    Posted: Jul 21, 2008 at 12:45 pm / Email this  »

    176 comments to “Miley's Great for Business!”

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    1. hi mo says – reply to this


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      eww hate this girl

    2. dils says – reply to this


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      putting you on the cover, perez!

    3. jemms says – reply to this


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      she looks scary

    4. nadja says – reply to this


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      NO PEREZ…KIDDIE PORN IN THE U.S SELLS!!!!!
      NO PEREZ…KIDDIE PORN IN THE U.S SELLS!!!!!
      NO PEREZ…KIDDIE PORN IN THE U.S SELLS!!!!!
      NO PEREZ…KIDDIE PORN IN THE U.S SELLS!!!!!
      NO PEREZ…KIDDIE PORN IN THE U.S SELLS!!!!!
      NO PEREZ…KIDDIE PORN IN THE U.S SELLS!!!!!

    5. Edwar says – reply to this


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      2nd…damn..

    6. Bex says – reply to this


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      she's a whore

    7. lovee says – reply to this


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      who cares about the skank

    8. coco says – reply to this


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      I don't see anything sexy about this photo at all. In fact, I think she rather looks like shit.
      What's with all the black makeup under her eyes. is THAT supposed to be sexy???? I just think it's a nasty picture of her.



    9. 9

      4th

    10. rebec says – reply to this


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      SLUT!

    11. Brett says – reply to this


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      Niceeee.

    12. Hilla says – reply to this


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      Perez are you still fat?

    13. Roomi says – reply to this


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      aww stop saying bad things about miley perezzykins

    14. Krist says – reply to this


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      I just wanted to say that I wish everybody would leave Miley alone. I'm 18 and a huge fan of Miley. I really don't think it's fair that people are still talking about this. It happened, yes. But it's over. Everyone needs to realize that Miley still and will alway's have fans. It's a lesson to be learned. That's it, it's over. Everybody needs to move on and let her be a normal 15 year old girl.

    15. nicol says – reply to this


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      omgggg im 1stt!!!!!

    16. Poppy says – reply to this


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      she's still a little slut, good for buisness or not.



    17. 17

      THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE - THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT SKANK LOOK BETTER IS TO DROP A LOAD ON HER FACE

    18. tia says – reply to this


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      miley's a little slut. Would she take this picture for promotion to her hanna montana line?NOOOO…disney would never do that. She's basically 2 faced to me. She's hanna montana the role model and then she's miley cyrus the slut that you dont want your daughter to be like. Her parents should discipline her more!

    19. sonz says – reply to this


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      omg im 10th!! and I HATE MILEY CYRUS-WHORE

    20. ben says – reply to this


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      You know that slut was eager and excited to do the photoshoot.

    21. joe m says – reply to this


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      it seems like she and her father are fucking

    22. Gwen says – reply to this


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      Her "falling star" pleas, obviously she star is just as bright as it ever was. Her CD comes out tomorrow and it's gonna kick ass! Give credit where it's due Perez. Don't be jealous!

    23. katie says – reply to this


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      um well this is def photoshopped. people chill out and get a life

    24. miley says – reply to this


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      Re: Krist – you're eighteen and you're an idiot. i'd like to see miley and the jonas homos die in a fiery bus crash

    25. tori says – reply to this


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      ew. i really don't like miley. only reason i'm commenting is because i can't stop laughing at the 'why so serious'. you said you didn't like the dark knight much, but obviously you did because you keep copying it. anyways, nice photoshopping, perez.

    26. B says – reply to this


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      I'm sorry….but I HATE this picture. If Annie Leibowitz cant make you look good on film - then no one can. I never thought this pic was sexy - the scandalous part is how awful Miley looks (looks like the joker!)



    27. 27

      Another Britney in the making. Hey Perez why didn't you mention Britney permanently lost her kids on Friday. Or did I miss the post? Astrochicks.com

    28. bryce says – reply to this


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      she's definitely not a falling star.

    29. ? says – reply to this


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      I bought that VF mag because it had a long article about Bobby Kennedy. I didn't even know the scandalous Miley pics were in it. Why is it assumed people bought it for Miley?

    30. Mom says – reply to this


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      Little SLUT already!
      Don't blame the Parents. This Girl has a TV show and gives Concerts, She knows the word "NO!" She chose not to say it when The picture was taken!

    31. kelly says – reply to this


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      PEREZ - give me a break. The original photo was bad enough, you have retouched this photo to make her look like Heath in Dark Knight. What the fuck!?

      This story is SO damn old… and the photo is bullshit, it wasn't that bad.

    32. fggf says – reply to this


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      shes not a falling star. Yet. but i think she will be a has been at 18. nobody who was a superstar as a child has been able to maintain her /his super fame. except michael J but i dont think he was a solo star as a child (?)

    33. WTF says – reply to this


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      I'm so over this.

    34. Diz says – reply to this


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      Re: nadja
      There is a HUGE pent-up demand for Lolita skin in the USA. Huge. Bursting at the seams. The women in my office showed me a Cosmo (?) survey about 10 years ago. It asked adult men a list of questions. One of the questions was "If you could sleep with a 15 year old girl and get away with it, would you?" Something like 92% of men said yes. Look at Japan. Lolicon is huge there too!

    35. vIC says – reply to this


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      a nude M-A-D-O-N-N-A at 50 will top this!!!!

    36. GEMZ says – reply to this


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      WHO CARES? SHE CLAIMS TO BE THE NEXT MADONNA? I DON'T THINK SO.
      WHO CARES? SHE CLAIMS TO BE THE NEXT MADONNA? I DON'T THINK SO.
      WHO CARES? SHE CLAIMS TO BE THE NEXT MADONNA? I DON'T THINK SO.
      WHO CARES? SHE CLAIMS TO BE THE NEXT MADONNA? I DON'T THINK SO.

    37. RYE says – reply to this


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      LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE THE JOKER WOULD DATE….NO JOKE ABOUT IT!

    38. d-bag says – reply to this


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      Her nose looks like an ass. What a whore.

    39. jan d says – reply to this


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      did anyone else see the photos from this weekend of miley? she is in that tiny bikini and looking so hot.. NYC has had a heat wave and I guess she just made it ten times hotter.. I saw the photos on prothinspo and I assume they will be all over the net in about ten minutes..

    40. moo says – reply to this


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      gah it looks like someone just raped her then threw her to the corner. why would someone want her to look like that anyways? and damn is she on ecs. with that spine?

    41. cubsf says – reply to this


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      With her make-up like this, she looks like she could be the daughter of the Joker from Batman

    42. blarg says – reply to this


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      She looks like the Joker in this pic!

    43. Who c says – reply to this


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      Ha haha…….She looks like the female version of "the joker."

    44. missk says – reply to this


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      EWWWWWWWW she looks like a hooker wit all that makeup on



    45. 45

      great for business or not, she's a whore.

    46. meme says – reply to this


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      This photo posted here has been doctored, but the original is still pretty creepy. Why does Annie L. think that a 15 year old girl looks good all tarted up? I just don't understand why Annie L did the picture this way? She is perpetuating the stereotype of women as objects by this picture.

    47. Krist says – reply to this


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      Okay, first of all the only reason she looks 'scary' as you people say is because they made fun of her face, it wasn't that pale and her makeup wasn't that dark AT ALL! & Perez you need to GROW THE HELL UP! Like leave the celebrity's alone, Miley still has a lot of fans incase you haven't noticed like in her video 3 days ago from ssinging on 'Good Morning America' there was abunch of people cheering for her and that was only in New York, not in Canada and all those other places. I THINK MILEY ROCKS! And so what she made a mistake WOW! It's not like you haven't made one. & thats what her song Nobody's Perfect is about, NOONE IS PERFECT! NOT EVEN YOU. So what she made a mistake big deal. It is proably really hard to be Miley, & I WILL ALWAYS BE A FAN OF MILEY EVEN IF SHE DID DRUGS!(which I hope she doesn't) but some people need to learn to 'forgive & forget'. It doesn't matter anymore really. They were tooken so long ago. And Miley apologized. Like noone is this crazy over Vanessa Hudgens for taking FULLY NAKED pictures. So you shouldn't be mad at Miley for taking pictures when she had pants on and with her shirt up if you don't hate Vanessa Hudgens for taking fully naked pictures! I LOVE YOU MILEY!

    48. Lilax says – reply to this


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      Gosh someone really needs to get a life. I'm not talking about Miley. People need to leave her alone. People are focusing on her way too much. And Perez is a rude butthead.

    49. Amand says – reply to this


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      According to Leibovitz Miley and Annie sat down together and looked through magazines to get ideas for that shoot. Miley had full say in the whole thing, she was not used or tricked by Vanity Fair. She's just a two faced kid who realized too late that this stunt could hurt her wallet.



    50. 50

      but then again, she is still a minor and her agent (or her dad) makes most of the desisions like this..it's sad, because i'm sure she doesn't care, but maybe she didn't know until she got there. but i still thing shes a slut after seeing all the pictures from her phone and stuff. disney should drop her before anything else happens..



    51. 51

      Re: Krist – Perez can do what ever he wants. At least he has the balls to do this stuff.

    52. Redde says – reply to this


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      She looks like the walking dead, somebody was playing with face paints what a mess.



    53. 53

      omg we have to stop this bitch!!
      she's everywhere!! :S

    54. lb says – reply to this


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      Full frontal!

    55. Pam says – reply to this


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      Well, I purchased it on the newstand…BECAUSE it had RFK on the cover and the article on RFK was fantastic.

      So, maybe RFK was the reason it sold so well.

    56. e says – reply to this


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      by being everywhere, shes gonna put a stop of her career herself. being everywhere never lasts, people get sick of you and you lose your popularity.

    57. brook says – reply to this


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      her make-up looks like the joker in this pic…she's so obnoxious

    58. bl says – reply to this


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      $5 says Annie L. knew exactly what she was doing at that photo shoot and couldn't wait to get her cut of the VF sales.

    59. Vixn says – reply to this


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      I still think she looks like the exorcist girl in that picture…..creeeeepy

    60. Tessa says – reply to this


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      she looks like the Joker………
      but not in a good way, yo.

    61. nicol says – reply to this


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      she looks like heath ledger in the new batman movie… smeared make-up.. lol

    62. Jen says – reply to this


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      What a perfect example of American society: everyone was so openly outraged by this whole thing and it elicited such a negative response, yet we find that everyone bought the "hated" issue! A record breaking number!
      We like to pretend to shun the celebrity lifestyle and be appalled by celebrity actions, but if we didn't love it, it wouldn't sell! And it DOES sell, because we WANT them to screw up. We like to appear morally strong, but we're all just closet perverts reading this porn and acting outraged saying shit like "omgzzz she's so ugly!11" and "ew I hate her" while deep inside a little voice is screaming MORE, MORE, MORE.
      I hate this but I can't get enough of this.



    63. 63

      VF is a liberal rag. Interesting that it took such a non-story for them to sell so many copies (their usual crap can't do it).

    64. Angie says – reply to this


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      Shes old newws! I like demi Lovato better! Miley looks the the exorcist !
      and she is nottt sexy at all!

    65. FRACK says – reply to this


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      ATLEAST SHE'S INFLUENCING YOUNG MINDS TO ROCK STYLE MUSIC INSTEAD OF ALL THIS NAUSEATING RAP,HIP-HOP GARBAGE!!!

    66. EYE O says – reply to this


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      Disney needs to pull the plug on this one!!!

      She is sending wrong messages and is getting to big
      headed and STUPID with her decisions!

      What she needs to do is take what money she has now and split!!

      Cuz with what I hear (through the grapevine) Disney is planning on doing
      a MAJOR pullout of her show ASAP!!! Get going girl, while the going is good!!!

      Disney, they can MAKE you and BREAK you!! ;(

      Remember "what goes UP must come DOWN"!!!

      Follow the lead of the Jonas Bros. and take every opportunity
      to apprecuiate what God has allowed you to have and work
      for Him!!! ;)

    67. the o says – reply to this


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      VF will just run a Cover with one of the Victoria secret Models like they always do when they need sales to improve

    68. Miley says – reply to this


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      Miley is just another way for Disney to make more money, just like the jonas brothers, and high school musical. Miley Cyrus claims to be an inncoent young pop star, but based on these pictures, she's anything but.

    69. kyle says – reply to this


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      Are people that stupid to not realize it's supposed to look like the Joker. "Why so Serious?" Anyone. Idiots.

    70. Rache says – reply to this


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      Is it just me or does she look like the Joker?

    71. mana says – reply to this


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      wouldn't this be considered child porn. I know there is no private parts showing but it's still pretty sexually suggestive and underage, maybe it's SOFT-CORE CHILD PORN…
      What will it take for V.F. to top this??? maybe a 5 or 6 year old? who knows and they would probably do it too… I would not be shocked.

    72. Alexa says – reply to this


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      wow perez this is the worst ever you had nothing bad to say about her so you went back a few months really sad perez sucks MILEY IS #1 FOR NOW AND FOREVER

    73. vince says – reply to this


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      coco, b, redde, missk. There is a movie called The Dark Knight out. And I'm sure you heard the quote 'why so serious?' somewhere. or do you only care about tabloid gossip. dumbasses. how could you not make the connection it's mean to look like the Joker.

    74. Reall says – reply to this


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      She looks like she could be the Joker's daughter…

    75. carol says – reply to this


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      She looks exactly like Heath Ledger's joker

    76. freck says – reply to this


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      PEREZ: When I saw this pic, the first thing that came to mind was the Exorcist. You need to do a "Separated at Birth" picture split with this Miley pic next to a pic of Linda Blair in the Excorcist. TY! P.S. You Rock.



    77. 77

      You're a sicko perez.

    78. s says – reply to this


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      Re: fggf – TRUE….But MJ…em HIS LIFE IS MESSED UP…AKA TRAINWRECK.

    79. Linda says – reply to this


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      This was a horrible picture of her. You are right on when you put the Joker saying up there….she's looks sick.

      hate that they did this to her. She'll be a train wreck before too long.



    80. 80

      i don't think she's a falling star at all!
      also, this is actually such a prettty picture! don't photoshop it! thats low guy!!!

      p.s
      Go See MAMMA MIA!

    81. Kelly says – reply to this


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      HAHAHAHA THAT IMAGE.

    82. Secon says – reply to this


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      You know , one second thought, the pictures showing her bare back w/ her ribs sticking out was not the real unseemy thing here ,but 1-th emakeup, 2-the bare back, 3- the facial look. Billy Ray's and Miley' camp abput Annie Leibowitz and all of his other country bumpkin saying sdo nottake away from thefacts he NEVER said which was the1- whole picture was bad, 2and it was not Annie Leibowitz's fault ,and 3-Miley's camp failed to stop this.
      He rface withall of that balck eyeliner made her look like a pedofile's dream. Sick>



    83. 83

      Now now now just because she is rich and famous at 15 is no reason to hate her, okay maybe a little. But give the girl a break. I am sure most people weren't making the best decisions when they were 15. We don't need her to turn into another Brittney Spears. Cut the kid some slack and retract the claws.

    84. Perez says – reply to this


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      Perez.. wow. you are so mature. people can be so stupid! that's not the all the make-up, perez had added some.
      And actually, i saw the picture and i don't think its bad or anything i see it as Art. its quite beautiful, don't you say.

      Anyways. perez. Stop hating on her because she's pretty, and makes wayy more money than you will ever!

      Perez go to hell!

    85. hedvi says – reply to this


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      annie leibovitz is an fantasic photographer, and I think it's awful how peoples attacking Miley. She really does not looks like an whore, and hey she is not topless, like can you see her nipples? really n o t .. Not either her breast so come on! she is just fifteen years old and she was blessed to being photographed by the fantasic leibovitz!
      I would never say no to leibovitz, I really hope Miley will say when she is 25 that the shoot was the best mistake she ever did!

      Thanks.

    86. Court says – reply to this


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      She looks like The Joker from the new Batman movie. What's up with that makeup???

    87. kink says – reply to this


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      they will have to put JENNIFER ANISTON ON THE COVER
      CAUSE SHE SELLS LIKE WATER MY FRIEND

    88. kk says – reply to this


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      I hate that picture, she looks dead, not flattering or "artsy" at all….poor child.

    89. boey says – reply to this


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      I thinks she's fucking her pops too.

    90. lily says – reply to this


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      miley is such a skank and a slut.

    91. Iggy says – reply to this


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      Ha, who cares? Let her be 15. She'll burn out soon enough, and in 15 years who's gonna remember? Lame child porn–I mean pop star.

    92. ezzy says – reply to this


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      Miley Cyrus may be a huge star but if she's not careful she could ruin everything she's worked for.
      This picture is way to reveling for a 15 year old, who kids look up too.

    93. maria says – reply to this


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      MILEY CYRUS IS AN ASS, WHO DOESN'T DESERVE ALL THE FAME SHE HAS.
      ACCORDING TO A NEWS BRODCAST MILEY CYRUS WILL BE DEPLETED BY 2013. SO GOOD LUCK NEW BRITNEY!

    94. titia says – reply to this


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      I think the pictures are inappropriate for her age and should not have included in the magazine. That being said, I think she'll look back on this picture 30 years from now and see a beautiful work of art.

    95. maria says – reply to this


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      MILEY CYRUS IS AN ASS, WHO DOESN'T DESERVE ALL THE FAME SHE HAS. ACCORDING TO A NEWS BROADCAST MILEY WILL BE DEPLETED BY 2013. SO SUCK ON THAT B-Y-O-T-C-H!
      AND EVEN THOUGH I DON'T MEAN THIS GOOD LUCK NEW BRITNEY.!
      I HATE YOU MILEY CYRUS AND I HATE EVERYTHING YOU REPRESENT YOU WEAR CLOTHES THAT ARE WAY TO REVELING FOR YOU, LIKE SHORT DRESSES YOUR NOT A STRIPPER!
      WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO US ALL A FAVOR AND STOP SINGING AND ACTING.
      FOR THE LOVE OF MY EARS!

    96. RATTs says – reply to this


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      BWAHAHAH! I laughed sooo hard when I saw this that I didn't even read the article! YOU RULE PEREZZLER! OXOX RAT

    97. jake says – reply to this


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      Why does her makeup look like the Joker??

    98. JC says – reply to this


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      So it wasn´t because of Robert F. Kennedy XD

    99. Conce says – reply to this


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      I know where have I been,but that is the first time I've got a good look at the Miley Cyrus picture in Vanity Fair and I'm sorry to you young girls but she looks like a zoombie the eyes are too black and stuff on the lips yick My she is only fifteen I realize she is trying to change her image but damn she is only fifteen. The photo is fucking awful where the hell is her mother?

    100. Gigi says – reply to this


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      The photographer should be ashamed. Not because the shots are "sexual" (they really aren't, imo) but because the photos are FUCKING UGLY. I'm not a Miley Cyrus fan. At all. But I *KNOW* she is prettier than that. Holy shit.

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