Miley Cyrus
By: Naya Humphrey
Early Life
- Born Destiny Hope Cyrus in Franklin, Tennessee on November 23, 1992
- Given nickname Smiley, because she often smiled, later changed to Miley
- Two siblings & three half siblings
- Daughter of 90's country star (Billy Ray Cyrus)
- Grew up on family farm near Nashville, Tennessee
- Appeared on father's TV series Doc & in Tim Burton's Big Fish (2003)
Hannah Montana
- At 13, lands lead role in a new Disney series Hannah Montana as Miley Stewart (2004)
- Father; Billy Ray Cyrus plays fiction-dad manager on the show
- Entire family moved to Los Angeles, California to continue filming of Hannah Montana (2005)
- First Hannah Montana soundtrack released in 2006, was successful
- Double album; Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus launched the tour "Best of Both Worlds"
- Concert sold out & extended 14 dates to help disappointed fans
- Collected $31.3 million from 3-D film during opening weekend
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Pop & Film Star
- Changed legal name to Miley Ray Cyrus (2008)
- Second studio album Breakout releases & reaches top of the pop album charts (2008)
- Makes autobiography Miles to Go to give a look into her life with unseen photos & family stories (2009)
- The EP The Time of Our Lives sells $5.38 billion copies (2009)
- "Party in the U.S.A" & "When I Look at You" become hits & her most successful songs to date
- Hannah Monatana: The Movie scores at the box office & makes more than $79 million (2009)
- Starred in romantic drama The Last Song (2010)
- Album Cant Be Tamed succeeds (2010)
- Changes look & cuts hair short & stays away from the Hannah Montana persona
- Shocks everyone at the MTV Music Video Awards in 2013
- Releases album Bangerz ; which succeeds (2013)
Challenges
- Controversey for posing for revealing photographs taken by photographer Annie Leibovitz
- Weeks after 18th birthday a video of Miley smoking marijuana was leaked
- Shocked & judged byy everyone when she twerked on Robin Thicke on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards
Personal Life
- On & off with Nick Jonas from music group the Jonas Brothers (since 2007)
- Dated model, Justin Gaston (2009)
- After years of dating on & off with actor, Liam Hemsworth , she announced her engangement (2012)
- Called it quits with Fiance Liam Hemsworth (2013)
Citations
Currie-McGhee, L. K. Miley Cyrus. Farmington Hills, MI: Lucent, 2009. Print.
"Miley Cyrus." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.
Wang, Julia. "Miley Cyrus." PEOPLE.com. Time INC. Network, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.