Hey everyone! I'm working on an article for a music column I write and I need some opinions!
The Teen Choice Awards came on the other night and Miley Cyrus had a pretty outrageous performance. If you didn't see it you can watch it on Youtube. After you've watched it let me know what you thought about it. Keep in mind that she's only 16 years old.
Also, what did you think about Dane Cook's comment that Vanessa Hudgens needs to keep her clothes on? Do you think it was it inappropriate for him to mention it?

She wasn't bumping and grinding on it - so what's the big deal? She walked around it a couple times... Besides - she's not grinding on her female dancers like most of us were doing with friends at school dances at that age - so I'd say she's doing alright.

I don't remember Dane's comment about that - so I can't form an opinion

If you want to see the Dane Cook comment you can watch that on Youtube as well.

I never even WENT to school dances at 16!

didnt work sadly...

i cant say im surprised.. cuz stuff like this happens all the t

grr! sorry bloop entered it before i was done lol

shes 16 shes prob gonna end up badly like paris (which still pisses me off she gets arrested and she gets her OWN big ol cell room with her stuff)
or the olsen

ARGH okay im getting mad at my cpu!! or lindsay logan the list can get long... now im done

i blame the parents for this

Do you really find it appropriate to be making these judgments when you haven't even watched the video?

comon seirously... a 16 yr old "disney girl" pole dancing says it all... i feel bad for those kids who look up to her... and shes just one of those girls whos gonna be making a major fool out of herself

Common seriously, she's a 16 year old girl acting like many other 16 year old girls. I'm not saying I like her, or approve... but gees, she's not that much different from a large percentage of girls that age.

umm im 24 now, and when i was 16 along with a bunch of my 16 yr old friends NO ONE acted like that... parents just dont care they dont explain or show them that they need to be more dressed apporperate

thats why those 16 yr old drinks and get themselves in trouble, thats why they end up preg, thats why they end up in juvie...

it is SICK to see her half naked... she needs to put on regular shorts not underwear its a matter of time when we see her become like those stupid girls we see on the news or maggazines

I never said you or any of your friends were acting like that. I said many other 16 year old girls, not every 16 year old girl of all time.

And she isn't half naked. Short shorts (not that I'd wear them) have been around for years and years. I see people wearing less than that on the Gold Coast, or in night clubs!

By the way. Not all 16 year olds who drive wind up in trouble, pregnant or juvenile detention. Hell at 16 I was prone to a drink here and there, and wow, I'm alright!

You blame teen pregnancy on this? um yeah, there are MAANY other reasons for teen pregnancy.

But she wasn't pole dancing..... if you watched the video, you would see that.

i found the other link to it... it was shocking im like wtf?

man shes gonna end up pone of those bad girls, her parents r not good parents, and she needs clothes on

Did you see at the end when her parents gave her a standing ovation?

She's still a twat.

Ok I just watched the video... what's with her voice? Does she normally sing like that? Being a 21 year old British girl I wouldn't know but... wow. Why is she so popular?

Gosh I wish Bloop had an edit button! Anyhoo, I wouldn't let my 16 year old daughter wear hot pants like that. Holy bejesus.

I think it's absurd that people are making such a big deal out of this. All in all, Miley is relatively decent as far as role models for young girls go. She wasn't swinging on the pole with one leg or stripping or anything out of the ordinary for a 16 year old. Honestly, people forget what it's like to be 16... they aren't as "young" as people try to make them sound. When I was 16, I was fully capable of living on my own had I needed to. Granted, some 16 year olds are overly immature. However, I was a JUNIOR in high school when I was 16... that's not exactly a baby. Additionally, I don't think there is anything wrong with her wanting to show the world that she's becoming more of a beautiful, sexy woman and that she's no longer an 11 or 12 year old girl on disney shows. People get older. It's a fact of life. We can't continue to treat her like she's still in elementary school simply because she's from disney. Look at Britney! Her very first video was at the same age as Miley and it was severely more risque and outrageous than Miley's performance and no one gave Britney a hard time!

I think people are so shocked and appalled by Miley's performance because they're still thinking of her as a 12 year old disney kid when she isn't. People need to be more fair and give her a break. She's not anywhere near as bad as everyone else out there that our children could be looking up to. At least she shows she has family values.

I feel like people are just trying to find any little thing about Miley to blow out of proportion because society can't stand a generally well-behaved celebrity... it's boring to them.

I'm sorry, I'm trying to keep personal opinion out of this, but Britney's first video was more risque than Miley's performance?? I just don't see it. In the Baby One More Time video Britney was practically completely covered up and there was no sexy dancing in it. Yes, you could see glimpses of her bra, but you could barely see anything most of the time. Just quick glimpses of black.
I respect your opinion and I think you made a lot of valid points, but the Britney argument is off base, in my opinion.

You think this performance was more risque than Britney's Hit Me Baby One More Time music video? That whole song was about SEX. And she was in a school girl outfit (something commonly used as a role play outfit for sex). Her stomach and boobs were hanging out and she looked like she was about to take off what little she had on while dancing. Miley had short shorts on..big deal? At least her breasts weren't hanging out and you couldn't see her undergarments.

Oh, no, I don't think Miley's performance was more risque. My argument was that Britney's wasn't more risque, if that makes sense. In my eyes they were pretty much equal. Britney had undertones of sexuality. If you were a kid and didn't know anything about sex and role playing you would have no idea that the video was inappropriate. Miley's performance on the other hand was right there in your face.

not to pick an argument, but actually you could see her undergarments, you could see her bra clear as day in that shirt.

Oh and don't get me wrong, I love Britney but looking at that video she looks and is acting like a woman in her 20's. Miley looks and acts her age in that video in my opinion.