Posted by Steve Suter on October 28, 2009
What? Cute sweet Miley Cyrus, who was just here in concert a few weeks ago has been voted the worst celebrity influence of 2009 by the very people who made her a star, tweens and teens, according to an online poll on Wednesday.
Cyrus, 16, took 42 percent of votes in the poll for AOL’s JSYK.com (Just So You Know) Web site aimed at 9-15 year-olds, pushing Britney Spears and rapper Kanye West into second and third places, respectively, in a section on worst celebrity influences of the year.
She seems like a good role model to me although Miley is controversially dating a 20-year-old model, and made “slant eyes” in an informal snapshot criticized as mocking Asians, and was accused of pole-dancing on a teen awards show.
Miley did come in No. 4 in the category of favorite female artist, behind 19-year-old sensation Taylor Swift, “I Kissed a Girl” singerKaty Perry and Beyonce. The poll attracted almost 50,000 votes.
I think Miley’s very young fans and parents are starting to see a transition from the sweet Hannah Montana on TV to the more grown up Miley Cyrus in real life and some are definitely resisting it. She is under alot of pressure. I mean Miley has been one of the biggest teen idols in the world since 2006, selling more than 7 million albums, starting her own fashion line, and taking $154 million at the worldwide box-office for “Hannah Montana: The Movie” in 2009.
No big surprise was Kanye West, whose interruption of Taylor’s Swift’s acceptance speech at a music award show in September was deemed the most shocking moment of 2009, took 19 percent of votes in the worst celebrity influence section.




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