What will become of Americas favorite teen?

Miley Cyrus

Love her or hate her, Miley Cyrus is a major icon in our society. She started off with her own Disney show, Hannah Montana. The show was centered around her double life as a normal kid who was secretly a famous rock star, Hannah Montana. Miley began producing her own music, and her records have gone platinum. Not only does she have her own CD’s, she has Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana everything. From lip gloss to notebooks it is nearly impossible to go through your day without hearing one of her songs on the radio or seeing one of her products in a store. Many argue that Miley’s fame was only created because of the fame of her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, an American Country music singer. But Miley has worked hard to be where she is today. She has given up a large portion of her childhood, and all of her teen years to her career. So how does our society allow a 12 year old girl (at the time she really began to become popular) to gain so much fortune and fame. The answer is that today, when a person becomes a fan of someone they have the ability to download all of their music for free (generally), buy every single one of their products, follow them on Facebook, twitter, and Myspace, and genuinely feel like they know the celebrity personally. The way that technology has advanced allows people to become obsessed with celebrities, and in turn gives that celebrity more fortune and fame. Even if a star today has less talent then someone from thirty years ago, today’s star would have more of an opportunity to succeed because of the way our popular culture is obsessed with celebrities. Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears are examples of two celebrities who were in a similar situation as Miley at her age. Our culture is dying to know what will become of Miley Cyrus. Will she continue to be successful, or fall off track and become involved with drugs and alcohol like many other celebrities in our culture? Only time will tell, but for a girl that has already had so much spotlight on her it will be interesting to see if she can withstand the pressures of tabloidization, paparazzi, and the stress of constantly being in the public eye.