Disney brands Miley Cyrus as next Snow White

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The Disney spin control camp and teen superstar Miley Cyrus’ handlers had anything but a quiet Sunday. Cyrus herself -- clearly, anticipating fallout from an upcoming Vanity Fair shoot in which she appears semi-topless -- has said ‘I’m sorry’ to fans in a preemptive statement on Usmagazine.com. The picture, above, was taken by Annie Leibovitz and looks hardly scandalous. Cyrus and Disney have no right to cry foul. Anyone who has ever been on a celebrity photo shoot knows that there is an army of publicists and managers overseeing the photos taken and the overall image that will ensue. (Cyrus’ people say that VF took advantage of the 15 year old.)

It’s obvious that Cyrus is frantically trying to back-pedal from the recent photos of her in a bra that showed up on the Internet. See them here. The shots--think ‘Lolita’ meets ‘Hannah Montana’--were hardly Rated R. She looks provocative, which is no sin for a teen. The Rage thinks that Disney et al. are doing a major disservice to this teenager’s career by taking a holier-than-thou stance on Cyrus’ image. She’s 15 and girls that age are starting to understand their sexuality. To try and trap this adolescent in amber just to maintain her lucrative part as a role model to little girls is selfish and unrealistic.

When it comes to celebrities, a whitewashed image is just begging for graffiti. It’s only a matter of time before Cyrus gets tagged.