Miley Cyrus voted worst celebrity influence

By Alexandra Heilbron on February 10, 2011 | 25 Comments


Miley Cyrus was voted the worst celebrity influence of 2010 in an online poll conducted by AOL’s Just So You Know website. The 18-year-old Hannah Montana star, who’s dating Joshua Bowman, the co-star of her upcoming movie, So Undercover, registered a generous 42 percent of the 99,000 votes in the poll. This marks the second year she’s scored the top prize. Additionally, 30 percent of the site’s users said they’re “over her” altogether. Britney Spears managed to snag second place with 27 percent of the votes, while Kanye West placed third at 19 percent. Vanessa Hudgens was far behind with 9 percent for nude photos that were leaked online, while Shia LaBeouf only earned 3 percent in fifth place for his drunk driving arrest. According to the New York Daily News, just weeks after Miley was caught on video smoking salvia from a bong, she was photographed lifting her shirt almost to her chest in a gay club. Interestingly, Bowman, 22, is Amy Winehouse’s ex-boyfriend.



Comments & Discussion

  1. Rita • February 10, 2011 @ 12:23 AM

    She dresses like a hooker. I think her fame has come and gone. Her fans have switched to Bieber.

  2. nobody important • February 10, 2011 @ 5:37 AM

    She comes from a long line of rednecks and hillbillies. She’s made no effort to break the pattern. I’m surprised it took most people this long to realize she’s a poor role model.

  3. Germain • February 10, 2011 @ 11:18 AM

    SHe’s a has been at 18, I see rehab in her future

  4. Mel:) • February 10, 2011 @ 2:09 PM

    Hah, add my vote, as I professed ages ago that Miley is THE worst celebrity role model for our girls, I guess someone inevitably had to take Britney’s place…

  5. Terry • February 10, 2011 @ 3:06 PM

    Yeah, she’s been a skank for a number of years now, she started sliding into skankdom at the age of 15. She’s hanging around with her skanky mother, who’s listed as a producer on her movie. I guess she doesn’t care that her mother cheated on her father. If that was my mom, I’d disown her.

  6. Someone • February 10, 2011 @ 3:56 PM

    Asshole celebrities for asshole fans.

  7. jjones • February 10, 2011 @ 4:30 PM

    I don’t think she’s the worst – I can’t believe Lindsey didn’t make the list or be #1 for that matter. Miley has her faults, but I wouldn’t put her as #1.

  8. Kay • February 10, 2011 @ 5:15 PM

    She has no substance.
    Her 15 minutes of fame on Hannah Montana has long passed and her acting and singing career has not amounted to anything substantial.
    She must stay in the spotlight by being controversial and leaving her wholesome image behind and doing provocative adult-like acts
    2008 posing topless in a photoshoot
    2009 party in usa,teen choice awards, pole dancing
    2010 giving the producer of her movie a lap dance
    2010 on her 18 birthday smoking a bong.
    just to name a few.
    Her bad influence to be continued…

  9. Deanna Taylor • February 10, 2011 @ 5:47 PM

    I agree. Miley has left behind that wholesome image long ago. Used to love my daughter idolizing her. Even my daughter her friends realized long ago that she is a slut and not someone they want to be like. They dropped her like a hot potato.

  10. Deanna Taylor • February 10, 2011 @ 5:48 PM

    I agree. Miley has left behind that wholesome image long ago. Used to love my daughter idolizing her. Even my daughter and her friends realized long ago that she is a slut and not someone they want to be like. They dropped her like a hot potato.

  11. apple • February 10, 2011 @ 7:01 PM

    OK u ppl are soo mean shes a person like u ppl she was feeling u know i didnt say i like her im uncomfortable the way she looks but i like her songs U PPL ARE MEAN ! IMIDDIT U PPL ARE MEAN!!!

  12. Mary • February 10, 2011 @ 7:50 PM

    This girl makes me want to puke. I watched her movie and thought there’s something strange about her then realized she doesn’t have too much of a ncek, it seems her shoulders are up there with her head, is it just me!
    P.S. I agree with Kay .

  13. Terri • February 10, 2011 @ 7:57 PM

    Definately, we will see her in Rehab, soon..She and Charlie Sheen, whom, (I hope we do not read about him dying in some hotel room), Sad, but true, and Lindsey Lohan,will all end up on that Recovery show…Such wastes! I feel sad for her, though, she had so much going for her:( What a waste!:(

  14. britt • February 10, 2011 @ 8:37 PM

    I think your all bein alittle harsh.. shes 18 she is aloud to make mistakes and learn from them. i think that lindsey should be #1 she doesnt seem to learn from anything! i dont think miley should be #1 she can be in the top 20 and thats fine, but look at charlie, mel, lindsey. like they should be top 5. i am 21 i do have a child, i am a miley fan i watched hannah with my neice and she nos that she can look up to Hannah montana and like miley for some of her songs and really she adores hannah, not a huge fan of miley. so really u can let ur kids watch her show just let them look up the the character hannah montana.

  15. Gill • February 10, 2011 @ 9:05 PM

    As a mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother I still see Miley as a role model for young people. I see her as very respectful and seems to be a great family member. I also think she has very good acting abilities for a person as young as she is. I made way more mistakes I’m sure, by the time I was her age, than she has, and I turned out to be a good person. I do a lot of volunteer work even though I had to put myself through courses to finally get a good job. I made it and am very proud of myself and I think Miley is on the right track. I think most of you people who are putting her down are jealous of her. I wonder, are you perfect????

  16. Mary • February 10, 2011 @ 9:11 PM

    Hannah Montana is a fictional character, Miley Sirus is real there is a difference. Surely there are better role models than smiley Miley. The only reason she apologized for her actions recently are probably due to the fact her star is fading and falling from the sky but underneath it all she’s still the spoiled immoral brat.

  17. Nanny Tanja • February 10, 2011 @ 9:41 PM

    I never trusted her not ever Didney should have fired her a long time ago

  18. OMG • February 11, 2011 @ 12:09 AM

    Come on you jealous people…….It’s negative idiots like you that are jealous! You idiots influence child celebrities until they break! Talk about ruthless people…..and you sleep at night? Stardom/fame is not all wonderful….there is alot of pressure, alot of stress and 1/2 of it comes from defending themselves to idiots like you.

    Did you mother not say to you “if you can’t say anything nice, then shut your mouth and keep your disrespectful comments to yourself!”

    Here, remember this…………..karma be it whatever it is you give out………it will come back atcha 10fold…………..good luck!

  19. nobody important • February 11, 2011 @ 9:45 AM

    I don’t hate Miley Cyrus because I’m jealous. I hate her because I have common sense. She’s a poor role model; deal with it.

  20. gbh999 • February 11, 2011 @ 9:47 AM

    Miley Cyrus is just a hick. It’s too bad that Disney and her Pimp father, helped to ruin her life. While she was playing a make believe role for Disney, her parents failed too instill any morels and principles in the young girl. And, you can see the results today. A young woman completely devoid of any style and substance. She can’t even tie her own shoes. Look at the picture!! But she is worth hundreds of millions of dollars though. To red-neck Republicans, that’s all that matters anyway.

  21. DD • February 11, 2011 @ 11:43 AM

    Actually, she has a beautiful voice and some really great songs. If people would only judge these young people for their actual talent and not stuff made up and real about how they act it would be great. She’s not a bad actress either. She’s not half as much of an attention seeker as Gaga or Keisha anyway and how does anyone know that she is a slut, grow up people!

  22. Mel:) • February 11, 2011 @ 12:51 PM

    Wow… The long and the short of it- yes she’s human and
    makes mistakes like the rest of us, no we’re not perfect and I most certainly am not jealous, been there done that, had my own moments in the spotlight, big deal. The comment I responded to earlier is she is bad ROLE MODEL, plain and simple. It’s not a shot at her as a person or an actress, pop star or country girl. When you are a celebrity you have an obligation to fulfill to be a better ROLE MODEL to the rest of the world… And really, who takes these polls seriously enough to argue about them and insult each other in these forums? Move on

  23. C-Dub • February 11, 2011 @ 5:23 PM

    100% AGREED.

  24. Thibz • February 12, 2011 @ 6:25 PM

    OK SERIOUSLY!! Miley isnt exactly the best role model at this point in her life while trying to escape the Hannah Montana image. Yes she has done some provocative things to recreate herself which im sure was more from a mangement stand point to find a way for her to make money outside of her children friendly acting/singing career.
    But honestly take a second and think about the amount of actually serious trouble Linday Lohan and Mel Gibson have gotten into over the year. Linday keeps on racking up charges and going in and out of rehab. Miley hasnt reached this yet and may or may never get to that point.
    Lindsay Lohan should recieve worst celebrity influence hands down!!!!

  25. Betty • February 26, 2011 @ 7:19 PM

    well if this is all they have to vote and talk about ….what about charlie sheen? there are countless others who have bad reps that have done far worse than Smiley Miley… of course it does not hurt her just makes her more “out” there publicity wise…. I don’t think there are many celebrities that have not been slammed for little or nothing….aren’t we the unknown lucky that we are not under a microscope.


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