From The "Hoedown Throwdown" to "Wrecking Ball," Disney Channel star to often topless and twerking pop icon,Miley Cyrus has made quite the 180 in all things Miley Cyrus. Here's a look back through Cyrus' ongoing career as the one to watch.
2006 13-year-old Miley is an all-American tween idol. Here she is rockin' her trademark brown locks, tongue securely in mouth.
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2007 14-year-old Miley is a Disney superstar and (OMG!!!) she's dating fellow tween icon Nick Jonas!
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2008 15-year-old Miley wants you to know that she's more than her squeaky clean image. In 2008, Cyrus made her first-ever controversial move when she posed for
Vanity Fair clothed in only a satin bedsheet.
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2009 16-year-old Miley engages the tabloids yet again when she performs new single "Party In The U.S.A." at the
Teen Choice Awards.
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2010 17-year-old Miley is coming into her own. She tops several best-dressed lists with her 2010 Oscars look (pictured at right). 2010 also serves as the year that she grows close to The Last Song co-star Liam Hemsworth...
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2011 18-year-old Miley sees
Hannah Montana through to its fourth and final season. In September, she makes Billboard's coveted "
21 under 21" list of music's hottest minors.
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2012 Few careers have taken a more drastic turn than Cyrus's circa 2012. She cuts her hair. She gets engaged. Miley is a grownup, y'all! But the most shocking shift is yet to come...
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2013 The engagement is OFF.
Bangerz is ON — her hit singles "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball" are playing radio station's across the world, earning Cyrus her greatest acclaim yet. And then the
2013 VMAs happened... It became official: Cyrus had effectively twerked her way into the hearts and homes of America.
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2014 Cyrus becomes an unofficial celebrity spokesperson for the Free the Nipple movement — takes off top
A LOT.
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2015 Cyrus hosts the 2015 VMAs and puts on quite a show with the force of her wild
outfit changes alone.
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2016 Cyrus has come a long way since her Hannah Montana days. What's next for the pop icon... A long-awaited wedding to reestablished fiance Liam Hemsworth? A new world tour? More NSFW Instagram pics? Only time will tell...
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