Miley Cyrus disclaims apology for 2008 Vanity Fair nude portrait shot by photographer Annie Leibovitz
Miley Cyrus disclaims apology for 2008 Vanity Fair nude portrait shot by photographer Annie Leibovitz
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana child star was pictured as a 15-year-old in a cover for the Vanity Fair magazine, where in one of the photo she exposed her back while wrapped in a satin sheet.
She disclaimed her apology for a photo in Vanity Fair. In 2008, The New York Post ran the offending picture on the front page, with the headline: “MILEY’S SHAME” and an apology for the Annie Leibovitz picture.
Cyrus on Sunday took to Twitter and took a screenshot of The New York Post’s cover at the time. She wrote, “IM NOT SORRY F*** YOU #10yearsago.”
The cover photo for the magazine was shot by the photographer Annie Leibovitz, a renowned celebrity photographer whose edgy, silver-toned portraits have included subjects such as Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson and a naked, pregnant Demi Moore.
She disclaimed her apology for a photo in Vanity Fair. In 2008, The New York Post ran the offending picture on the front page, with the headline: “MILEY’S SHAME” and an apology for the Annie Leibovitz picture.
Cyrus on Sunday took to Twitter and took a screenshot of The New York Post’s cover at the time. She wrote, “IM NOT SORRY F*** YOU #10yearsago.”
The cover photo for the magazine was shot by the photographer Annie Leibovitz, a renowned celebrity photographer whose edgy, silver-toned portraits have included subjects such as Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson and a naked, pregnant Demi Moore.
After the photo was clicked, Miley said in a statement, "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed."
After Miley's statement, Leibovitz said “sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted."
She further added, "Miley and I looked at fashion photographs together and we discussed the picture in that context before we shot it. The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful."
Disney Channel which broadcasted Cyrus' TV show "Hannah Montana," was also critical of Vanity Fair.
A network statement said, "Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines."
Vanity Fair justified the story and photo shoot in a statement of its own. "Miley's parents and/or minders were on the set all day. Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley."
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