Miley Cyrus twerks away Hannah Montana
- 11 years ago
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Miley Cyrus has twerked her way into history.
The once squeaky-clean Disney star is now a 20-year-old pop princess who left tongues wagging after her August 25th MTV Video Music Awards appearance.
After performing her new single "We Can't Stop", then teaming up with Robin Thicke for "Blurred Lines", the girl once known as "Hannah Montana" has been caught in a firestorm of criticism.
Within minutes of hitting the stage, social media exploded with Cyrus-related tweets setting a record with over 300,000 tweets-per-minute -- totaling 4.5 million mentions.
Singer Kelly Clarkson took notice and tweeted: "Just saw a couple performances from the VMA's last night. 2 words…. #pitchystrippers."
Since the show, the word "twerk", a provocative dance made famous before Cyrus was even born, has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Oxford says the word has generated enough evide
Miley Cyrus has twerked her way into history.
The once squeaky-clean Disney star is now a 20-year-old pop princess who left tongues wagging after her August 25th MTV Video Music Awards appearance.
After performing her new single "We Can't Stop", then teaming up with Robin Thicke for "Blurred Lines", the girl once known as "Hannah Montana" has been caught in a firestorm of criticism.
Within minutes of hitting the stage, social media exploded with Cyrus-related tweets setting a record with over 300,000 tweets-per-minute -- totaling 4.5 million mentions.
Singer Kelly Clarkson took notice and tweeted: "Just saw a couple performances from the VMA's last night. 2 words…. #pitchystrippers."
Since the show, the word "twerk", a provocative dance made famous before Cyrus was even born, has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Oxford says the word has generated enough evide