11 Surprising Things You Need to Know About Miley Cyrus

11. Her Image Change was a Calculated Strategic Move

Miley got a lot of bad press when she started twerking, tongue wagging, dressing provocatively, talking drugs, posing nude and assorted other scandalous behavior. Things really took a turn when she gyrated on stage with Robin Thicke at the 2013 VMAs and straddled a wrecking ball naked on a music video. Is it just a post-adolescent rebellious phase? Is she a product of a red-neck over-indulgent childhood? Or is she just trying to shake off that damn Disney persona by going anti-Hannah Montana to the extreme? Probably all of the above. But make no mistake, she’s consciously using shock-value to take her career in an upward trajectory. Like Madonna, Lady Gaga and many other entertainers before her, she knows that these kinds of envelope-pushing antics lead to the kind of publicity that endears her to her true fans.