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In January 2008, she legally changed her name from Destiny Hope Cyrus to Miley Ray Cyrus. Ray is for her grandfather, Ronald Ray Cyrus, and Miley came from her childhood nickname Smiley, given because of her constant smiling.
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She started auditioning for Hannah Montana 2006 when she was 11 years old, originally trying out for the part of Lilly Truscott.
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Her godmother is Dolly Parton.
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She has had tachycardia since her teens.
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She has written over one hundred songs, some used for her show Hannah Montana 2006.
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Her favorite actresses include Angelina Jolie, Jodie Foster, and Jennifer Aniston.
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While performing at the O2 arena in London, she changed a lyric in Party in the U.S.A. from And a Britney song was On to And a Michael song was On, referring to Michael Jackson, who was supposed to perform at the O2 Arena in July 2009 but passed away.
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She is close friends with Demi Lovato and Ashley French.
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Miley’s half-brother Trace Cyrus and her Hannah Montana 2006 co-star Mitchel Musso’s brother Mason Musso are in the band Metro Station.
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She is a fan of Britney Spears and considers her one of her idols.
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She planned to wed Liam Hemsworth in their Malibu home before it was destroyed by wildfires.
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On December 23, 2018, she married her on-off boyfriend of 10 years, Liam Hemsworth, in a private wedding in Franklin, Tennessee. They met while playing a couple on The Last Song 2010 and dated for years before getting engaged in 2012, but ended the engagement a year later. They reconnected in 2015.
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She ended her engagement to Liam Hemsworth on September 16, 2013.
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She released a 3D concert movie of her Best of Both Worlds Tour on February 1, 2008, which became the highest grossing Super Bowl weekend release ever.
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She participated in the 25th Anniversary Edition of We Are the World, performed in memory of Michael Jackson and for earthquake relief in Haiti.
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She auditioned for the role that went to Selena Gomez in Ramona and Beezus 2010.
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Her known tattoos include: Just Breathe under her left breast, Love on her ear, a dream catcher on her right rib cage, various finger tattoos heart, BAD, equal sign, cross, watermelon, alien emoji, karma, peace sign, eye, a tattoo of her late dog and With a Little Help from my Fwends on her side, anchor and om on wrists, a Theodore Roosevelt quote, Roman numerals, anatomically correct hearts, crossed arrows, a saber tooth, a portrait of her grandma, Yoshimi, a cat, love yer brain, a crescent moon on arms, crying cat emoji on inner lip, Rolling $tone and a sugar skull on feet.
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Her favorite novel is Don’t Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel.
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Her song Party In The U.S.A. was parodied by Weird Al Yankovic as Party In The CIA. Eighteen years earlier, Yankovic parodied her father’s Achy Breaky Heart as Achy Breaky Song, making Miley the first artist Yankovic has parodied whose parent he also parodied.
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Her siblings: Christopher Cody older paternal half-brother, Trace Cyrus older maternal half-brother, Brandi Cyrus older maternal half-sister, Braison Cyrus younger brother, and Noah Cyrus younger sister. Brandon Cyrus is a related family member on her father’s side.
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She befriended her backup dancer Mandy Jiroux while on tour, and they have a YouTube channel called MileyMandy featuring The Miley and Mandy Show.
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On September 25, 2006, the Disney Channel launched in South Africa; the first episode of Hannah Montana 2006 aired on September 29, and the show became the channel’s flagship. Miley Cyrus is the most recognized Disney Channel star in South Africa with multiple DVD releases and two versions of her Best of Both Worlds Concert.
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She has never taken formal singing lessons as of June 2007.
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Her favorite song by her father Billy Ray Cyrus is the one-hit-wonder Achy Breaky Heart.
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She lived in Toronto, Canada, and attended the Armstrong Acting Studio.
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She likes the bands Coldplay, Radiohead, and The Killers.
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She lives in Toluca Lake, California; her family bought a house there in 2007.
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Her musical influences include John Mayer, Elvis Presley, Rob Thomas, and John Lennon.
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She was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in April 2014.
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She has English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, French, Dutch, and German ancestry.
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On the night of November 11, 2018, while filming in South Africa, she broke a social media blackout to reveal that her home shared with Liam Hemsworth had burned down in the Woolsey wildfire. She expressed devastation for her community and shared links for donations.
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She was on the green team for two summers in a row in the Disney Channel Games.
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She has a Maltipoo dog named Sophie, a gift from her parents for her 16th birthday.
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She admires Meryl Streep.
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She was ranked #1 on TV Guide’s Top 10 Teen Star Countdown 2008.
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She is the daughter of Tish Cyrus and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.
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She has worked with both John Travolta and his late wife Kelly Preston: Travolta in Bolt 2008 and Preston in The Last Song 2010.
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She is the ex-sister-in-law of Luke Hemsworth, Chris Hemsworth, and Elsa Pataky.
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She filmed Hannah Montana: The Movie 2009 in Franklin, Tennessee.
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On August 10, 2019, she separated from her husband of 7 months, Liam Hemsworth.
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Her major influences are Hilary Duff, Joan Jett, Stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar, and Britney Spears.
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She released a book titled Miley Cyrus: Miles to Go written with Hilary Liftin.
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She has a nephew, Bear Chance Cyrus born June 8, 2021, via her brother Braison Cyrus and sister-in-law Stella McBride Cyrus.
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She likes to watch the TV show Sex and the City 1998.
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In the U.S., she recorded her album Bangerz.
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Her alter ego Hannah Montana was mentioned in the song Boom by Sin featuring T-Pain.
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On August 21, 2019, her husband of 7 months, Liam Hemsworth, filed for divorce from her.
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On her first ever European Tour.
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Along with smoking weed regularly, she smokes nearly two packs of cigarettes a day and chain-smokes multiple cigarettes at a time. She says she cannot think of starting her day without a cigarette.
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In 1994, she appeared on Music City Tonight on television with her father.
