'Hannah Montana' to blame for body dysmorphia

In the September issue of Marie Claire, Miley Cyrus opened up about beauty standards and body-image issues she faced while starring on Disney's Hannah Montana.

Cyrus admitted to the magazine about how she came to question her physical appearance after years of being "told for so long what a girl is supposed to be from being on that show."

"From the time I was 11, it was, 'You're a pop star! That means you have to be blonde, and you have to have long hair, and you have to put on some glittery tight thing,'" she said. "Meanwhile I'm this fragile little girl playing a 16-year-old in a wig and a ton of makeup. It was like Toddlers & Tiaras. I had [expletive] flippers."

The pop-star spent four seasons on the show and is convinced that Hannah Montana "probably caused some body dysmorphia because I had been made pretty every day for so long, and then when I wasn't on that show, it was like, 'Who the [expletive] am I?'"

Besides the Disney Channel show portraying her falsely, the 22-year-old even added that "When you look at retouched, perfect photos, you feel like shit. They lighten black girls' skin. They smooth out wrinkles. Even when I get stuck on Instagram wondering, 'Why don't I look like that? it's a total bummer. It's crazy what people have decided we're all supposed to be."

It's clear, however, that Cyrus is comfortable in her own skin now and doesn't plan on changing her appearance anymore to meet societal standards.

"I'm probably never going to be the face of a traditional beauty company unless they want a weed-smoking, liberal-ass freak," she explained to the magazine.

"But my dream was never to sell lip gloss. My dream is to save the world."
Source: UPI