Miley, well Hannah, went on tour with The Cheetah Girls. There had a performance in St. Louis and while Miley was on stage, she began to feel sick so she ran off stage in the middle of a song. After that, she came back 5 minutes later to continue with her performance, only to run off the stage again to throw up. Later that night, at another performance, it happened again! Something was clearly wrong, so her parents took her to the doctors, and they found a hole in her heart and she was diagnosed with Tarchycardia. It basically means that her heart rate speeds up and the rest of her body can't keep up. After that scare, she began eating healthy and making sure she was taking care of her body.
So far, I can see that Miley and her family are very close. Her parents try very hard to make it possible for her to live a normal teenage life. She talked about her relationships with her siblings: Noah, Braison (Brazz), Brandi, and Trace. Noah is her little sister, who's the baby of the family. She talked about how one time she was baby sitting her and they gave each other makeovers and fun things like that, just like normal girls do. She says that shes most like Trace and that they get along the best. At home, she's not a celebrity, she's just Miley.
She then talked about growing up in the south and going to Mule Day (big auctioning of mules/donkeys) with her Pappy. Then, she moved onto a more related topic; her first "prince charming". She didnt want to use his real name, so she called him that. It was the first time she fell in love and she says that a lot of her older songs were written about him. Then, she tells the touching story of a little girl named Vanessa, a girl who she visited in the hospital. She was dying and she said she was "the luckiest girl in the world". This made Miley forget about all the little stuff she had been complaining about and focus on more important things in life, and not to take them for granted.
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"When I visit, I don't like to leave until I've gotten them all laughing. When I can't visit in person, I make phone calls to kids in hospitals. When I can't call, I send videos. I'm not vain. I'm not, like, oh, I'm Miley Cyrus and I'm so special that I change kids' lives. But if this career gives me any power, I want to use it right. So if I can make a day a little brighter, you better bet I'm going to do it" (Cyrus, 178).
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This quote really stuck out me because, I am realizing that she's not the bad person everyone makes her out to be. She's not vain, in fact, she's very insecure. And most of the celebrities that you see helping kids in need or giving back to a communitee, are older people. But Miley is a teenager, and the fact that visiting, or even just calling the kids in hospitals, means something to her is very touching. Regular kids her age don't even do that. She never acts like she's too good to help out other people, or even bring a smile to a dying child's face. I think that is so important because although some people may not think she's a good role model, some of the things she does is very inspiring. She's not perfect, she has her up's and down's and of course she makes mistakes, but shes learning and growing each day just like everyone else.
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