'Hanna Montana' Posed in Vanity Fair Photo and Gets Embarrassed

She came to the set full of energy and posed for the camera with pride, now 'Hanna Montana' is saying she is embarrassed by what the Vanity Fair's photo shoot and article about her came out to be.

The 15-year old actress Miley Cyrus is one of the biggest and most popular role model for young girls today, a title once held by Hilary Duff aka Lizzie Mcguire. Her popular TV series in Disney, Hannah Montana, is the top-rated cable television show for children aged 6 to 14. The show is said to reach more than 164 million viewers around the world.

Perhaps in an attempt to look more mature for the public, Miley Cyrus sexily posed for Vanity Fair's June 2008 issue. In one of her photos, she is topless and is only clutching on a sheet to cover her chest. With her bare back exposed, she looked toward the camera over one shoulder. Her photos were taken by renowned celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, whose works of art include shots of Angelina Jolie, Demi Moore, and Scarlett Johansson.

There seemed to be no problem for the young star as she was shown the raw shots of her pictorials. The magazine even quoted her reactions as, "I think it's really artsy... It wasn't in a skanky way. Annie took, like, a beautiful shot, and I thought that was really cool. That's what she wanted me to do, and you can't say no to Annie."

When the pictorial ended , a caption alongside the topless teenager's photo reads, "Um, was Cyrus -- or Disney -- at all anxious about this shot?" Then it quoted Miley as saying, "No, I mean I had a blanket on. And I thought, 'This looks pretty, and really natural.' I think it's really artsy."

The Disney Channel was critical on the result of the photo shoot. In one press statement, it had said that the magazine's article only created a situation that deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines.

Realizing what the magazine's article would cause her, Miley apologized to the public and said, “"I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans, who I care so deeply about."

Poor Hanna Montana! Her "topless but demure" shot, a seemingly one bold attempt to grow from teeny-bopper roles, turned out sour after all.

Looks like she still have to learn a lot of things to maintain her showbiz status while at the same time protecting her private life from manipulations and controversies.

When she grows up and still remains a big name in Hollywood, only then can she have the best of both worlds.