Embarrassed Miley

The saga of 15-year-old Disney star Miley Cyrus being photographed "naked", "topless" and "dishevelled" for Vanity Fair keeps popping up in the news (CLICK). The poor girl has apologized and feels "so embarrassed" about a photo that was supposed to be "artistic", but the whole thing is taking on the aspect of another Watergate! As your arbiter of good taste and all things artistic, Coxsoft Art thought it ought to delve into this furore. Here's what all the fuss is about: a bare back and arm, perfectly proper. She would show a lot more of herself if she wore a bikini on the beach. The mistake photographer Annie Leibovitz made was showing a 15-year-old as a sexy vamp with orgasmic red lips and tousled black hair, looking as though she's just sat up in bed clutching a sheet to her bosom, not exactly the clean-cut all-American virgin that Disney promotes. It's neither art nor rude, but it is extremely suggestive. That's the photographer's fault, not Miley's. So chin up, Miley. You can stop apologizing.