娱乐英语新闻:Miley Cyrus: "I'm smarter than you think"

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Facing a series of doubts, Miley Cyrus said that she was smarter than what people thought Thursday.

    After a year of publicity, the 16-year-old Disney star Miley Cyrus left fans and parents wondering if she might be growing up too fast.

    First, there was the "Vanity Fair" cover shot last June in which Cyrus was draped only in a bed sheet. Parents complained that it was an inappropriate move.

    Then there were personal pictures of her leaked on the Internet showing a strip of her green bra.

    More recently, a snapshot of her making "slant eyes" prompted an Asian group to say it was "mocking and denigrating" to people of Asian descent.

    She has apologized, said pictures were taken out of context and complained that the media were trying to turn her into Hollywood's latest "bad girl."

    "I almost feel like people think of me as dumb," said Cyrus, who recently created her own personal "Rumor Patrol" blog on MileyCyrus.com.

    "I'm like, I'm smarter than you think. You know, I understand what you're trying to do. It's all a mind game and what not," she said.

    Miley Cyrus, the daughter of country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus, spent her first 13 years in Tennessee.

    In 2006 she landed a role on the Disney Channel's (DIS.N) "Hannah Montana," a sitcom about a teenage girl named Miley Stewart who has a secret identity as rock star Hannah Montana.

    Since then, Cyrus has sold more than 7 million albums, raked in 65 million U.S. dollars at the box office with her concert film "Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour 3-D," and started her own fashion line.