It’s sometimes startling to consider the evolution of Miley Cyrus. For someone who began her career as a product of Disney’s child-star marketing machine, we can’t help but yaaaas queen clap watching her subvert a mold that has trapped so many young women before her. Admittedly, there were a few bumps (and twerks) along the way, but Cyrus in 2016 is for the most part engaged in the world around her, channeling her celebrity into causes bigger than herself and, hey, has even locked down a Hemsworth brother. When the pop star was honored on Friday night at Variety’s 2016 Power of Women Luncheon alongside Scarlett Johansson, Ava DuVernay, Laverne Cox and Helen Mirren for her tireless advocacy for homeless and LGBT youth, it seemed like the culmination of a transformation many years in the making. Did anyone really expect that girl who ground on Robin Thicke in a barely-there teddy bear costume at the VMAs to ever make a speech at event about female empowerment?

Source: Huffington Post October 15, 2016 16:18 UTC