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A Guide To Miley Cyrus' Most Controversial Moments

Every controversy Miley has ever been involved in. But remember! She's just being Miley.

The "Hannah Montana" Era

June 2006: Miley starts dating Nick Jonas

December 2007: Miley posts a photo of her almost kissing a friend on her MySpace

May 2008: overshares intimate photos of her and then-boyfriend Thomas Sturges

but that that was nothing compared to what was to about to pop up online!

June 2008: photographed without a shirt in "Vanity Fair"

The head of Disney was outraged:

"For Miley Cyrus to be a 'good girl' is now a business decision for her. Parents have invested in her a godliness. If she violates that trust, she won't get it back.

So Miley apologized:

"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."

July 2008: Miley and BFF Mandy mock Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato in YouTube video

July 2008: The Shower Incident

February 2009: insensitive faces

Miley issued a statement about the controversy:

“I’ve also been told there are some people upset about some pictures taken of me with friends making goofy faces! Well, I’m sorry if those people looked at those pics and took them wrong and out of context! In NO way was I making fun of any ethnicity! I was simply making a goofy face. When did that become newsworthy? It seems someone is trying to make something out of nothing to me. If that would of been anyone else, it would of been overlooked! I definitely feel like the press is trying to make me out as the new ‘BAD GIRL’!”

February 2009: Miley jogs without a sports bra

August 2009: pole dancing at the "Teen Choice Awards"

December 2009: Miley gets her first tattoo

The Can't Be Tamed Era

June 2010: Miley releases a single called "Can't Be Tamed"

June 2010: Miley kisses a girl on "Britain's Got Talent"

June 2010: Perez Hilton posts an up-skirt picture of 17-year-old Miley

June 2010: video surfaces of Miley caught grinding on an older man

November 2010: 17-year-old Miley caught drinking beer in Spain

December 2010: the bong hits heard 'round the world

Eventually Miley apologized in the pages of Marie Claire:

It was a bad decision, because of my fans and because of what I stand for. I’m not perfect … I made a mistake. I’m disappointed in myself for disappointing my fans.

November 2011: Miley calls herself a "stoner"

January 2012: the penis cake

May 2012: sideboob, sideboob, everywhere

June 2012: Miley gets engaged to Liam Hemsworth

June 2012: Miley is seen outside of a marijuana dispensary

June 2012: Miley bares her ass to the paparazzi

September 2012: Miley brags about her sex life

There’s no hold barred… the sex is wild! Liam fulfills all my fantasies, and I fulfill his. [We] do it everywhere – it’s become a game to see who can come up with the most bizzare place!

September 2012: Miley was briefly suspected of criminal battery

Now: a brand-new Miley

September 2012: Miley choped her hair off, went bleach blonde

and her style kind of changed along with it:

November 2012: Miley stars in a music video with an adult film star

What's next?