Emotional Miley Cyrus turns into youngest Disney Legend

Miley Cyrus has develop into the youngest-ever star to obtain Disney legend standing.

The singer rose to fame taking part in Hannah Montana within the Disney Channel sequence which first aired in 2006 when she was 13.

In an emotional speech at fan conference D23 on Sunday, Miley mentioned she was “still proud to have been Hannah Montana”.

She received her first Grammy earlier this yr for Flowers, which was recognised as 2023’s report of the yr and spent 10 weeks at primary within the UK.

The 31-year-old obtained a standing ovation from the 12,000-strong crowd when she collected her award on the Honda Centre in Anaheim, California, dwelling of Disneyland.

She advised the viewers “a little bit of everything has changed” since her breakout position taking part in a youngster main a double life as a pop star “but at the same time nothing has changed at all”.

Miley was introduced out on stage as nation singer Lainey Wilson sang one in all Hannah Montana’s hottest tracks, The Best of Both Worlds.

She grew to become emotional as she advised the viewers of her first efficiency as Hannah.

“We needed footage of her playing sold out concerts but no-one knew who she, aka Miley, was,” she mentioned.

Tickets got away at a procuring centre, she continued, “where I would have my first free concert”.

“In reality I was a little girl in a blonde wig at the mall with a big dream.

“But in my coronary heart I used to be Hannah Montana and I used to be so proud to be,” she said.

“This award is devoted to Hannah and all of her superb, loyal followers, and to everybody who has made my dream a actuality.

“To quote the legend herself, This Is The Life.”

Miley additionally joked that she “definitely wasn’t created in a lab”, in a nod to rumours that Disney youngsters are created within the Californian Disney workplace.

“If I was, there must have been a bug in the system which caused me to malfunction somewhere between the years of 2013 and 2016.”

Miley left behind her Disney child picture with the 2013 launched of her fourth album, Bangerz.

In the identical yr she did a duet of We Can’t Stop with Blurred Lines singer Robin Thicke on the MTV VMAs.

The efficiency was so provocative that it even drew criticism from the inventor of the froth finger – a prop Miley utilized in memorable methods in the course of the present.

Miley wasn’t the one star honoured on the conference – Star Wars and Indiana Jones actor Harrison Ford was additionally named as a Disney Legend, alongside Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis.

Harrison mentioned he was “really delighted and a little bit embarrassed” to be honoured but in addition “so very grateful”.

“I have the privilege of being a storyteller, an assisted storyteller,” the 82-year-old mentioned.

“I love the people I’ve had the opportunity to work with.”

Jamie was launched by Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan, who performed her daughter within the 2003 model of Freaky Friday.

They’re as a consequence of reprise their roles subsequent yr within the sequel, Freakier Friday.

Jamie, who received an Oscar final yr for Everything Everywhere All At Once, additionally grew to become emotional in the course of the ceremony.

“The truth is, legends aren’t formed,” the 65-year-old advised the viewers.

“They’re created when they’re nurtured and educated.”

It wasn’t simply stars celebrated on the ceremony. In whole, 14 folks have been recognised as Disney Legends on the occasion.

They embrace composer John Williams, costume designer Colleen Atwood and Disneyland’s first ever full-time black tour information, Martha Blanding.

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