A Disney Star Is Born

She embodies every pre-teen's fantasy: a cool
13-year-old with great hair and a secret life as a pop star. But to
executives at the Disney Channel, Miley Cyrus is more of a dream come
true. Cyrus stars as Miley Stewart in Hannah Montana,
the cable channel's live-action show about a girl who leads a normal
life by day but at night dons a blonde wig to perform as a famous pop
star (Hannah). It's a role that has turned Cyrus into a real-life TV
star and Hannah Montana into a monster hit among a generation of tweens too young for Degrassi and too old for Dora the Explorer.
"In Miley we found the perfect girl to carry off this part," says
executive producer Michael Poryes. "She has a kind of strength and
sweetness that make her character appealing, an unmistakable something
that makes you believe she's a star