May 30, 2008 • 1 min read

Miley Cyrus is top pap target

Paparazzi say pictures of Miley Cyrus are becoming more valuable than those of Britney Spears, with a first-kiss photo reportedly worth up to $150,000.

More Britney related stuff now. Paparazzo types are saying that pictures of singer and actress (and daughter of Billy Ray) Miley Cyrus are becoming more valuable even than pics of Britney, and that a candid picture of the fifteen year old's first kiss could fetch as much as $150,000. Splash News CEO Gary Morgan told the LA Times that Cyrus is getting more popular because she's not a "train wreck" like Spears, and is pictured doing wholesome things like riding a bike, having lunch with friends and going to church, oh, and appearing in pictures for Vanity Fair that made her look topless. Which was all an artistic misunderstanding, by the way.

Anyway, Morgan's quoted as saying: "There's a move toward all-American clean living. Everyone is looking for a moral teenager, someone they can look up to". Frank Griffin of Bauer-Griffin added "[Consumers] want to see success. They don't want to see failure. If someone famous falls on their face, you have to report it... but Miley is going to steal all of Britney's thunder. Kids want to see her. They don't want to see ripped fishnets and fear and mascara-streaked cheeks."

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