Anecdotes

In January 2008, she legally changed her name from Destiny Hope Cyrus to Miley Ray Cyrus. "Ray" is for her grandfather, Ronald Ray Cyrus, whom she was very close to and "Miley" came from her childhood nickname "Smiley", which was shortened to "Miley", that was given to her because of her constant smiling as a young child.

Started auditioning for Hannah Montana (2006) when she was 11 years old. She originally tried out for the part of "Lilly Truscott".

Has had tachycardia since her teens.

Godmother is Dolly Parton.

Has written over one hundred songs and some of them have been used for her show, Hannah Montana (2006).

Her favorite actresses include Angelina Jolie, Jodie Foster, and Jennifer Aniston.

While performing at the 02 arena in London, she changed the lyric in her song, "Party in the U.S.A.", from "And a Britney (Britney Spears) song was On" to "And a Michael song was On". Michael being referred to Michael Jackson, who was suppose to have performed at the 02 Arena in July of 2009 but passed away before leaving to perform in London.

Close friends with Demi Lovato and Ashley Tisdale.

Miley's half-brother, Trace Cyrus, and her Hannah Montana (2006) co-star Mitchel Musso's brother, Mason Musso, are in the band "Metro Station".

Fan of Britney Spears and considers Britney to be one of her idols.

Planned to wed Liam Hemsworth in their Malibu home before it was destroyed by wildfires.

Ended engagement to Liam Hemsworth [September 16, 2013].

(December 23, 2018) Married her on-off boyfriend of 10 years Liam Hemsworth in a private wedding ceremony in Franklin, Tennessee. They met while playing a couple on La dernière chanson (2010) and dated for years before Hemsworth proposed in 2012, but the two ended their engagement and broke up a year later. They reconnected in 2015.

Participated in the 25th Anniversary Edition of "We Are the World" which was performed in memory of Michael Jackson as well as for relief efforts for the earthquake in Haiti.

Released a 3D concert movie of her Best of Both Worlds Tour on February 1st, 2008. It became the highest grossing Super Bowl weekend release ever.

Her song "Party In The U.S.A." was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Party In The CIA". Eighteen years earlier, Yankovic parodied her father's "Achy Breaky Heart" as "Achy Breaky Song". This makes Miley the first artist Yankovic has parodied who's also the offspring of an artist he's parodied.

Her known tattoos: one under her left breast which says "Just Breathe", one on her ear which says "Love", a dream catcher on the right side of her rib cage under her arm. On her fingers she has an outline of a heart on her ring finger on her right hand, BAD on her middle finger, an equal sign on her left ring finger, a cross, a slice of watermelon, an alien emoji, "karma", a peace sign, and has a tattoo of an eye on her left index finger. On her side she has a tattoo of her late dog and "With a Little Help from my Fwends" in a chat bubble. On her wrists she has an anchor and an om symbol. On her arms she has a Theodore Roosevelt quote, VIIXCI Roman numerals, Leonardo Da Vinci's rendition of anatomically correct hearts, crossed arrows, a saber tooth, a portrait of her grandma, Yoshimi, a cat, "love yer brain", and a crescent moon. On her inner lip she has the crying cat emoji. On her feet she has Rolling $tone and a sugar skull.

Auditioned for the Selena Gomez's role in Ramona et Beezus (2010).

Her favorite novel is "Don't Die, My Love" by Lurlene McDaniel.

Befriended her backup dancer, Mandy Jiroux, while on tour. The two have a Youtube channel called MileyMandy, that they regularly update with new videos. Their show is called "The Miley and Mandy Show".

Siblings: Christopher Cody (older paternal half-brother), Trace Cyrus (older maternal half-brother), Brandi Cyrus (older maternal half-sister), Braison Cyrus (younger brother), and Noah Cyrus (younger sister). Brandon Cyrus is a related family member on her father's side.

On 25 September 2006, the Disney Channel was finally launched in South Africa. The first episode of Hannah Montana (2006) was broadcast on Friday, September 29, 2006, the show immediately became the channel's "Flagship" show. Miley Cyrus is the most recognized Disney Channel star in South Africa with the most DVD releases of the show and 2 versions of her "Best of Both Worlds Concert" - one standard edition and one double disc extended 3-D edition. The extended 3D edition was released on Disney Blu-Ray simultaneously in August 2008.

Her favorite song by her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, is the one-hit-wonder "Achy Breaky Heart".

She has never taken formal singing lessons [as of June 2007].

Likes the bands Coldplay, Radiohead, and The Killers.

Lived in Toronto, Canada where she attended the Armstrong Acting Studio.

Lives in Toluca Lake, California, her family bought a house there in 2007.

One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].

Her musical influences include John Mayer, Elvis Presley, Rob Thomas, and John Lennon.

She has English, along with smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of Scottish, Irish, Welsh, French, Dutch, and German, ancestry.

On the night of November 11, 2018, while filming on location in South Africa, Cyrus broke a longstanding social media blackout meant to lead to the premier of her seventh studio album to reveal the home she shared with fiance Liam Hemsworth burned down in the Woolsey wildfire. In her posts, she expressed devastation for her community and acknowledged the safety of herself, her fiancé, and their many pets, while providing links for her followers to donate time, money, and resources to groups and charities in the effort to extinguish the 2018 California wildfires and help those whom they affected. She was one of many resident entertainers in the area, including Gerard Butler, Neil Young and Robin Thicke, who lost their homes in the fire.

Miley was on the green team for 2 summers in a row in the Disney Channel Games.

Admirer of Meryl Streep.

Has a Maltipoo dog named Sophie that her parents gave to her for her 16th birthday.

Was ranked #1 on TV Guide's Top 10 Teen Star Countdown (2008).

Daughter of Tish Cyrus and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.

Has worked with both John Travolta and his late wife Kelly Preston. Travolta in Volt, star malgré lui (2008) and Preston in La dernière chanson (2010).

Filming Hannah Montana - Le film (2009) in Franklin, Tennessee. (mai 2008)

Ex Sister-in-law of Luke Hemsworth, Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky.

(August 10, 2019) Separated from her husband of 7 months Liam Hemsworth.

Her major influences are Hilary Duff, Joan Jett, Stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar and Britney Spears.

Likes to watch the TV show Sex and the City (1998).

Release of her book, "Miley Cyrus: Miles to Go" by Miley with Hilary Liftin. (2009)

U.S.A: Recording her new album called "Bangerz". (août 2013)

Has a nephew Bear Chance Cyrus (b. June 8, 2021) via brother Braison Cyrus and sister-in-law Stella McBride Cyrus.

On her first ever European Tour. (mars 2007)

Her Alter Ego Hannah Montana was mentioned in the song Boom by Sin featuring T-Pain.

(August 21, 2019) Her husband of 7 months Liam Hemsworth filed for divorce from her.

Along with smoking weed regularly, she smokes nearly 2 packs of cigarettes a day and chain smokes multiple cigarettes at a time. She said that she cannot think of starting her day without a cigarette.

Was in a relationship with Australian singer Cody Simpson from October 2019 to August 2020.