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Teen idol Miley Cyrus performed her song ‘Party in the USA’ at Sunday night’s Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles, which was broadcast Monday night on Fox.

During the performance the 16-year-old singer does a pole dance atop a ice cream cart. She is dressed in micro-short shorts, black boots and her bra showing ( see a photo .)

The move has some people wondering whether she is going the Britney Spears career route and trying to grow up too fast ( Cyrus presented her “hero,” Britney Spears, with the a lifetime award at the show). Some are also concerned with the message she may be sending to her young fans.

“She already has this risque image, so it really wasn’t much of a stretch,” says Us magazine senior editor Ian Drew to Newsday . “That’s how Britney took off. She was the good girl gone bad, and it looks to be working for Miley as well.”

But Disney, which makes the hugely popular “Hannah Montana” brand said to Newsday , “Disney Channel won’t be commenting on that performance, although parents can rest assured that all content presented on the Disney Channel is age-appropriate for our audience - kids 6-14 - and consistent with what our brand values are.”

Entertainment Weekly wrote of the performance that it “came off completely inappropriate and ill-advised.”

Cyrus made headlines after a she posed semi-topless for the June 2008 Vanity Fare issue. She later said in a statement that   she was “so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about.”

But Cyrus’ young fans are behind her as the teen queen took away six surfboard-shaped trophies at the ceremony.

Source: My fox nepa