Twerking her way to the top: Miley Cyrus leads Time's Person Of The Year readers poll



She made headlines when she stripped to latex underwear and performed a lewd dance at the MTV Video Music Awards in August.



And it appears the general public believe Miley Cyrus' contribution to the public discourse to be more significant than, well, anybody else's on earth.



The 21-year-old is currently leading with 29.4 percent of votes in an online poll for who readers think should be Time's 2013 Person Of The Year.



Twerking her way to first place: Miley Cyrus is currently leading Time's Person Of The Year reader's poll, pictured Sunday in at the American Music Awards in LA

The controversial pop star is currently beating world leaders, authors, prominent Hollywood figures, sports stars, and the Boston bombers as the person who, 'for better or for worse, has done the most to influence the events of the year,' according to Time.



Trailing behind Miley is Indian politician Narendra Modi with 12.5 percent of the votes and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden with 9.6 percent as of Wednesday afternoon.



Hollywood heavyweights on the list include Angelina Jolie with 0.8 percent, Jimmy Fallon with one percent and Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan with 0.5 percent of votes.

Getting attentions: Miley's headline-grabbing antics have put her ahead of world leaders and other prominent personalities in the race

Last year's pick was President Barack Obama, and the year before was The Protester.



But Miley won't necessarily be crowned the winner.



The magazine's editors are the one's ultimately to bestow the honour, and the current poll is used merely to gauge public opinion.

Trailing behind: Hollywood heavyweights on list include Jimmy Fallon with one percent of the votes and Angelina Jolie with 0.8 percent



And before voting closes on December 4, Time will need to look into allegations that the poll has been rigged in favour of Miley.



According to Mashable, programmers have claimed they've rigged it to cast multiple votes for the star.



A spokesperson for the publication told the website they 'are aware of the efforts to affect the results of the Person of the Year poll, and have measures in place so that only legitimate votes are being incorporated in the final tally.'

Making his way up: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is currently at third place with 9.6 percent of the votes





