Miley Ray Stewart (born on November 23, 1992) was a fictional character and a main protagonist from the Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana. She was portrayed by Miley Cyrus.

A farm girl from Tennessee who moved to Malibu, California to live her dream, Miley has a secret identity, Hannah Montana, who helps Miley accomplish being a sensational pop star while still having a normal life, although sometimes she wishes she could be one alter ego all the time.

Character Development

Miley is a good role model and convinces people that dreams can come true. Miley gives out positivity with her amazing and inspiring songs.

I never came to the beach or stood by the ocean I never sat by the shore under the sun with my feet in the sand But you brought me here and I'm happy that you did 'Cause now I'm as free as birds catching the wind

I always thought I would sink, so I never swam I never went boatin', don't get how they are floatin' And sometimes I get so scared of what I can't understand

But here I am Next to you The sky is more blue In Malibu Next to you In Malibu Next to you

We watched the sun go down as we were walking I'd spend the rest of my life just standing here talking You would explain the current, as I just smile Hoping I just stay the same and nothing will change And it'll be us, just for a while Do we even exist? That's when I make the wish To swim away with the fish

Is it supposed to be this hot all summer long? I never would've believed you If three years ago you told me I'd be here writing this song

But here I am Next to you The sky is so blue In Malibu Next to you In Malibu Next to you

Next to you The sky is so blue In Malibu Next to you

We are just like the waves that flow back and forth Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning and you're there to save me And I wanna thank you with all of my heart It's a brand new start A dream come true In Malibu

Background

Miley was born in Nashville, Tennessee on November 23, 1992. She lived with her brother, Jackson Stewart, her father (former country musician and Hannah's manager), Robby Ray Stewart, and her mother, Susan Stewart, who has been dead prior to the show due to a car crash. On December 25, 2000, at the age of eight, Miley got a guitar for Christmas, shown in the episode I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak. As a farm girl, she has a large number of pets, such as her horse Blue Jeans, and a pet pig named Luann, to name a few, but most of her animals and family are away in Nashville. She won the 1999 County Fair Pie Eating Contest for eating five raspberry pies in ten minutes. She then threw up on the governor and ever since hated raspberries after that.

Miley and her father and her brother moved to Los Angeles, California after her mom died, in fifth grade and attended Seaview Elementary, Middle, and High School, and they bought a Malibu beach house. She moved to live her dream, which is to be a pop star, although she is only famous while being Hannah Montana, her alter ego. She created her so that she can live her dream while being a normal teenager at the same time, while going to public school. She also created Hannah so that people won't like her just for being famous, and so that when she walks out on the streets, she won't get mobbed by fans or paparazzi.

In "I'll Always Remember You," she reveals her secret to the world for several reasons. The most important reason was so that she could get accepted at Sanford University to go with Lilly, which she didn't because she had a lack of extracurricular activity. Her secret causes a bunch of chaos in the show. Although she is a pop superstar, she will always be a "country girl at heart". In "Miley Says Goodbye?" she has a dream about her horse, Blue Jeans that convinces her to move back to Tennessee. Instead, heartbroken to leave her friends and life in California, her father buys a big house, close to their old home in Malibu, where they have a ranch to keep Blue Jeans in. This house is a mixture of her life in Los Angeles and her life in Nashville, which the beach and a ranch. This house is more advanced, with an all new secret Hannah Montana closet, like the one she had in their old home. Lilly has lived with Miley's family since Season 3, when her mother got a job in Atlanta, and she stayed with them for the rest of the show, so that she wouldn't have to move to Atlanta or live with her father, who lives an hour away.

Personality

Miley is witty, stylish, compassionate, hyper, and sometimes negative when she gets stuck. She is more into music than sports, except cheerleading/gymnastics/tumbling and horseback riding. Miley Cyrus actually did the sport of cheerleading/gymnastics/tumbling before she got the part of Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana. She is considered a girly, southern belle or shopaholic, and has a very determined, audacious attitude. Miley often lies or goes through over-the-top scandals to get what she wants or make someone she loves happy, even when they tell her not to. However, in the end she often makes the right decisions. Some examples include the episodes "Would I Lie to You, Lilly?" and "I Want You to Want Me... to Go to Florida".

In order to keep her Hannah secret, Miley is forced to lie sometimes and even let loved ones down. Sometimes the secret causes stress and drama, and is forced to tell her secret to some people like Lilly or ex-boyfriend Jake. She doesn't like being embarrassed or disliked, especially with people she likes. For example, in "Ready, Set, Don't Drive", she tries getting her license, just so she can go to a cool party. Even though Miley often picks on her brother Jackson, she loves him and even admits it in some episodes. Some of her celebrity crushes are Jesse McCartney and the Jonas Brothers. Miley loves cheese and her most over-used pick up line is, "Do you like cheese? I like cheese, will you go out with me?"

Relationships

Family

Miley has a several family members, but only her immediate family - herself, her father Robby Ray, and her brother Jackson - live in California. The rest live in Tennessee, where Miley spent for the first eleven years of her life. Her family is very southern. Miley's mother died when she was ten and she misses her very much. At the beginning of the show, she wouldn't even let her father date. Even though they are loving to each other, they do have their fights like in Ready, Set, Don't Drive, where she says "I hate you" to him for the only time in the series. Robby's method of disciplining his kids tends to be passive, such as giving Jackson the silent treatment when he doesn't do his chores and ignoring Miley after she lied to him about her boyfriend. He sometimes has difficulty offering relationship advice. In He Could Be the One, when Miley told him she was having boy trouble, Robby's response is awkward and unsure. Miley and her dad and brother joke around and tease each other all the time, and they try to act funny at the hard moments. As siblings siblings, Miley and Jackson fight a lot, but they do love each other, and say so in multiple episodes. They get so fed up with each other at one point when they had to share a bathroom that Robby made them dress up in macho outfits and fight. However, they do nice things for each other and usually get along. Episodes end with everyone making up, often with sweet family moments.

NOTE: Miley probably has a lot more family members, but these are just the one's mentioned/revealed on the show.

Friends

It is shown that Miley doesn't really have a lot of friends except for Lilly and Oliver, although she seems to know and talk to a lot of people. She does also have a lot of friends as Hannah. Lilly and Oliver have been friends since preschool, which means that they always lived in Los Angeles. Even though they may have their fights, they will always be there for each other, and always have been since they were little.

Lilly Truscott - Miley's BFF whom are always joined at the hip, they met when she moved to California and they have always been there for each other. They even attend Stanford University together. Miley and Lilly consider themselves sisters because they are so close. (see Miley-Lilly Friendship for more information)

because they are so close. (see Miley-Lilly Friendship for more information) Oliver Oken - Miley's silver friend, and Lilly's boyfriend. He becomes a famous singer in Season 3, inspired by Miley.

Roxy - Hannah's bodyguard, and one of the only people who knew her secret before she told the world. She even helped pick out the Hannah Montana wig. She didn't show in seasons 3 or 4, but we can assume they still remained in touch.

Hannah Montana Or Miley

See: Hannah Montana (Persona)

Relationships/Crushes

Jesse - Miley's current boyfriend, who is the guitarist in Hannah's band. At first, Jesse just knows Hannah and feels attracted to her. Miley reciprocates that attraction, but she later picks Jake over him. In "Been Here All Along", after her and Jake have broken up, Miley spots him at the pier (pic shown at the right), but Jesse does not recognize her as Milley, having only ever known her as Hannah. They set up a date and develop a relationship, and Miley even tells him she's Hannah Montana, but by then he already knows. They admit they love each other in that same episode. The secret causes chaos because he is spotted with both alter egos. This is one of the reasons why Miley decides to tell the world her secret. (See Miley-Jesse Relationship for more information).

Trivia

Miley’s character was originally named Kylie, but because Billy Ray accidentally kept saying “Miley” while filming, it was changed to avoid confusion.

Miley auditioned to play Hannah's best friend, Lilly, but they wanted her to come back and audition as Hannah.

Miley performed a concert for the pilot at Glendale Centre Theatre in front of a crowd of people who had no idea what Hannah Montana was — because it hadn't aired yet.

was — because it hadn't aired yet. Mitchell and Miley became instant best friends on set, but Miley and Emily struggled with feelings of competitiveness and jealously.

Miley even said that once, she and Emily fought so badly during their on-set lessons that both of their parents had to get involved.