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Miley Cyrus: My Short Hair Is Here to Stay — Forever!

02/06/2013 at 03:45 PM ET

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Hope you weren’t too attached to Miley Cyrus‘s long hair, because she has a message for you: “I could never see myself having long, long hair again.”

“I’m feeling it!” the star tells E! News of her close crop. “My fiancé [Liam Hemsworth] loves it. It’s so much easier to go shave the sides once a week, rather than getting your roots done and all this stuff.”

And it’s not just that she prefers the low maintenance of her new do: she actually hates the way she looks with long locks. “I do not like looking back at [photos of my long hair],” she says. “I wish somebody would have ripped those [extensions] out of my head. I do not miss that in any way.”

Though we initially found the chop surprising, it’s definitely growing on us (no pun intended) — and we love that Cyrus keeps finding new, fun ways to style her shorter do. Tell us: Do you love Cyrus’s awesome attitude about her hair as much as we do?

–Alex Apatoff

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Lili on

such a pretty girl, but I do like her hair longer

moonwalker14 on

Personally – I love her short hair! It’s so much more different than all the other extension-clad celebrities nowadays. It’s not your typical blonde or chestnut long wavy hair. I think it’s sexy on her, she can style it any way she wants to because it’s so versatile. Love the way its styled in the third pic!! Plus it sends a good message to girls that you shouldn’t care what anyone thinks and that it’s cool to be creative, expressive, and a little funky. So way to go, Miley! :)

moonwalker14 on

Plus she wears it with such confidence. Love it.

Mia on

Until he drops hints or tell her he misses her long hair! Guarantee she’ll grow back or wear extensions

Mary on

The first pic is the best, too each his own.

Kayla on

Hope she isn’t planning on getting any more lead movie roles…she might be able to play someone’s punk teenage daughter. She really is a pretty girl and it’s great that she seems happy…but dear God at least keep the bangs a little longer. That middle picture looks ridiculous!

Humblebee77 on

She has a pretty face, and longer hair–even just a bob–flatters her better.

WG on

Too masculine looking.

She’ll grow out of it…

trish on

i dislike it, and hope she puts it back to her normal color, and feel the color and style is to get attention.

Abbie on

I think she looks cute with short hair. Not a big fan of the color or the way she dresses, but the cut is fine.

kim on

i really dont care for her super short spiked or sky high styles, but the one with the sweeping bangs looks cute on her, and her short ‘do is growing on me.

abby on

I really don’t like it this short. Right after she got engaged she had her hair shorter, no extensions, She looked so pretty when she first got it cut and then went extreme to me

Woody on

She has such a pretty face; she is lucky because she has the features for short hair. But she looks just as good with long hair.

Lisa on

I didn’t like her short hair at first but now I love it. She goods great and it fits her personality.

tina on

I like the short hair. Now off with the fake lashes.

HOLLYP on

The short hair on her is really growing on me. I think she looks good!

Kathleen Sauer on

It’s a little Tammy Faye Baker-ish.

Tiffany on

I think she looks awesome. I was never a big fan of hers during the Hannah Montana phase, but the more she grows up and the more confident and sexy she becomes is fantastic. Its nice to see a young woman do what she wants and not care what the public thinks, Im sure it has to be hard to be ridiculed every day but somehow she always holds her head high!

Erin T. on

LOVE her short hair and the color! Keep on keepin’ on, Miley!

Crixus on

Now if she would do something about those teeth she would be a very pretty girl!

Didiwags on

Nope her hair is horrid!

Ker on

she looks like a man

LPW on

With short hair or long, she is useless.

Tierra on

I don’t know a man alive that prefers short hair over long. I’m sure she’ll grow it out again within the next year if Liam has anything to say about it.

Tiffany on

I don’t like it. Maybe if she didn’t shave the sides and did more of a Jinnifer Goodwin look or Ashlee Simpson with a longer short cut. This makes her ears stick out and make her look more like a boy.

tinkpink514 on

It’s definitely her opinion. Out of the photos at the top of the page, she looks best in the left photo. But in my opinion I do like her with longer hair. If she doesn’t want the longer hair she could still grow it a little longer. I liked her with the shoulder length too, I thought that looked really flattering. She could easily get tired of the shorter hair as well. I get tired of my cuts.

fanofboardwalkempire on

Miley is very pretty and I love her super short hair- It looks just great!

Sarafina on

Never say never!

Jael on

I’m no fan of Miley Cyrus, but I can see why she would want to keep her short hair. Four years ago, I chopped off my elbow-length hair into a pixie crop and have kept it that way since. Not only is short hair easier to maintain, as a style it can really work for one’s face in ways long hair can’t.

Keepin it REAL!! on

You are not your hair!!
I think she looks great!

FL84 on

Never say never! hahahaha

denise on

The short hair looks good on her.

Brooklyn on

Oh Miley. I hope that you change your mind. Long hair is for you.

Bkable on

I love her bravery but she looked a lot better with long hair – or at least dark hair… I love that she wants to look different – totally awesome – but remember, you gotta fit the style!

Polly on

I like the middle pic the best. Not too much a fan of the Pink Up Do.

Courtney on

oh please extentions have been around for 35 years it’s nothing new. stop giving the talentless like Miley attention

Stephanie on

TRUST ME – She is WAY too young to be definitive about anything in her life. She will grow her hair back at some point – maybe not long hair, but not as short as she is wearing it. She will also change the color. I have a 24 year old and trust me, at her age, they are about as SURE of anything as the day is long.

Frieda Deadman on

All I know is a person shouldn’t say “forever” or “never” at her very young age. Ask me how I know? LOLOL Been there, done that. Things always change, Miley…and…one day, you too, will be 20-something, then 30-something, then40-something, my love, and, look back and wonder how time went so quickly by.

But, I have to say, her new ‘do has grown on me. Once I’m done growing my last crop of blond (probably this one, the little whites are creeping in), I’m gonna do another short short crop, myself.

prettypiper on

I don’t think that she’s ever had Long hair. Anyone who’s rocked short hair knows the maintenance is just as intense. Weekly trims and her bleach blonde head. Oh what a train wreck. She looks older. Judging from above pictures, she looks 29.

Cate on

She can pull it off. The shorter cuts really bring out her eye color.

Aleighcat on

Personally, I hate it….but it’s her hair and if she likes it, that’s all that matters. She’s the one who has to go around with it looking like that, not anyone else. Whatever, it’s none of my business and doesn’t affect me in anyway, so….to each their own.

sharon on

Miley has the perfect face for her short haircut. I have loved it since she got it cut. Wish I could wear mine like that!

Jennifer on

Love the hair….so tired of most hollywood women with their long wavy hair….boring!

wut on

Long or short, I bet she loves to have it pulled.

Amber on

I’m feeling it too Miley! Not too many can pull off this style. She has the right face for it…….let’s face it, she rocks it!

Nannyto1 on

I love Miley’s hair. It’s edgey and gives her a different look than most other celebrities.

TNTXLANY on

I’m sorry but I just doNOT like it. It’s too butch/lesbo. Looks like Susan Powter/Sinad O’Conner. At least fix it more feminine. jmo

Colleen on

Never say never Miley. Short hair gets tiring too.

Cest La Vie on

I love short hair, but she does not look good with it.

desert girl on

i’ve had a pixie cut numerous times in my life and every single time i vow i’ll never grow my hair out again. then after a few years i get bored and grow it out! i bet she’ll eventually do the same thing. that being said, i think she looks great with short or long hair!

Janis on

Love her short hair! It looks great on her!

taradew on

SHORT!!!

Missy on

I prefer her with longer hair or at least a more natural color on her. But I’m glad she’s found something that makes her happy. That’s what’s most important!

amaryllis on

She’s 19. She doesn’t know what she’s going to do!

Cindi Bergman on

I love that she did something edgy and she is a beautiful girl regardless of her hairstyle, but one day she may look back on these photos, too, and think about them the same way she thinks about photos of herself with long hair! We’ve all done it, whether it be hair, fashion, makeup, whatever!

Deb on

It seems to me this cut would be more maintenance than long hair in her natural color…which this clearly is NOT. You don’t need to have extensions to have long hair, unless you want it instantly. I have long hair and it’s definitely not high maintenance.

Jess* on

Love her hair in the first pic. Good for her fo being her own person. She is beautiful inside and out.

Chrisesmom on

Not really! She looks like Willow Smith in picture number 3. Old fashioned; but, even short hair on a young woman can be too short!

Jennifer S on

Love Miley with her short hair! Looks georgeous on her!!

Chrisesmom on

Her eyelashes look different in every picture. Not a fan of short hair. Makes her look more like a boy; or, someone’s partner.

Rebecca on

Gorgeous girl, either way, but I prefer her hair longer. Although, the “Cousin It” hair extensions that most of the stars have nowadays look waaaaay worse! Many actresses try the short hair, but few can actually make it work. Let’s be honest, there’s a reason why Audrey Hepburn is one-of-a-kind legend!

Sara on

I actually like her with short hair. Not all of us can pull it off, (especially me), but it just looks good on her.

Joy on

Little girls don’t get that you never say never

Tshape on

I think she looks great!

I’ve had my hair in various lengths – and depending on the length of shorter hair, it can sometimes be more work than very long hair. it must be long enough to put on top of my head or pull into a ponytail – that’s the bottom line.

Kim on

I actually love her short hair. She has the face for it. And to anyone who doesn’t think a girl can look “girlish” and feminine with short hair..b s. Some women look SEXIER with short hair!

Brynn on

Honestly, I think she looks gorgeous. I’ve never hated her hair – she look simultaneously sophisticated and edgy, and I love it.

Daffygrams on

Sorry but I couldn’t really care less!

Sara on

I love her short hair! I think it looks very good on her. She has the perfect face and body for it. Long hair really weighed her down. And she isn’t saying that she won’t grow it out at all, she is just saying it won’t be super long again.

Kate on

I think short hair looks nice on her. Would like to see her have it in a more naturaly dark color. Her eyes would really pop then.

clockworkcouturesux on

I actually think it looks good on her in the left and right pictures. She needs to layoff the black eyeliner and that much mascara and the orange self-tanning.

large on

i agree with daffygram, who really cares.

Ella on

Unless you are young, most women cannot pull off long, lucious locks — so short, sassy & sexy hair is perfectly fine. Good for Miley! She seems more confident than ever, and not held back by anything or what people perceive her to be!

zusje on

While I kinda like the hair and think it’s good for her and every other young girl/woman to see that long hair isn’t the only way to look pretty and sexy(personally I’ve had mine from pixie cuts of a few millimeters to mid waist length) am I the only one that finds it amusing she’s saying that she doesn’t miss “getting her roots done”?I applaud her for sticking with it and not caring for all the negative comments,but when your hair is as dyed as hers must be to get it to such a bleached blond,I’m sorry but that’s actually more maintenance than having your roots touched up every 3-4 weeks,since every week when you go in to have your sides “shaved” you shave off the color and have to redye it all over again!

I mean good for her for keeping her hair short if she wants it that way,but saying it’s less maintenance than long hair is untrue!I’m gonna bet she spends as much time in an hair salon prior to a public appearance as she did with her longer hair.

leslie on

she is a pretty girl–it all looks good on her!

Jana on

She has such beautiful eyes and the short haircut really accentuates them!!! She’s young, any style works!

Chrissy on

Okay, initially I didn’t like her short hair. To be honest, for years, Miley Cyrus was entirely annoying in my opinion. She just irked me. But now that she’s getting a little older (I’m 31 so I’m not saying 20 is so old trust me lol), I find her candor a little refreshing. And I’m liking her short hair. I get that people say it looks like she’s copying Pink’s hair cut, or Gwen Stefani’s style, but I honestly think she was so handled as a child star on Disney, being told what to wear, how to behave, what to say, what to do with her hair, that she really is just trying to make her own choices. And by extension, be her own woman. I do like it. I’m personally sick and tired of the real housewives of whatever city and all the big female celebs with their ridiculously long hair. Extensions or real hair, it’s so safe. I find it bolder when they actually have something shorter than waist length hair. I thought it was bold when Miley got her long bob style cut awhile back, and I think it’s much bolder that she went for a full out pixie cut. It’s not flattering on everyone, but she has a good shaped face and she has a really nice body she undoubtedly works very hard to keep so slim, and I think she pulls it off well now that I actually look at her and I’m not shocked to see her with such short hair. If I never knew of Miley Cyrus I would say “cool haircut” seeing a pic of her now. I don’t like that pouf style in the 3rd pic but that was for an event and I imagine the goal was to be theatrical and outrageous and that’s not regular day to day hair. Who cares. Hair is just hair and I think it’s unhealthy to fixate so much on it, especially when on People we have beautiful blogs from Diem Brown about her struggles with ovarian cancer for the second time and the trauma of losing her hair. Maybe if we didn’t make long locks so important, women undergoing cancer treatments wouldn’t feel quite so bad about losing theirs. Of course it would still be traumatic but I think part of the issue is we’re all taught that long hair is the epitome of femininity and beauty and anything short of that (no pun intended) isn’t beautiful and it’s masculine in fact. Ultimately hair is just hair and we should all be allowed to style ours however we want. Variety makes life more fun. And if she and her fiance like it then we all can have our opinions but Miley Cyrus sure doesn’t have to listen.

Alabama on

I love the fact Liam seems to like it (the haircut):-) He could be such a man that stands by clichés… He’s so good looking, we could think he would ask for a Barbie doll… Seems like not:-)

Snickers on

Short hair is fun. Just my own personal opinion :)

Julie on

We already have Pink for this style. Go back to longer hair, Miley. You don’t need the shock-do to be bada**. You can be bada** with longer hair. It’s called maturity.

lisa on

She looks adorable. I agree, she wears it with confidence. Being a person who had long hair in my younger years, my hair is short, but now as someone else put it….long short… and it’s kinda my trademark…I would never look the same with long hair. Plus…I am over 50,,,and for years and even now I get asked if I’m my son’s girlfriend….my shorter hair keeps me young.

gulfbeachgrl on

A certain kind of guy likes short hair…..I married one. They are the ADVENTUROUS type….which provides many many benefits to a confident short hair fun loving girl!

TT on

I have really grown to like her short hair. I’ve worn clip-in extensions at times and I can understand why she’s glad they’re gone. They hurt and they damage your real hair.

mrsmass on

Unless bleach blonde is her natural color, which it’s not, she still has to do her roots.

Garret on

Oh she looks so pretty!

Alayna on

I like the one of the left. I think she would look better with longer hair. But I do agree that the super long hair was not becoming. Something in the middle- closer to shoulder length is cute.

what on

This looks ok on her, and would look horrific on most, so she obviously has pretty face. I don’t like the shaved sides though…

Maggie on

I love her hair she is beautiful with long or short hair

Sandra on

She is a “Pink” copy cat!! She seems to be following how Pink does her hair. Come up with our own style Miley!!!

Mandy on

Dude. Have fun with it. Your young. Rock on.

Kym on

I think her short hair is cute, although the pic to the left is the best style. The middle is just okay, and the one on the right? Well, no….it doesn’t look good on her at all.

lars on

Childish rookie mistake of the usage of the word “never.”

BoFAn on

Never say never.

tori on

Like who the heck cares,she isn’t relevant anymore – her movie career is in the toilet and her singing career isn’t far behind. Television seems to be her only fortay so stick to that and for heavens sake stop smoking as your manly smokers voice is irratating and you speak like your mouth is full of marbles.

Michele on

she really needs to do something about those eyebrows

ilmbeaches on

I love it, especially the first photo. She does wear it well, its youthful and she doesn’t look like every other celeb with that long hair dragging down their features. So what if she decides to go long again (she probably will some day) I wish my granddaughter would get this hairdo!

Justine on

I love her short hair. It comes with such confidence. I just love it. It’s like she grew up and decided what she really wants overnight. This haircut defines her.

kim on

i like to see people express them selves with their hair–but i am a hairdresser so i guess my opinon is natural to guess.
what i like is when ever you see her wit short hair its always looks as if it has style–sorry pony tails are not syle–no matter how cute you make it look..

Beth on

I’ll admit, she pulls it off.

KiKi on

Never say “never”.

Guest on

If I could pull off a short hairstyle, I’d be there SO FAST! Because I have really curly hair, it would be hard to do and totally defeat my purpose, which would be to have something quick and easy to do in the mornings.

imo on

Personally, I like the first picture the best… a little softer, more feminine. But, hey it’s her hair, whatever makes her happy!

blair on

Hate it! You don’t hear many girls talking about shaving the side of their head like a boy!

Taunya on

I am not a fan of Miley but I do think she rocks the short hair. She looks great with longer hair too. Just let her be.

self-employed on

I’ve grown very tired of the long “Hollywood hair” or “Mermaid hair”. Everyone one out in Hollywood has long extensions. It’s overdone and hopefully out of style.

onyata on

I think she looks fabulous beautiful with short hair.
Yes, I loved her long hair-it was gorgeous, but that’s mostly bcuz I wish I could grow my hair like that. She wears it well!

Wendy on

I liked her with her hair long, but I LOVE her with her hair short! She has such a beautiful face to go along with it! It looks absolutely wonderful on her! I hope she keeps it like this! :-)

SamanthaJones on

I love her short hair! She’s such a delight from all them young people in lala land partying and being crazy, she seems so real!

Nicole on

I don’t understand why she hated the way she looked with long hair… She looks SO much worse with this short haircut..

Megan on

Yeah. I’m sure Liam “really likes it”. I at least respect him for trying to be nice. No man in his right mind would want to be with a 15 year old boy playing dressup with his sister’s makeup.

Lady A on

She looks awesome. so fierce. I love it. I miss my short hair. Rock it, Miley!

rory on

LOVE the first AND third photo – absolutely despise the middle one. But, she is brave!

a on

I liked it when she first cut it really short, but now, it’s a little too punk for my taste.

sara on

i don’t like the short hair cut at all.. i guess good thing it’s not on my head!!

Ashley on

She looks super Bieber with her short hair. Thumbs down.

Olivia on

Right after I had read the title of the blog I was really surprised yet after reading the entire posting, I fully understand it accurately. Certainly very attention-grabbing content.

tony on

I like her longer hair better. Sorry I hate her new hair.

 

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