Miley Cyrus has come a long way since she played teen megastar Hannah Montana on the uber-successful Disney show.
While the series made the actress a household name, she doesn't have the nicest things to say about it now -- admitting that she "was made to look like someone that I wasn't."
"From the time I was 11 it was, 'You're a pop star! That means you have to be blonde, and you have to have long hair, and you have to put on some glittery tight thing,'" she says in the September issue of Marie Claire. "Meanwhile, I'm this fragile little girl playing a 16-year-old in a wig and a ton of makeup. It was like Toddlers & Tiaras. I had f---ing flippers."
The "Wrecking Ball" singer reveals that she began to develop body-image issues, admitting the show "probably caused some body dysmorphia because I had been made pretty every day for so long, and then when I wasn't on that show, it was like, 'Who the f— am I?'"
She adds, "When you look at retouched, perfect photos, you feel like sh*t. They lighten black girls' skin. They smooth out wrinkles. Even when I get stuck on Instagram wondering, 'Why don't I look like that?' it's a total bummer. It's crazy what people have decided we're all supposed to be."
Despite societal pressure, the 22-year-old star declares that she won't be conforming to traditional beauty standards.
"I'm probably never going to be the face of a traditional beauty company unless they want a weed-smoking, liberal-ass freak," she says. "But my dream was never to sell lip gloss. My dream is to save the world."
Check out Miley's full interview in the latest issue of Marie Claire on stands August 18.
