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Teen Panty Ad Shocks Disney

Speechless execs say Chinese billboard will be removed immediately

By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser User

Posted Apr 30, 2008 12:48 PM CDT

(Newser) – Red-faced Disney execs paused their Miley Cyrus finger-wagging yesterday when asked about a billboard showcasing an underage model in Disney-themed skivvies above a Beijing subway station, Slate reports. The ad, paid for by the squeaky-clean cartoon empire, features a pig-tailed pubescent girl lounging in mouse-logo bra and panties playing with a pair of Minnie Mouse puppets.

The Disney spokeswoman leading the attack on the suggestive Cyrus photos passed the query to Disney’s consumer-products division, who also quickly passed the buck. "It has caught us totally by surprise," one exec admitted, blaming a licensee who was “supposed to submit any kind of imagery to us before it is used.”

Miley Cyrus has been 'grounded' by Disney after sexy Vanity Fair pics came out.
Miley Cyrus has been 'grounded' by Disney after sexy Vanity Fair pics came out.   (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)
After expressing outrage when Disney star Miley Cyrus' sexy Vanity Fair photo shoot, a billboard for Disney underwear for teen girls featuring a very young, pig-tailed girl in Mickey Mouse-themed undies, leaves execs speechless. It has caught us totally by surprise, said Gary Foster, a spokesman for Disney's consumer-products division,...
After expressing outrage when Disney star Miley Cyrus' sexy Vanity Fair photo shoot, a billboard for Disney underwear for teen girls featuring a very young, pig-tailed girl in Mickey Mouse-themed undies,...   (Daniel Brook for Slate)
Miley Cyrus' sexy pose for Vanity Fair has caused an international firestorm and leaving Disney shocked.
Miley Cyrus' sexy pose for Vanity Fair has caused an international firestorm and leaving Disney shocked.   (Vanity Fair/Annie Leibovitz)
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