By sarah on February 25th, 2008 in Movies and TV and Talk and multimedia

As part of the 27th edition of The Barbara Walters Special, which aired following the Oscars on Sunday, Walters sat down with Disney star Miley Cyrus.

Cyrus is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and star of the hit Disney show, Hannah Montana. This year along she had a No.1 movie, a top-selling tour and a hit album (abc.com).

When Walters asked the young starlet what makes her think she won’t go down the same destructive road as so many former Disney stars that came before, Miley’s answer was simple: her family and her faith.

"I think a lot of these people, you know, do have Christian families and they’re just not seeing that they’re so much greater than the materialistic things that are there right now," said Cyrus, "the people that are the ones you wanna hold onto are the people that tell you the truth."

Miley Cyrus believes she has something different in her life that will keep her away from the lifestyle that has claimed so many young people in that fast-paced world of fame and fortune. Do you think she’ll end up like the others before her? Is the "Christian faith" she’s talking about different than what many famous people leave behind on their rise to fame? 

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